CM Naveen Finally Tastes Defeat, Loses Poll Battle In Kantabanji
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In what can be a big loss for the BJD, its supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was defeated from the Kantabanji seat, according to poll results published on Wednesday.
Bhubaneswar, June 4: In what can be a big loss for the BJD, its supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was defeated from the Kantabanji seat, according to poll results published on Wednesday.
With this, Patnaik tasted defeat for the first time in his 26 years of political life. He was defeated by BJP candidate Laxman Bag by a margin of about 5,000 votes.
Patnaik fought the Kantabanji as his second Assembly seat next to his original Hinjili Assembly seat. He was leading in the Hinjili seat by over 3,000 votes by the time of filing of this article.
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