Bypolls: SP wins both UP seats, TRS gains Palair

May 20, 2016 00:44

The Samajwadi Party candidates won both Bilari and Jangipur assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh.SP candidate Mohammad Faheem defeated his nearest rival Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Saini by a margin of 7,000 votes from Bilari seat in Moradabad district.

From Jangipur seat of Gazipur district, SP candidate Kismati Devi defeated BJP candidate Ramesh Singh Pappu by a margin of 22,000 votes.

In Telangana, ruling Telangana Rastra Samiti gained Palair assembly constituency with its candidate Nageswara Rao emerging the winner.

Rao defeated Congress rival Sucharitha Reddy by a margin of over 45 thousand votes.

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