Bhubaneswar:
The BJD today steamrolled to a convincing victory in the by-poll to Odisha's Padampur, as its candidate Barsha Singh Bariha won by a margin of 42,679 votes, defeating the BJP's Pradip Purohit.
After the end of the 23rd round of counting, Bariha secured a total 1,20,807 votes, while Purohit bagged 78,128 votes, the Election Commission said.
Barsha is the daughter of late MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha whose death in October necessitated the by-poll.
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