Bijepur byelection results 2018: BJD candidate Ritu Sahu sweeps Odisha bypolls, decimates BJP and Congress

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• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 2:37 PM IST

  BJD secured 58% vote share, followed by Congress with 33%. 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 2:31 PM IST

  After 20 rounds of counting, BJD candidate Ritu Sahu secured 101435 votes, Congress received 59896 votes and Congress 59896 votes.

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 1:38 PM IST

  After round 19 of 21, BJD candidate Rita Sahu extends her lead to 40,248 votes over BJP's Ashok Panigrahi 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 1:30 PM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Election trends after 19 rounds of counting

  BJD: 97724
  BJP: 57476
  Congress: 8934
  Others: 1568

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 1:11 PM IST

  After 16 rounds of counting, BJD candidate Ritu Saha is leading 93283 votes whereas BJP’s Ashok Panigarhi received 55015 votes and Congress’s Pranaya Sahu is trailing behind with 7914 votes. Others received 1,485 votes. 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 1:00 PM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 
  BJD: 88,962
  BJP: 7179
  Congress: 7213
  Others: 1,395

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 12:59 PM IST

  BJD candidate Ritu Sahu reaches counting centre.

  "I thank the voters for this victory. The victory goes to party chief and voters," says Sahu. 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 12:55 PM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends after 15 rounds of counting

  BJD's Ritu Shah is leading with 84,969 votes. Nearest rival BJP's Ashok Panigarhi receives 48182 votes while Congress gets 6451 votes. 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 12:50 PM IST

  BJD cadres start celebrating in Bijepur 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 12:46 PM IST

  "The credit of BJD's victory goes to party chief Naveen Patnaik," says Ritu Sahu tells Zee News. "I am happy about this victory," she added. 
  

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 12:43 PM IST

  14 rounds of counting over, 7 more to go.

  Rita Sahu extended her lead to 32, 579 votes over BJP’s Ashok Panigrahi. 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 12:40 PM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 

  BJD: 81,488
  BJP: 45,190
  Congress: 4,608
  Others: 1,174

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 12:36 PM IST

  After 12 rounds of counting, BJD's Ritu Shah is leading with 75,740. Nearest rival BJP's Ashok Panigarhi receives 43,161 votes while Congress gets 3,755 votes. NOTA has received over 1,000 votes. 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 12:28 PM IST

  Ritu Sahu now leading with more than 75000 votes. 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 12:17 PM IST

  BJD candidate Rita Sahu currently leading with a margin of 25,166 votes against nearest rival BJP’s Ashok Panigrahi. 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 12:13 PM IST

  NOTA emerges as the fourth largest party. 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 11:58 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 
  BJD: 65,401
  BJP: 37,119
  Congress: 3,259
  Others: 1,044

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 11:53 AM IST

  After 10 rounds of counting, BJD gets 59,298 votes, BJP - 34,132 votes, Congress- 2,980 votes and Others - 929 votes.

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 
  BJD: 59,298
  BJP: 34,132
  Congress: 2,980
  Others: 929

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 11:39 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 
  BJD: 54,195
  BJP: 31,366
  Congress: 2,788
  Others: 849

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 11:23 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 
  BJD: 50,095
  BJP: 29,304
  Congress: 2,643
  Others: 798

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 11:18 AM IST

  Tenth round of counting going on

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 11:14 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results election trends: After right rounds of counting, BJD is leading with 45044 votes. BJP received 25,988 votes, Congress - 2,263 and Others - 723. 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 11:05 AM IST

  BDP leading Odisha bypolls with such huge margins. 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 11:04 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 
  BJD: 38,814
  BJP: 23,748
  Congress: 2,083
  Others: 667

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 11:02 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends

  After 7 rounds of counting, BJD received 38,814 votes, BJP - 23739 votes and Congress - 2,083 votes. 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:56 AM IST

  In her affidavit to the Election Commission, BJD candidate Rita Sahu declared a total movable assets of  Rs 46.35 lakhs and immovable assets of Rs 26.5 lakhs.

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:50 AM IST

  The seventh round of counting currently going on.

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:45 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 
  BJD: 33,377
  BJP: 20,578
  Congress: 1,877

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:24 AM IST

  After five rounds of counting, BDP is leading

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:21 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 
  BJD: 28621
  BJP: 16627
  Congress: 1762
  Others:

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:13 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 
  BJD: 23054
  BJP: 14175
  Congress: 1425
  Others:

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:07 AM IST

  Fourth round of counting over. BJD's Rita Sahu still leading. 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:01 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 
  BJD: 17387
  BJP: 9800
  Congress: 948
  Others:

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:56 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 
  BJD: 11676
  BJP: 5910
  Congress: 638 
  Others:

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:53 AM IST
• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:48 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 
  BJD: 11667
  BJP: 5910
  Congress: 638 
  Others:

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:40 AM IST

  NOTA or None of the above has received more than 100 votes. 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:29 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 
  BJD: 11601
  BJP: 5838
  Congress: 638 
  Others:

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:28 AM IST

  Vote count for Bijepur Bye-election 2018 is underway. At present, BJD candidate is leading 1,1601 votes whereas, BJP’s Ashok Panigarhi received 5,838 votes and Congress’s Pranaya Sahu is trailing behind with 638 votes.

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:22 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 
  BJD: 11601
  BJP: 5838
  Congress: 315
  Others:

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:18 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Latest election trends 

  BJD: 5675

  BJP: 2769

  Congress: 315

  Others:

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:17 AM IST

   Congress' Pranaya Sahu opens account, gets 315 votes 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:11 AM IST

  Odisha's Bijepur bypoll results: Early election trends 

  BJD: 11601
  BJP: 5838
  Congress: 0
  Others:

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:07 AM IST

  Latest election trends 

  BJD: 6001

  BJP: 3141

  Congress: 

  Others:

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:02 AM IST

  A total of 21 rounds of counting will be held. Trends should be judged after 18 rounds: Political experts to Zee

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 8:54 AM IST

  Bijepur bypolls Early election trends

  BJD: 5681

  BJP: 2697

  Congress: 

  Others:

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 8:49 AM IST

  BJD candidate Rita Sahu leading by 2,986 votes. BJP's Ashok Panigrahi trails behind after completion of first round counting

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 8:42 AM IST

  BJD leading by over 3,000 votes in Bijepur

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 8:21 AM IST

  Among those contesting is Rita Sahu, wife of Congressman Subal Sahu who's death necessitated the bypoll. Rita Sahu is fighting on BJD ticket. The party has been been trying to claim the seat since last three terms. 

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 8:19 AM IST

  The bypolls to Bijepur Assembly constituency were necessitated following the death of Congress MLA Subal Sahu.

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 8:13 AM IST

  The Odisha government has deployed heavy security around the counting centres

• Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 7:59 AM IST

  Counting of votes begin for Odisha's Bijepur Assembly bypolls