BJP’s Devyani Rana on Thursday won the Nagrota Assembly seat as she polled 42,143 votes, a lead of 24,522 votes over her nearest rival, Harsh Dev Singh, a former minister and president of the J&K National Panthers Party (India).

According to the latest data released by the Election Commission of India after the conclusion of the final round of counting, the ruling National Conference finished a distant third in the bypoll with its candidate, Shamim Begum, securing 10,834 votes.

Devyani, who holds an Economics Degree from the University of California, is the daughter of Devender Rana, who won the seat for the BJP during the 2024 assembly elections by a margin of 30,472 votes, defeating his nearest NC candidate, Joginder Singh, who got 17,641 votes. Devender Rana died in October last yea

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