By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: “I have always respected the verdict of the people. Bishnu Sethi had died recently, he was quite popular. His son was given the ticket. So we expected that they would win this by-poll. The BJD is not disturbed by the result of the by-poll. We are confident of winning the 2024 elections as the BJD has always been with the people,” Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on the defeat of BJD candidate in the Dhamnagar by-poll.
“It is a victory of the youth and women. I want to express my gratitude to the people of Dhamnagar for reposing their faith on BJP and honouring the legacy of Late Bishnu Sethi. The poll result reflects the mood of people in Odisha as well as Odisha’s trust on the decisive and credible leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I also want to congratulate all our karyakartas for this victor,” said Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
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.
