BJP 5,991 Votes ahead After 8 Rounds of Counting in Dhamnagar Bypoll

Dhamnagar:  As of 13:10 PM, 8 rounds of vote counting have been completed and BJP’s Suryavanshi Suraj continues to lead the Dhamnagar assembly seat by 5,991 votes, claiming a total of 36,073 votes. The BJD’s Abanti Das follows suit securing 30,082 votes at the end of 8 rounds of counting.

Whereas former BJD rebel Rajendra Das has secured 5,147 votes so far the Congress party’s Harekrushna Sethi has bagged a meek 1,236 votes.

Vote counting for the byelection to the Dhamnagar assembly constituency is underway right now. The counting will be undertaken in as many as 18 rounds on 14 benches.

A heavy tussle was seen between the candidates for the by-elections. This increased the anticipation among the candidates as well as the general public as a clear-cut winner is hard to be thought of.