BJD candidate and Ward-16 corporator K Madhavi was on Monday elected as the Mayor of the Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BMC) defeating her Congress rival Meenati Kumari Bisoyi.
Out of the 40 BMC corporators, Madhavi secured 29 votes and Bisyoi 10 while the remaining corporator Ranjit Nayak was absent since he is in jail.
As the Congress has won 15 seats in the BMC, some of the party corporators cross-voted in favour of the BJD candidate.
Director of Municipal Administration Hrusikesh Tripathy, Ganjam ADM Sitanshu Kumar Rout, BMC Commissioner Dr Ajit Kumar Mishra, Nodal Officer Sangram Sekhar Panda and Section Officer Sudheer Kumar Mohapatra monitored the election process.
Election for the post of Deputy Mayor will be held on October 22. K Madhavi is a qualified woman and happens to be sister of a local businessman.
Ministers Surjya Narayan Patro and Usha Devi, many other BJD leaders including local BJD MlA Ramesh Chandra Chyu Pattnaik, Rourkela MlA Sarada Prasad Nayak, Gopalpur MlA Pradeep Panigrahi and Bhubaneswar Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena were present at the BMC office for the whole day.