<p>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.</p><p><em><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/indian-political-updates-bypolls-vote-counting-live-bjp-congress-tmc-jdu-rjd-narendra-modi-rahul-gandhi-politics-news-bypolls-assembly-seats-himachal-pradesh-tamil-nadu-bihar-west-bengal-punjab-politics-3104176">Follow live updates of bypoll results here</a></strong></em></p><p>Bawa, a five-time president of the Indian National Trade Union Congress' Himachal Pradesh unit, polled 34,608 votes.</p>
<p>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.</p><p><em><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/indian-political-updates-bypolls-vote-counting-live-bjp-congress-tmc-jdu-rjd-narendra-modi-rahul-gandhi-politics-news-bypolls-assembly-seats-himachal-pradesh-tamil-nadu-bihar-west-bengal-punjab-politics-3104176">Follow live updates of bypoll results here</a></strong></em></p><p>Bawa, a five-time president of the Indian National Trade Union Congress' Himachal Pradesh unit, polled 34,608 votes.</p>