Dhamnagar Verdict: BJP Extends Lead to 3572 Votes After 5 Rounds of Counting

Dhamnagar: 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.

As of 12:00 PM, 5 rounds of vote counting have been completed and BJP’s Suryavanshi Suraj continues to lead the Dhamnagar assembly seat by 3,572 votes, claiming a total of 22,495 votes. The BJD’s Abanti Das follows suit securing 18,923 votes at the end of 5 rounds of counting.

Whereas former BJD rebel Rajendra Das has secured 3,389 votes so far the Congress party’s Harekrushna Sethi has bagged a meek 719 votes.