Nuapada, Nov 14: Counting of votes for the Nuapada 71 Byelection conducted on November 11, is underway.
While, opposition parties & independent ones are eagerly waiting for the people’s mandate, euphoria in the BJP camp is apparent after the party’s face Jay Dholakia stood first on the contest by the end of 7th round counting.
According to sources, BJP Candidate Dholakia is leading over 28,000 votes by the end of 7th Round counting. On the other hand, BJD candidate Snehangini Chhuria secured the second position and Congress candidate Ghasiram Majhi stood third on the dice.
According to the breakup sourced so far, Dholkia in the 7th round counting bagged 36,088 votes, Chhuria 10,742 vote and Majhi got 9474 votes.
Based on the trend, BJP leaders in Nuapada and State headquarters at Bhubaneswar as well, are set to celebrate Dholkia’s stupendous achievement.
Worth mentioning, as many as 19 rounds of counting, are yet to be completed that will determine the fate of 14 aspirants, who have queued up for the Nuapada battle.
