BJD wrests Bijepur; Cong retains Mungaoli & Kolaras
28 Feb 2018 11:58 PM IST
NEW DELHI: In what could be described as a significant boost to the morale of the embattled opposition party ahead of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections this year, the Congress has managed to retain both the Mungaoli and Kolaras constituencies, when went to bypolls on February 24.
On the other hand, the ruling Biju Janata Dal on Wednesday wrested the Bijepur Assembly constituency in Odisha from the Congress in a by-poll, with its candidate Rita Sahu defeating her nearest rival, Ashok Panigrahi of the BJP, by 41,933 votes.
While Congress's Brijendra Singh Yadav won by 2124 votes in Mungaoli, Mahendra Singh Yadav defeated BJP's Devendra Jain in Kolaras.
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