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Ruling BJD wins Odisha bypoll
IANS
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Gond defeated his nearest rival -- the Bharatiya Janata Party's Dharmu Gond by more than 20,000 votes, a senior district administrative official told IANS.

Three candidates were in the fray for the Nov 30 by-election.

The bypoll for the seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribes, was necessitated by the killing of BJD member Jagabandhu Majhi by gunmen Sep 24.

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(Published 04 December 2011, 12:48 IST)