BHUBANESWAR: Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) won the bypolls to both Balasore and Tirtol Assembly constituencies on Tuesday. BJD candidates defeated their nearest rivals from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), informed Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sushil Kumar Lohani. BJD’s Bijaya Shankar Das defeated BJP’s Rajkishore Behera by a huge margin of 41,703 votes in Tirtol. Das, son of late BJD MLA Bishnu Charan Das, garnered 88,310 votes while nearest rival Behera secured 46,607 votes. Congress candidate Himanshu Bhusan Mallick was placed third with 28,778 votes.