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BJP retains Odisha's Dhamnagar assembly seat, defeating nearest BJD rival by margin of 9881 votes: EC official

Polls were necessitated by the death of BJP MLA Bishnu Charan Sethi in September

PTI Published 06.11.22, 06:14 PM
Naveen Patnaik

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The opposition BJP on Sunday retained the Dhamnagar assembly seat of Odisha in a bypoll, defeating the ruling BJD by a margin of 9,881 votes, an Election Commission official said.

The bypoll was necessitated by the death of BJP MLA Bishnu Charan Sethi in September.

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Sethi's son Suryabanshi Suraj, who was the party's candidate, secured 80,351 votes, while BJD's Abanti Das bagged 70,470 votes, the official said.

Congress nominee Baba Harekrushna Sethi got only 3,561 votes.

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