SP candidate elected from Lanji
Bhopal,
Nov
3:
Samajwadi
Party's
Kishore
Samrite
was
elected
in
the
Assembly
byelection
in
Lanji
constituency
in
Madhya
Pradesh's
Balaghat
district
today
defeating
his
BJP
rival
Mrs
Dhareshwari
Bhatere
by
a
margin
of
3734
votes.
SP
wrests
the
seat
from
BJP.
Mr Samrite, who contested the byelection from behind the bars after he was detained in a case of loot and arson following an agitation against a contractor eight months ago, polled a total of 28,779 votes as against 25,045 polled by Mrs Bhatere. Congress candidate Bhagwat Bhau Nagpure came a distant third polling 11,738 votes.
The byelection was necessitated by the death of former minister Dilip Bhatere(BJP), whose wife was fielded by the ruling party in the byelection in a 19-cornered contest.
UNI