Jharsuguda: The counting of votes in the bye-election to Jharsuguda assembly seat in Odisha will begin at 8 am on Saturday amid tight security. The counting of votes will be done on 14 tables in 18 rounds, reports stated.
The bypoll was necessitated following the murder of sitting MLA and the then Health Minister Naba Kishore Das on January 29. Though nine candidates are in the fray, the contest is mainly between the BJD, BJP and Congress.
The BJD has fielded the slain Minister’s daughter Deepali Das, while the BJP candidate is Tankadhar Tripathy. The Congress has fielded Tarun Pandey, the son of late MLA Biren Pandey.
A total of 79.21 per cent votes was polled as 2.21 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the by-election held May 10.
Jharsuguda district collector Aboli Sunil Naravane and superintendent of police Parmar Smit Parshottamdas said arrangements have been made for smooth conduct of counting and maintenance of law and order.
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