Amid allegations of booth rigging and group clashes, 66.63 per cent polling was recorded in the by-election to the Dhamnagar Assembly constituency in Odisha’s Bhadrak district, officials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The voting started at 7 a.m. under tight security at 252 polling booths and continued till 6 p.m. Barring a few untoward incidents, the election largely passed peacefully, officials said.<\/p>\n
While BJP supporters have alleged rigging in two booths, a group clash between BJP and BJD supporters was reported near two other booths.<\/p>\n
Two persons were injured in the clash.<\/p>\n
A case was registered with the local police station and the injured were taken to a nearby hospital, the police said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a polling officer engaged on duty for the by-poll passed away on Thursday morning while undergoing treatment at Cuttack SCB Medical College.<\/p>\n
Officials said a compensation of Rs 15 lakh will be paid by the Election Commission to the family of the deceased polling official.<\/p>\n
With the completion of voting, now the fate of five candidates have sealed in the EVMs.<\/p>\n
While the ruling BJD has nominated Abanti Das, BJP fielded Suryabanshi Suraj, son of late MLA Bishnu Sethi.<\/p>\n
The Congress has nominated advocate Baba Harekrushna Sethi.<\/p>\n
Apart from the three major political parties, BJD rebel candidate Raju Das and Pabitra Mohan Das are fighting for the MLA seat independently.<\/p>\n
The result of the election will be declared on November 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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