MP: Congress Retains Datia Assembly Seat; Ghanshyam Singh Defeats BJP’s Tiwari by 6,000 Votes
Kunwar Ghanshyam Singh won by 6,016 votes as the Congress held the seat amid internal dissent and a strong third-place showing by an ASP candidate.
- On Monday, Congress candidate Kunwar Ghanshyam Singh won the Datia Assembly by-election in Madhya Pradesh, defeating first-time Bharatiya Janata Party nominee Ashutosh Tiwari by 6,016 votes.
- A Delhi court's sentencing of Congress MLA Rajendra Kumar Bharti to three years' imprisonment necessitated the by-election, ending the seat's 15-year-long BJP stronghold.
- Singh secured 66,757 votes against Tiwari's 60,741, while Azad Samaj Party candidate Damodar Singh Yadav finished third with 22,527 votes, potentially splitting support from both major parties.
- While Congress supporters celebrated the win, Tiwari termed the result an occasion for introspection, and the newly-elected Singh pledged to combat gambling and betting rackets in the constituency.
- State Congress President Jitu Patwari framed the victory as a "clarion call for the 2028 assembly elections," as the party works toward national goals for Rahul Gandhi.
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MP Bypoll: Congress Retains Datia, Ghanshyam Singh Defeats BJP's Ashutosh Tiwari
<p class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" data-start="138" data-end="701">Congress successfully retained the Datia Assembly seat in the Madhya Pradesh by-election as candidate Ghanshyam Singh secured victory over BJP nominee Ashutosh Tiwari in a closely watched contest. Singh won by a margin of 6,016 votes, receiving 60,757 votes, while Tiwari finished behind with 60,741 votes, according to the figures cited in the election coverage. The result…
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