LIVE: Padampur Election Result 2022: BJD Leading | BJP Trails | Barsha Singh Bariha vs Pradip Purohit

LIVE: Padampur Odisha Bye-Election Results, Counting Latest News, Updates: The counting of votes for Padampur Bye Election Result 2022 in Odisha Bypoll Seat is taking place from 8 AM on Thursday. Bye-election to Padampur was necessitated by the demise of BJD MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha on October 3. The party has filed the late lawmaker's daughter from the seat. Voting for the bye-election will be held on December 5. Here are all the LIVE UPDATES, Latest News, Updates on Padampur Bye Election Result 2022: Odisha Bypoll Seat Counting:-

BJD leading by 27,533 votes after 15 rounds

Ruling BJD candidate Barsha Singh Bariha is leading by a comfortable 27,533 votes over Pradip Purohit, her nearest rival of the BJP, after the 15th round of counting for Padampur assembly by-poll in Odisha, an EC official said.

Bariha has maintained her lead right from the start of the counting at the Padampur RMC Yard on Thursday.

A total 23 rounds of counting will be held till the exercise is completed.

Bariha has so far secured 79470 votes which is 57.66 %, Purohit 51,937 votes (37.68 %) followed by Congress candidate Satya Bhusan Sahu who has bagged 2543 votes (1.84 %).

Purohit has not taken lead in any of the rounds of counting held so far.

Bariha is the daughter of late MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha whose death necessitated the by-poll. Her lead has surprised the BJP camp.

BJD had bagged 41 per cent vote in the 2019 assembly elections and won the seat and defeated BJP's Purohit by a margin of 5,734 votes. It has already secured over 57.66 per cent of votes so far.

The constituency has been witnessing close battles in the last two elections. Purohit had defeated Bariha by a margin of 4,513 votes in 2014. In the 2009 election, Bariha had defeated Congress candidate Satya Bhusan Sahu by 18,066 votes.

-Odisha bypoll: BJD extends lead by over 15,000 votes in Padampur seat

-The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) extended its lead to 15,541 votes over the BJP after the eighth round of counting for the by-poll to the Padampur assembly seat in Odisha's Bargarh district on Thursday, an official said.

-Barsha Singh Bariha, the daughter of late MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha, whose death necessitated the by-poll, got 43,691 votes, while the BJP's Pradip Purohit bagged 28,150 votes.

-In the fourth round, the BJD nominee was leading by 8,178 votes.

-Congress candidate Satya Bhusan Sahu bagged 1,634 votes.

-Altogether there were 10 candidates in the fray.

-A high turnout of 81.29 per cent was recorded in Padampur during the by-election held on Monday.

-Counting of votes for the by-poll to Padampur assembly seat in Odisha's Bargarh district is underway on Thursday amid tight security arrangements, an official said. 

-A high turnout of 81.29 per cent was recorded in Padamppur during the by-election held on Monday. 

-Counting began at 8 AM at the RMC Yard near the Padampur sub-collector's office.

-There were 10 candidates in the fray including ruling BJD's Barsha Singh Bariha, the daughter of late MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha, whose death necessitated the by-poll.

-The BJP has fielded former legislator and party's Krushak Morcha president Pradip Purohit as its candidate while three-time MLA Satya Bhusan Sahu is the Congress candidate.

-Chief Electoral Officer S K Lohani said tight security arrangements are in place with deployment of around three companies of central paramilitary force in the inner cordon and state armed police in the outer area.

- COUNTING OF VOTES BEGINS for Bye Election Result 2022

-Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday took feedback from BJD leaders who managed the electioneering in the Padampur bypoll, the results of which will be out on Thursday.

-Patnaik taking feedback from party leaders a day before vote counting is the first-of-its-kind exercise in the BJD which has been in power in the state since 2000.

-Party insiders said Patnaik was anxious about the outcome of the high-stakes by-election, which took place on December 5, especially after the BJP trounced the ruling party in the state in the Dhamnagar assembly bypoll in November.

-The BJD leaders, who met Patnaik, were assigned different tasks in Padampur. The constituency was divided into different zones, and leaders were assigned the responsibility of booths, gram panchayats, blocks and Padampur Notified Area Council (NAC).

-"They narrated how they managed the mood over issues such as drought, demand for a separate district and party candidate Barsha Singh Bariha's marriage in a non-tribal family," a party leader said.

-They also told Patnaik how they dealt with different obstacles and bolstered the party's prospects in Padampur.

-"The BJD changed its strategy after the Dhamnagar result and engaged both old and young leaders in campaigning," he said.

-The BJD leaders exuded confidence in the victory of the party candidate.

-"We apprised the CM about our fieldwork in Padampur, how the ground situation changed within 22 days after our arrival," Dhenkanal MLA Sudhir Samal, one of the bypoll managers, said.

-Samal said they also informed Patnaik, the party president, about possible leading margins in various segments of the constituency.

-He said the BJD's vote percentage has increased after Patnaik's three public meetings in Padampur.

-Senior BJD leader and former MP Pradeep Majhi said they narrated their Padampur experience to Patnaik.

-"The CM asked us to remain dedicated to the service to the people," Majhi said.

-Another senior party leader, Sharada Nayak, said the CM asked them to submit reports about specific programmes required for different areas of the state ahead of the 2024 general elections.

-Both the BJD and the BJP hadn't left any stone unturned for the Padampur bypoll.

-After their defeat in Dhamnagar, the BJD had engaged ministers, lawmakers and senior leaders in the by-election.
Patnaik had addressed three public meetings in support of the BJD candidate.

-On the other hand, Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Ashwini Kumar Vaishnaw, Narendra Singh Tomar and Bishweswar Tudu campaigned for the BJP candidate.

-BJP candidate Pradip Purohit exuded confidence in winning the by-election with a comfortable margin.

-BJD nominee Barsha Singh Bariha also said she was confident of a positive outcome.

-Congress candidate Satya Bhusan Sahu, however, said that the Congress will retain its vote share of the 2019 elections.

-"The situation changed after the CM's visit and inflow of money into Padampur. It is going to be victory of 'Dhan Tantra' (money power) and not 'Gana Tantra' (democracy)," he said.