After Round 7, Jay Dholakia extends lead by over 25,000 votes
Vote counting for the Nuapada Assembly bypoll is underway, with BJP candidate Jay Dholakia moving steadily toward a decisive victory. His early lead has continued to widen with each round. By the end of the seventh round, Dholakia was ahead by 25,346 votes over his nearest rival.
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 36,088 votes — Leading
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 10,742 votes — Second
Ghasiram Majhi (Congress): 9,474 votes — Third
Lead progression by rounds
Round 1: Lead of 3,547 votes
Round 3: Lead of 10,013 votes
Round 5: Lead of 18,398 votes
Round 6: Lead of 21,995 votes
Jay Dholakia leads after 5th round; Snehangini trails
Vote counting for the Nuapada by-election has been underway since 8 a.m. By the fifth round, BJP candidate Jay Dholakia was leading by 18,398 votes. By this round, Dholakia had secured 25,195 votes, while Congress candidate Ghasiram Majhi stood second with 6,797 votes. BJD candidate Snehangini Chhuria was in third place with 6,538 votes.
Notably, counting is taking place in 26 rounds across 14 tables for a total of 358 booths. Each table has three officials — a counting assistant, a counting supervisor, and a micro-observer. A three-tier security arrangement has also been put in place for the counting process.
Vote counting begins
The counting of votes for the Nuapada assembly bypoll in Odisha began at 8 am Friday under a three-tier security arrangement, an official said.
District Election Officer (DEO)-cum-Nuapada Collector Madhusudan Dash said the counting of postal ballots was underway.
The counting of votes in EVMs will start from 8.30 am at 14 tables.
There will be 26 rounds of vote counting, he said.
The bypoll was necessitated by the demise of BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia on September 8.
The Nuapada by-election has achieved an outstanding voter turnout of 83.45 per cent, which was the highest among the eight bypolls held in India November 11.
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