BJD's Swarup Das wins Balasore bypoll

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | November 10, 2020 IST

Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) snatched the Balasore MLA seat from BJP after BJD candidate Swarup Das defeated BJP’s Manas Kumar Dutta by a margin of 13,351 votes. Though official results are yet to be announced, Das secured 84,097 votes while his near rival Manas Kumar Dutta managed to bag 70,746 votes. The by-election was necessitated following the death of BJP MLA Madan Mohan Dutta in Balasore. Das credited his win to the development agenda of Naveen Patnaik led government. “The massive development undertaken by BJD and its leader Naveen Patnaik has attracted the voters to vote for BJD. BJD also did an exemplary work during the Covid-19 pandemic by coming to the rescue of all section. I will stand by the voters of my constituency till my last breath,” said Das after his victory.

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