Himachal Pradesh bypolls: Congress' Hardeep Singh Bawa wins Nalagarh assembly seat

Hardeep Singh Bawa won by 8,990 votes.

Hardeep Singh Bawa

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Shimla: Congress' Hardeep Singh Bawa defeated his nearest rival and BJP candidate K L Thakur in the bypoll to the Nalagarh assembly seat in Himachal Pradesh by 8,990 votes, officials said on Saturday.

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Bawa, a five-time president of the Indian National Trade Union Congress' Himachal Pradesh unit, polled 34,608 votes.