Earlier on Saturday, Bharatiya Janata Party decided to field Pradip Purohit as its candidate for Padampur seat located in Bargarh district and Congress announced Satya Bhusan Sahu's name as its candidate.
According to Election Commission, with 80,351 votes, Suraj got 49.09 per cent of the total votes. Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate Abanti Das came second with 43.05 per cent of the votes.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 13 (ANI): The Biju Janta Dal announced its candidate for the upcoming by-election in the Dhamnagar assembly constituency on Wednesday. Party president Naveen Patnaik nominated Abanti Das, block chairman Tihidi as its candidate.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 3 (ANI): Biju Janta Dal (BJD) candidate and wife of former MLA Kishore Mohanty, Alaka Mohanty, won the by-election to the Brajarajnagar assembly constituency in Odisha on Friday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 31 (ANI): Biju Janta Dal candidates, who have been nominated for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election by the party, filed their nomination papers at the Assembly Secretariat on Tuesday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 26 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate Sulochana Das became the first woman mayor of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday.
Pipli (Odisha) [India], October 3 (ANI): Ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy won the Pipili Assembly constituency of Odisha on Sunday in the by-polls, as per the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Pipili (Odisha) [India], October 3 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy is leading by a margin of 14,212 votes in the Pipili Assembly by-poll after the 13th round of counting, as per the Election Commission of India on Sunday.
Pipli (Odisha) [India], October 3 (ANI): Counting of votes for the by-poll held in Pipili Assembly constituency in Odisha earlier this week began on Sunday amid tight security arrangements.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 10: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidates are leading on both the Assembly seats in which by-polls were held in Odisha, as per the Election Commission on Tuesday.