Bhadrak, November 6: The opposition BJP on Sunday retained the Dhamnagar assembly seat of Odisha in a bypoll, defeating the ruling BJD by a margin of 9,881 votes, an Election Commission official said. Andheri By-Election Result 2022: Rutuja Latke of Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena Faction Wins Maharashtra Bypoll.

The bypoll was necessitated by the death of BJP MLA Bishnu Charan Sethi in September. Gola Gokarannath By-Election Result 2022: BJP Candidate Aman Giri Defeats SP Rival Vinay Tiwari by Over 34,000 Votes in Uttar Pradesh Bypoll.

Sethi's son Suryabanshi Suraj, who was the party's candidate, secured 80,351 votes, while BJD's Abanti Das bagged 70,470 votes, the official said. Congress nominee Baba Harekrushna Sethi got only 3,561 votes.