Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal has taken decisive leads in the Odisha by-elections in Tirtol and Balasore Assembly seats.
The BJD has recorded lead of 35234 votes by the end of 23rd round of counting in Tirtol and 6476 leads in Balasore Sadar after the 14th round.
The ruling party has got 75811 votes in Tirtol where as the BJP and Congress obtained 40577and 22150 votes respectively after the 23 round of counting.
In Balasore, the BJD received 51093 votes cumulatively after the end of 14th round, the BJP got 44617 votes and Congress 3337 votes.