The Congress’s Pramod Jain Bhaya won the Anta assembly seat in Rajasthan’s Baran district, fighting off a challenge from the BJP’s Morpal Suman and a threat from party rebel Naresh Meena.

Bhaya won with 69,462 votes and a margin of 15,594 votes over BJP ’s Suman, who received 53,868 votes. Rebel Meena stood a close third with 53,740 votes, with the final figures yet to be announced by the Election Commission.

Bhaya gained from being a local heavyweight with a long political career, which included being an MLA three times, including as a cabinet minister, and from being close to former chief minister Ashok Gehlot .

BJP perhaps could not overcome Morpal Suman’s low profile – despite campaigning by CM Bhajan Lal Sharma and former CM Vasundhara Raje – in a high-profile contest. With

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