In the high-voltage elections for labour Trustees of the Paradip Port Trust (PPT), two unions came out successful on Saturday. The highest number of 287 votes was captured by the Paradip Erasama Industrial Workers’ Union (PEIWU) followed by the Utkal Port & Dock Workers’ Union (UPDWU) with 208 votes.
Out of the total 912 voters, who are PPT employees, 880 participated in the polling.
In the election campaign, the PEIWU had proposed Paresh Murmu as its trustee candidate and its symbol was mobile phone. Ravi Das, who was the candidate of the UPDWU, had the symbol of double anchor.
Two heavyweight trade union leaders, Bapi Sarkhel and Pravat Samantray, were the star campaigners of their respective unions, PEIWU and UPDWU, in the elections, in which ten trade unions participated.