<p>Bhopal: BJP’s Kamlesh Shah on Saturday won the Amarwara (ST) seat by a margin of over 3,200 votes after trailing in a number of rounds.</p>.<p>Shah defeated his nearest Congress rival Dheeran Shah Invati by a margin of 3,252 votes, a poll official said.</p>.<p>Shah got 83,036 votes, while Congress’ Invati polled 79,784 votes, the official said.</p>.Usual suspects? Congress MLAs who allegedly cross-voted in Maharashtra Council polls in 2022 under scrutiny again.<p>Devraman Bhalavi of the Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) finished third by bagging 28,638 votes.</p>.<p>The assembly by-election became necessary after Shah, a three-time Congress MLA, crossed over to the BJP on March 29 this year.</p>.<p>The BJP then fielded him as its candidate from Amarwara in the bypoll.</p>.<p>The bye election to this Scheduled Tribes-reserved seat in Chhindwara district was prestigious for both the ruling BJP and opposition Congress as Chhindwara was considered a stronghold of senior Congress leader Kamal Nath until recently.</p>
<p>Bhopal: BJP’s Kamlesh Shah on Saturday won the Amarwara (ST) seat by a margin of over 3,200 votes after trailing in a number of rounds.</p>.<p>Shah defeated his nearest Congress rival Dheeran Shah Invati by a margin of 3,252 votes, a poll official said.</p>.<p>Shah got 83,036 votes, while Congress’ Invati polled 79,784 votes, the official said.</p>.Usual suspects? Congress MLAs who allegedly cross-voted in Maharashtra Council polls in 2022 under scrutiny again.<p>Devraman Bhalavi of the Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) finished third by bagging 28,638 votes.</p>.<p>The assembly by-election became necessary after Shah, a three-time Congress MLA, crossed over to the BJP on March 29 this year.</p>.<p>The BJP then fielded him as its candidate from Amarwara in the bypoll.</p>.<p>The bye election to this Scheduled Tribes-reserved seat in Chhindwara district was prestigious for both the ruling BJP and opposition Congress as Chhindwara was considered a stronghold of senior Congress leader Kamal Nath until recently.</p>