BJP wins Rajouri Garden Assembly seat, AAP loses deposit

The BJP registered a huge victory in the Rajouri Garden Assembly bypoll in the national capital today handing a humiliating defeat to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, which finished a distant third and even lost deposit.

BJP—SAD joint candidate Manjinder Singh Sirsa bagged 40,602 seats, over 50 per cent of the total votes polled, in a boost for the saffron party ahead of the April 23 municipal polls.

Congress’ Meenakshi Chandela finished second with 25,950 votes while AAP’s Harjeet Singh managed to get only 10,243 votes, less than one—sixth of the total votes polled, and lost deposit.

In terms of vote share, the Congress staged a turnaround of sorts by getting around 33 per cent of the total votes cast,in a jump of over 21 per cent over the 2015 Assembly polls.

Around 47 per cent of the over 1.6 lakh electors of the west Delhi seat had cast their vote on April 9.

The BJP's Ranoj Pegu on Thursday won the by-poll in Dehmaji constituency of Assam, defeating Congress' Babul Sonowal by a margin of over 9,000 votes, the Election Commission said.