BJP candidate for Keonjhar Sadar Assembly constituency Mohan Majhi described his win as historic as the contest was keen with the ruling BJD having exerted money and muscle power to wrest the seat.
Majhi defeated his nearest BJD rival Madhab Sardar by a margin of 1,154 votes. He further told that earlier he had won the election by a margin of about 25,000 votes. But in view of the full support of Government machinery in favour of the ruling party candidate and distribution of large amount of money to influence the voters by the party in power , his victory margin this time was less.He said he would remain obliged to the party workers in particular and the voters in general.
Out of total seven Assembly segments in Keonjhar while the BJP won one, the rest six went to the BJD kitty.