Counting of votes in the by-election to the Bijepur Assembly constituency, which was held on October 21, will be undertaken on Thursday.
The results are expected by early evening.
While the ruling BJD is pretty confident of victory for its candidate Rita Sahu, the opposition BJP and the Congress also claim success for their nominees Sanat Gadtia and Dilip Panda, respectively.
There was an impressive polling of 78-98 per cent in the by-poll.
