BJP Ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) Wins Poll In Samajwadi Party's UP Stronghold
NDTV
Shafeek Ahmed Ansari of the Apna Dal (Sonelal) secured a little over 50 per cent of the total votes polled in the by-poll.
Breaching the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party's last citadel in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district, ruling BJP-ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) on Saturday won the Suar assembly by-election by a margin of 8,724 votes.
Shafeek Ahmed Ansari of the Apna Dal (Sonelal) secured a little over 50 per cent of the total votes polled in the by-poll, according to information available on the Election Commission website.
As per the data available on the website, Mr Ansari polled 68,630 votes and his nearest rival and Samajwadi Party (SP) nominee Anuradha Chauhan bagged 59,906 votes.
More than 1.35 lakh votes were polled in the Suar assembly by-election held on May 10.
