The District Bar Association elections were held on Friday, the results of which were declared on Saturday.
Dolagovinda Dash was elected as president, defeating his contestant Girish Chandra Mohapatra by a margin of 50 votes. Four candidates contested for the general secretary post, which was won by Ojadiyata Mohanty. Debendra Nath Swain and Narayan Chandra Mohanty were elected as vice-presidents; Asutosh Das and Umashankar Swain as assistant secretaries and Srikant Nanda elected was elected as treasurer.
As many as 250 members had cast their votes. Two observers from the State Bar Association supervised the elections, a district bar association Press release informed.