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Odisha`s Bijepur bypolls results 2018: Winning candidate
The state witnessed a triangular fight between the BJP, BJD and Congress.
BJD won the Bijepur Assembly constituency by-polls with candidate Rita Sahu securing over 1 lakh votes.
The bypolls to Bijepur was held on February 24. Sahu is the wife of Congress MLA Subal Sahu, whose death necessitated the by-elections. Almost 72 percent of the electorate had cast their vote on February 24. The BJP candidate is Ashok Panigrahi while the Congress candidate is Pranay Sahu.
Here is who won from Bijepur:
1. Rita Sahu - BJD candidate