Kalikho Pul's wife wins Arunachal bypoll on BJP ticket

November 22, 2016 16:36

Just In: North East Democratic Alliance candidate Dasanglu Pul of the BJP won the Hayuliang assembly by-poll after defeating her lone rival Yompi Kri, an independent candidate, by 942 votes. Pul, who was contesting on a BJP ticket, polled 5,326 votes while Kri could secure 4,384 votes in the by-poll held on November 19. The winner is the youngest of three wives of former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Kalikho Pul. The by-poll was necessitated due to his alleged suicide.

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