Former IAS officer Asit Tripathy, who is now Chief Advisor to the State Chief Minister, was elected as president of the Bhubaneswar Club for a second consecutive term.
Tripathy defeated his key rival Satya Prakash Nanda, another former IAS officer, with a margin of 669 votes in the election held on Saturday. He received total 858 (81.5%) votes while 189 votes went in favour of Nanda.
Along with Tripathy, his entire team members also won the election for the second time.
While Mahendra Kumar Gupta was re-elected as the vice-president with 622 votes, Dilip Routrai won as secretary with 722 votes and Ashok Kumar Mishra retained the post of joint secretary with 759 votes.
Tripathy said he and his team would continue their efforts for better transformation of the club.