Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal candidate for Jharsuguda assembly seat, Dipali Das has won the bypoll with a huge margin. While Das polled 1,07,003 votes, the BJP candidate Tankadhar Tripathy bagged 58,384 votes. Congress candidate Tarun Pandey got 4,473 votes.
“Counting of EVMs have been completed. Very soon the returning officer of Jharsuguda (Sub Collector) will officially announce the results and handover the certificate to the winning candidate,” Chief Electoral Officer Nikunja Bihari Dhal said.
The BJD candidate got more than 60% of the votes and won with a margin of over 48,000 votes, the CEO added.
