BJD Lok Sabha candidate Dr Rajashree Mallick made a record in the State in this year’s general elections by winning the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha seat by the highest
margin of 2,71,665 votes defeating Bibhu Prasad Tarai of the BJP.
Congress candidate Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka won the Koraput LS seat by the lowest margin of 3,613 votes defeating the BJD’s Kausalya Hikaka.
In the Assembly polls, Soumya Ranjan Patnaik of the BJD made a record winning. He defeated Independent candidate Dushmant Kumar Swain in Khandapara by the highest margin of 81,430 votes. Congress candidate Santosh Singh Saluja won the Kantabanji seat by the lowest margin of 128 votes defeating his BJP rival Laxman Bag. This is Saluja’s fourth victory in the constituency.