Jharsuguda By-Poll Update: 55.2% Voters Exercise Franchise Till 3 PM

Jharsuguda: About 55.2%  voter turnout was recorded in the by-poll for the Jharsuguda Assembly segment till 3 pm on Wednesday.

Reportedly, a total of 2, 21,070 people are eligible to exercise their franchise, including 1,10,320 men, 1,10,687 women and 63 of the third gender.

The fate of all candidates, including Tankadhar Tripathy of BJP, Dipali Das of BJD and Tarun Pandey of Congress, will be decided by voters today. Though nine candidates are in the fray, the contest is mainly between the BJD, BJP and Congress. However, the results will be known after counting of votes on May 13.

The by-poll was necessitated following the daylight murder of incumbent MLA and Minister Naba Kishore Das on January 29.