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BHUBANESWAR: “ବାଲେଶ୍ୱର ସଦର ଓ ତିର୍ତ୍ତୋଲ ବିଧାନସଭା ଉପନିର୍ବାଚନରେ ବିଜୟ ହାସଲ କରିଥିବା @bjd_Odishaର ପ୍ରାର୍ଥୀଙ୍କୁ ଶୁଭେଚ୍ଛା। ଏହି ବିଜୟ ଆପଣମାନଙ୍କ ଭଲ ପାଇବା ଓ ଅକୁଣ୍ଠ ସମର୍ଥନର ପ୍ରତିଫଳନ। ଲୋକଙ୍କ ପାଖରେ ପହଞ୍ଚି ସେମାନଙ୍କ ହୃଦୟ ଜିଣିଥିବାରୁ ବିଜୁ ଜନତା ଦଳର ସମସ୍ତ କର୍ମୀଙ୍କୁ ସାଧୁବାଦ।,” tweeted Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik@Naveen_Odisha.
Balasore Assembly Constituency, which recently had emerged as the stronghold of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has again shown faith in BJD as the ruling party candidate won the by-election with a margin of 13,395 votes.BJD’s Swarup Das won the by-poll by securing 82,810 votes while his near rival Manas Kumar Dutta got 69,415 votes. Dutta, son of former BJP MLA late Madan Mohan Dutta, failed to get people’s sympathy in the election. Similarly, Congress’ female candidate card failed to secure the party’s lost ground as her votes were limited to 4,901.
The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) was heading towards a comprehensive victory in the bypoll to the Tirtol assembly constituency in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district as party’s candidate Bijaya Shankar Das was leading by 39,511 votes after 26 out of 27 rounds.By-elections to 2 Assembly Constituencies- Balasore and Tirtol- were necessitated after the demise of respective MLAs Madan Mohan Dutta and Bishnu Charan Das.
