Victory for BJP: Vishal Nehriya wins bypoll in Dharamshala
Update: 2019-10-24 11:49 IST
SHIMLA: The ruling BJP on Thursday won the Dharamshala bypoll in Himachal Pradesh, with its candidate Vishal Nehriya winning by a margin of 6,673 votes.
Nehriya defeated his nearest rival Rakesh Kumar, an independent candidate. Congress candidate Vijay Inder Karan was at the third place.
Himachal Pradesh assembly by-polls: Celebrations underway as Bharatiya Janata Party wins on Dharamsala assembly seat pic.twitter.com/z1yv9ihnFk
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In the 2017 Assembly elections, the victory margin of Kishan Kapoor of the BJP over Sudhir Sharma of the Congress was of 2,997 votes in Dharamshala.