Ramgarh (Alwar District) , RAJASTHAN :
With over 83,000 votes, Shafia Zubair of the Indian National Congress has won the Ramgarh bypoll in Rajasthan. As many as 20 candidates were in the fray in the January 28 election.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Shafia Zubair wins 83,311 votes
- BJP’s Suwant Singh wins 71,083 votes
- Congress formed a government after the recent Rajasthan state election
Congress candidate Shafia Zubair has won the Ramgarh bypoll in Rajasthan by over 12,000 votes, defeating Suwant Singh of the BJP.
Shafia Zubair won 83,311 votes, and Suwant Singh won 71,083.
Rajasthan was governed by the BJP until December, when the Congress formed a government.
As many as 20 candidates contested the Ramgarh bypoll, which was held on January 28.
The election to the assembly seat could not be held along with other constituencies due to the death of the BSP candidate ahead of December 7 Rajasthan state election.
Meanwhile, Congress candidate Randeep Singh Surjewala was trailing Krishan Lal Middha of the BJP in the Jind bypoll in Haryana, for which counting of votes was under way.
Twenty-one candidates, including two women, had contested the bypoll, which were held on January 28.
QUICK RECAP: Shafia Zubair of the Congress comfortably won the Ramgarh bypoll, one of two bypolls for which counting of votes was done today. Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala was trailing the BJP candidate in the other election, in Haryana’s Jind.
source: http://www.indiatoday.in / India Today / Home> News> Elections / by India Today Web Desk / New Delhi / January 31st, 2019