Odisha bypoll: BJD’s Deepali Das leading by 28000 votes against BJP candidate

iju Janata Dal candidate Deepali Das Das polled 63,558 votes against 35,388 bagged by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Tankadhar Tripathy

Updated on: May 13, 2023, 11:43:52 IST

By Debabrata Mohanty

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Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate Deepali Das was leading by 28,170 votes against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Tankadhar Tripathy at the end of 10th round of counting in Jharsuguda assembly bypoll of Odisha on Saturday.

The Jharsuguda bypoll in Odisha was necessitated following the murder of former health minister Naba Kishore Das, and the chief minister Naveen Patnaik-led BJD gave ticket to Das’ daughter, Deepali Das. (File/ANI)

The bypoll was necessitated following the murder of former health minister Naba Kishore Das on January 29. The BJD gave ticket to his daughter.

At the end of 10th round of counting, Das polled 63,558 votes against 35,388 bagged by Tripathy. Congress candidate Tarun Pandey was pushed to the third place with 3,208 votes. The early trend indicates that the BJD is moving towards a massive landslide victory in the bypoll. Earlier, the BJD had claimed that it would win the election with a margin of over 50,000 votes.

Counting of votes began at 8am on Saturday amid tight security at Jharsuguda Engineering School. According to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nikunja Dhal, there will be 18 complete rounds and one partial round. Postal ballots were counted first. A three-layer security arrangement has been made for the counting process.

The Jharsuguda win would be the BJD’s 6th bypoll victory after the 2019 assembly polls. Earlier, the party had won all the four Assembly bypolls that were held in Bijepur, Balasore, Tirtol Pipili and Brajarajnagar constituencies. The ruling party, however, lost to the BJP in Dhamnagar assembly bypoll.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debabrata Mohanty
Debabrata Mohanty is a senior assistant editor of Hindustan Times who works as state correspondent from Odisha covering the state's politics, governance, public policy, natural disasters, environment and its society for close to three decades. With his long years of reporting from the state capital of Bhubaneswar, Mohanty has been known as one of the most experienced and credible journalists covering Odisha for the national English dailies. His reporting combines on-ground detail with deep institutional knowledge detailing the state's changing politics, governance issues, administrative reforms and the functioning of its public institutions. He has regularly reported on issues ranging from legislative developments and public policy implementation. Politics is his core areas of expertise as he closely tracks Odisha's political landscape, including the rise and transformation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the two principal political parties in Odisha. His long association with the state's political establishment enables him to write on contemporary developments in a larger political context. Mohanty takes a deep interest in writing human interest stories, environmental issues and documenting the impact of cyclones, floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related events in one of the most disaster-prone states. His coverage extends to public health, governance reforms and stories on accountability of government institutions. Before joining Hindustan Times, Mohanty worked with The Indian Express, Mail Today, and The Telegraph, where he covered at least six general elections and as many assembly elections. In 2007, he was selected for the prestigious Chevening Young Indian Print Journalist Programme at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, where he received advanced training in print journalism. In 2009 he won the Press Institute of India-International Committee of Red Cross award on conflict reporting for his on-ground reportage of 2008 Kandhamal riots.Read More

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