Rajinder Nagar bypoll: AAP’s Durgesh Pathak leads in first spherical of counting

By way of PTI

NEW DELHI: AAP candidate Durgesh Pathak used to be main the tally over his BJP rival Rajesh Bhatia by way of a margin of over 1,500 votes within the Rajinder Nagar meeting bypoll, as counting of votes started on Sunday morning.

After the primary spherical of counting, Pathak had secured just about 64 in keeping with cent of the votes counted, in keeping with legitimate knowledge shared by way of government.

Bhatia used to be at the back of him with 32.26 in keeping with cent proportion of the votes counted within the first spherical. Congress candidate Prem Lata used to be trailing with a meagre 2.09 in keeping with cent vote proportion, in keeping with the legitimate knowledge.

Bypoll to the the most important meeting seat had taken position on June 23 with a low turnout of 43.75 in keeping with cent. Fourteen applicants try their success within the contest, in large part noticed as a fight between a assured AAP and a spirited BJP. Counting of votes started at 8 AM amid tight safety preparations.