Tirtol Bypoll Result: BJD’s Bijaya Das Leads In Initial Rounds

Jagatsinghpur: Initial trends 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 8114 votes after six rounds.

After sixth round counting of votes, Das had garnered 21996 votes while his nearest rival BJP’s Rajkishore Behera got 13882 votes. Congress candidate Himanshu Bhusan Mallick remained at a distant third position with 2790 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.