By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: BJP candidate Suryabanshi Suraj won the by-poll to Dhamnagar Assembly segment in Odisha’s Bhadrak, with a huge margin of 9881 votes, defeating BJD’s Abanti Das.
Suryabanshi, son of former BJP MLA Bishnu Sethi whose demise necessitated the bypoll, has garnered 80,351 votes while Abanti has got 70,470 votes.
BJD rebel candidate Raju Das, who fought the by-poll independently, has got 8,153 votes. Congress candidate Baba Harekrushna Sethy was satisfied in fourth position with only 3561 votes. The voting was conducted on November 3 at 252 polling booths and 68.98 per cent polling recorded in the by-poll.
