BJP candidate Sambit Patra leading by over 47,932 votes in Puri LS seat

Bhubaneswar: BJP national spokesperson and party candidate Sambit Patra was leading by 47, 932 votes over his nearest rival Arup Patnaik of the Biju Janata Dal in the Puri Lok Sabha seat, according to the Election Commission of India.

Patra has secured 2,71,630 votes while Patnaik has got 2,23,698 votes.

Congress candidate Jaynarayan Pattanayak is in third position with 9,716 votes.