Good turnout in Odisha bypolls
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Voters on Tuesday turned as much as vote in massive numbers in the byelection to 2 Assembly seats in Odisha regardless of the pandemic.
While the voter turnout exceeded final election’s in Balasore, it was on the marginally decrease facet in Tirtol.
According to the Chief Electoral Office, a 71% voter turnout was registered in Balasore, whereas it was 70.88% in the 2019 Assembly election. In Tirtol, 69.9% voters got here to train their franchise as towards 73% in the earlier polls.
“The bypoll passed off peacefully without any major incident of disturbance. Whenever any discrepancy was brought to our notice during the day, we took prompt action to rectify it,” stated Chief Electoral Officer Sushil Kumar Lohani.
Director General of Police Abhay too approached police forces for peaceable bypoll to Balasore and Tirtol Assembly constituencies.
The bypolls had been necessitated following demise of former Balasore MLA and BJP chief Madan Mohan Dutta and former Tirtol MLA and veteran BJD chief Bishnu Charan Das. While the BJD gave the impression to be assured of successful the Tirtol seat by an enormous margin, the BJP is making an attempt laborious to retain Balasore. Both the BJD and the BJP have fielded sons of the deceased leaders.
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