Raipur: BJP candidate Dinesh Kashyap on Friday defeated his nearest rival Lakhma Kawasi of Congress by over 85,000 votes to win the by-poll to Naxal-hit Bastar Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh.
Elections officials in Bastar district said that Kashyap defeated Kawasi by over 85,000 votes to win the tribal-dominated constituency spread over four districts.
A formal declaration of the result will be made soon, they said.
Dinesh is the son of former Bastar MP Baliram Kashyap, whose death necessitated the by-poll held on May 8.
Lakma is the sitting Congress legislator from Konta (ST).
Bastar Collector and Election Officer P Anbalagan said counting of votes began this morning amid tight security at district headquarters at Jagdalpur, where a total of 16 counting rounds were held.
Eight Assembly segments of four districts - Bastar, Dantewada, Narayanpur and Bijapur - form the Bastar Parliamentary constituency.
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