BJP Extends Lead to 5,200 Votes After 7 Rounds of Counting in Dhamnagar Bypoll

Dhamnagar:  As of 12:40 PM, 7 rounds of vote counting have been completed and BJP’s Suryavanshi Suraj continues to lead the Dhamnagar assembly seat by 5,200 votes, claiming a total of 31,108 votes. The BJD’s Abanti Das follows suit securing 25,908 votes at the end of 7 rounds of counting.

Whereas former BJD rebel Rajendra Das has secured 4,953 votes so far the Congress party’s Harekrushna Sethi has bagged a meek 1,122 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.