New Delhi: The ruling Congress in Rajasthan touched Thursday the half-way mark in the 200-member state Assembly with its candidate Shafia Zubair defeating her BJP rival by a margin of over 12,000 votes in the Ramgarh by-elections.
However, the BJP made it 1-1 with Krishan Lal Middha winning the Jind Assembly seat by a margin of 12,935 votes. This is the first time the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bagged the Jind assembly seat, making a new beginning in this ‘Jat’ land seat. Middha defeated Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala.
In the Ramgarh by-elections Zubair secured 44.77 per cent votes against BJP candidate Sukhwant Singh’s 38.20 per cent, according to officials of the state election department. The exact margin of victory was 12,228 votes.
Twenty candidates contested the January 28 elections. The remaining 18 candidates, including Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Jagat Singh got their security forfeited.
The election to the Ramgarh Assembly seat, which was won by the BJP in the 2013 state polls, could not be held along with other constituencies due to the death of the BSP candidate ahead of December 7, Rajasthan elections.
Agencies
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