Lucknow: Sudhakar Singh of Samajwati Party has won the Ghosi assembly seat by a record margin. He defeated his nearest rival Dara Singh Chauhan of Bharatiya Janata Party.
The bypoll was necessitated by the resignation of Dara Singh Chauhan, who had won the seat in the 2022 UP Assembly polls, On a Samajwadi Party ticket in July. Chauhan returned to the BJP and was fielded by the party in this bypoll.
Ghosi Byelection Result: Samajwadi Party Supremo Akhilesh Yadav congratulates Sudhakar Singh on his historic win in Ghosi byelection. SP Chief extends his greetings to the people of Ghosi for their love and support to INDIA bloc#Assemblybypoll2023 pic.twitter.com/jjACiQkSQo
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Chauhan was supported by NDA partners Apna Dal (Sonelal), Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (NISHAD) Party, and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, a former SP ally.
The SP candidate received support from INDIA bloc constituents — the Congress, CPI(M), CPI, RLD, AAP, CPI(ML)-Liberation, and Suheldev Swabhiman Party.
The Ghosi assembly bypoll was seen as the first major electoral clash between the NDA and the opposition bloc INDIA and the victory of Samajwadi Party candidate Sudhakar Singh has certainly put INDIA ahead.
