Jagatsinghpur: Results of counting of votes for the Tirtol bypoll in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district went in favour of ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) as party’s candidate Bijaya Shankar Das was leading by 14561 votes after nine rounds.
After 9th round counting of votes, Das had garnered 32075 votes while his nearest rival BJP’s Rajkishore Behera got 17514 votes. Congress candidate Himanshu Bhusan Mallick remained at a distant third position with 6835 votes. The bypoll was necessitated due to the demise of BJD leader and former Tirtol MLA Bishnu Charan Das. Bijaya Shankar Das, Bishnu Charan’s son, was fielded by the BJD as its nominee for the bypoll.