Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, Devyani Rana Friday won the Nagrota Assembly bypoll in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), defeating her nearest rival, Harsh Dev Singh of Panthers Party.

Devyani Rana was declared the winner in the Nagrota Assembly bypoll after she defeated her nearest rival, Harsh Dev Singh of the J&K National Panthers Party (JKNPP), by a margin of over 21,000 votes.

The candidate of the ruling National Conference (NC) party, Shamim Begum, finished a distant third with just over 10,000 votes polled in her favour.

Celebrations started in the BJP camp in Jammu immediately after the victory of the party candidate was announced in Nagrota.

Devyani Rana is the daughter of late Devender Singh Rana, who won the Nagrota seat in the 2024 Assembly elections.

The bye-election becam

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