Out of the total of 21 wards in Balangir Municipality, BJD won 15 while Congress won in four places followed by BJP and Independent candidates winning one ward each, it said.
In the Titlagarh notified area council (NAC) polls, ruling BJD also registered a landslide victory winning 14 out of the total of 15 wards, it stated.
The election for the post of chairperson and vice-chairperson of Balangir and Titlagarh ULBs would be held on July 11 and August 5 respectively, the release notified.
BJD Vice-President and Rajya Sabha MP A U Singhdeo said that the people voted in favour of the ruling party as they have faith in the Naveen Patnaik government.
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