Vinesh Phogat and her mother show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting their votes at a polling station at Balali village during the Haryana Assembly elections.
Credit: PTI Photo
Chandigarh: Olympic wrestler and Congress candidate Vinesh Phogat on Tuesday won her maiden election, defeating her nearest BJP rival Yogesh Kumar from Julana assembly seat in Haryana, according to the Election Commission.
Phogat defeated Kumar by a margin of 6,015 votes.
Counting of votes polled in the October 5 Haryana elections began at 8 am on Tuesday.
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