More than 75 per cent of candidates who were contesting elections in one lok Sabha and seven Assembly seats in Sundargah district could not protect their security money as they got fewer votes than the number required for the purpose.
From the poll results, it has been marked that a total of 58 out of 77 Assembly candidates and nine of 12 lS candidates have lost their security deposits.
In much hyped Rourkela seat, out of 12 candidates 10, including Congress’ Pravat Mohapatra lost the money. He got only 10,397 votes out of 1,23,731 polled.
In Raghunathpali, security money of eight out of 10 candidates was forfeited. Here Congress candidate Gajendra Tanty also lost the money as he garnered only 14,566 votes against a total polling of 1,06,039.
Similarly, six candidates of nine in Sundargarh Assembly and four out of seven candidates in Talsara seat lost security. In Rajgangpur, 12 out of 15 also lost their securities.
Eleven candidates, including BJD’s Magdali Kangadi and Congress’ Rajesh Kerketta, out of 14 in Biramitrapur have come under the category. Kangadi and Kerketta secured 25,158 and 13,006 votes respectively out of total 1,62,315 polled.
Seven out of 10 candidates, including BJP’s luthar Oram, lost their security money in Bonai. Oram managed to get 25,766 votes out of total polling of 1,63, 188 votes.