The nail-biting contest for Bhubaneswar-Central assembly seat and other constituencies in Odisha where MLAs won by narrow margins, highlighting the importance of every single vote in elections.
Shiv Sena's Ravindra Waikar and Rabindra Narayan Behera of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured fewer EVM votes than their nearest rivals but came out on top after the postal ballots were added
The BJP made inroads in Odisha to form its first Government in the State by defeating longest serving Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led BJD Government as it also gained massively in the Lok Sabha elections held simultaneously.
The BJP crossed the majority mark of 74 while the BJD was on 50
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