Samajwadi Party Retains Key UP Seat Where Its MLA Had Defected To BJP

The SP retained the seat with Sudhakar Singh garnering 1,24,427 votes. Dara Chauhan got 81,668 votes, according to the Election Commission (EC).

Samajwadi Party candidate Sudhakar Singh on Friday defeated his BJP rival Dara Singh Chauhan in the Ghosi assembly bypoll in Uttar Pradesh with a margin of 42,759 votes, an official said.

The SP retained the seat with Sudhakar Singh garnering 1,24,427 votes. Dara Chauhan got 81,668 votes, according to the Election Commission (EC).

The counting of votes for the bypoll, which is being seen as the first major electoral clash between the ruling NDA and the INDIA opposition bloc, began at 8 am.