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The results of the Nuapada By-Election 2025 were announced today. BJP's Jay Dholakia won the Nuapada Bypoll with a margin of 83748 votes. He secured 123869 votes, defeating his nearest rival, Ghasiram Majhi of Congress, who got 40121 votes. A total of 38408 votes were polled in favour of BJD candidate Snehnagini Chhuria, who stood at third place.
Polling was held on November 11 across 358 booths. Around 2.54 lakh voters were eligible to cast their votes, while the turnout reached 83.45 per cent.
The By-Election was conducted following the death of four-time MLA Rajendra Dholakia on September 8.
- Nov 14, 2025 16:23 IST
BJP wins Nuapada Bypoll
BJP's Jay Dholakia won the Nuapada Bypoll-2025 by securing a total of 123869 votes and defeated his nearest rival Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress) by a margin of 83748 votes.
Tally:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 123869
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 40121
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 38408
- Nov 14, 2025 16:17 IST
BJP's lead stands at 83360 after 28 rounds of counting of votes
Tally:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 123446
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 40086
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 38314
- Nov 14, 2025 16:11 IST
After 27 rounds of counting of votes, BJP's lead stands at 83204
Tally:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 123243
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 40039
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 38256
- Nov 14, 2025 16:04 IST
BJP's lead at 82911 votes after 26 rounds of counting of votes
Tally:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 122898
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 39987
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 38011
- Nov 14, 2025 15:54 IST
BJP leads by 81381 votes after 25 rounds of counting of votes
Tally:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 120466
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 39085
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 37464
- Nov 14, 2025 15:42 IST
After 24 rounds of counting of votes, BJP's lead reaches 78534
Tally:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 116159
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 37625
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 36023
- Nov 14, 2025 15:28 IST
BJP's lead reaches 76142 after 23 rounds of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 112587
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 36445
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 34361
- Nov 14, 2025 15:18 IST
BJP leads by 73139 votes after 22 rounds of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 108240
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 35101
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 33088
- Nov 14, 2025 15:00 IST
BJP's Jay Dholakia with over 1 lakh votes after 21 rounds of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 103083
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 33858
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 32052
Jay Dholakia leading by 69225 votes
- Nov 14, 2025 14:48 IST
Status after 20th round of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 97789
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 32191
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 30423
Jay Dholakia leading by 65598 votes
- Nov 14, 2025 14:30 IST
BJP ahead with lead of 62313 votes after 19th round of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 92947
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 30634
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 29026
- Nov 14, 2025 14:16 IST
BJP leads by 59912 votes after 18th round while Congress retains second spot
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 88278
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 28366
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 27438
- Nov 14, 2025 13:40 IST
BJP leads by 56819 votes after 17th round while Congress reaches second spot, overtaking BJD
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 83572
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 26753
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 26203
- Nov 14, 2025 13:26 IST
BJP leads by 53872 votes after 16th round of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 78507
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 24635
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 24251
- Nov 14, 2025 13:08 IST
Status after 15th round of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 73745
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 23089
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 22618
- Nov 14, 2025 12:53 IST
BJP's lead reaches 46713 after 14th round of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 68564
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 21851
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 21460
- Nov 14, 2025 12:17 IST
BJP leading by a mammoth 43234 votes after 13th round of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 63522
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 20288
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 20103
- Nov 14, 2025 12:01 IST
BJP leads by 40313 votes after 12th round of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP):59366
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD):19053
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress):17437
- Nov 14, 2025 11:46 IST
BJP's Jay Dholakia leads by 36796 votes after 11th round of counting
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 54980
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 18184
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 15337
- Nov 14, 2025 11:28 IST
Status after 10th round of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 50333
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 17101
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 13751
Jay Dholakia leads by 33232 votes
- Nov 14, 2025 11:15 IST
BJP's lead crosses 30,000 after 9th round of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 45251
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 14784
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 11957
Jay Dholakia leads by 30467 votes.
- Nov 14, 2025 11:03 IST
BJP's Jay Dholakia leads by 28888 votes after 8th round of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 41520
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 12632
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 10649
- Nov 14, 2025 10:42 IST
BJP leads by over 25,000 votes after 7th round of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 36088
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 10742
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 9474
Jay Dholakia leads by 25346 votes.
- Nov 14, 2025 10:30 IST
BJP's lead crosses 20,000 after 6th round of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 30641
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 8646
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 7891
- Nov 14, 2025 10:18 IST
BJP cements lead after 5th round of counting of votes
Total Votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 25195
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 6797
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 6538
- Nov 14, 2025 10:06 IST
4th round: BJP leads, Congress moves to second spot
Jay Dholakia (BJP) continues to lead while Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress) stood at second spot after 4th round of counting of votes.
Total votes:
Jay Dholakia (BJP): 18903
Ghasi Ram Majhi (Congress): 6088
Snehangini Chhuria (BJD): 5320
- Nov 14, 2025 09:52 IST
JAY DHOLAKIA leads with margin of over 10,000 after 3rd round
JAY DHOLAKIA of BJP was leading with a margin of 10013 votes after the 3rd round of counting of votes.
Total Votes:
JAY DHOLAKIA: 14370.
SNEHANGINI CHHURIA (BJD): 4357.
GHASI RAM MAJHI (Congress): 3530.
- Nov 14, 2025 09:43 IST
BJP maintains lead in second round, leads by 7413 votes
BJP's Jay Dholakia maintained his lead in the second round also and was leading by 7413 votes
Total Votes:
JAY DHOLAKIA (BJP): 10436.
SNEHANGINI CHHURIA (BJD): 3023.
GHASI RAM MAJHI (Congress): 2234.
- Nov 14, 2025 09:28 IST
BJP's Jay Dholakia leads
BJP candidate Jay Dholakia was leading with a total of 4904 votes after the conclusion of the first round of counting.
BJD's Snehangini Chhuria stood second with 1357 votes, while Congress candidate Ghasi Ram Majhi was in third spot with 1308 votes.
- Nov 14, 2025 08:07 IST
Counting of postal ballots begins
The counting of postal ballots began at 8 AM. The counting of votes registered in the EVMs is scheduled to start at 8.30 AM.
