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Results of the Nuapada By-Election 2025 will be announced today once the counting of votes is completed. 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. In this By-Election, Rajendra Dholakia’s son Jay Dholakia contested on a BJP ticket, Snehnagini Chhuria represented the BJD, and tribal leader Ghasiram Majhi was the Congress candidate.
The counting of votes will be conducted in 26 rounds across 14 counting tables and one for postal votes.
This page provides LIVE updates on the Nuapada By-Election 2025 results as the latest trends are being updated here.
- 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.
