Bhubaneswar, Dec 8 (UNI) Establishing a convincing lead, Odisha's ruling BJD seemed all set to retain the Padampur Assembly seat on Thursday as the vote count was on for the December 5 by-poll.
State Chief Electoral Office (CEO) sources said Barsha Singh Bariha of BJD is leading by 12,548 votes over her nearest rival BJP candidate Pradeep Kumar Purohit by the end of the seventh round.
While Barsha has polled 37,651 votes, Purohit garnered 25,103 votes. Congress candidate Satya Bhusan Sahu has received only 1131 votes so far.