Ajay Barik, BJD corporator from Ward-36, was elected Deputy Mayor of the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) on Saturday easily defeating his challenger Hrushikesh Pradhan, Independent corporator from Ward- 52.
While Barik got 45 votes in the 59-member CMC, Pradhan could manage to muster 13. An Independent corporator did not take part in the election. At Baripada, Jitendra Mohanty, BJD councillor from Ward-5, was elected unopposed as the Deputy Chairperson of the Baripada Municipality. The BJD had won 21 out of the 28 wards in Baripada.