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Congress retains Madhya Pradesh's Datia seat; BJP loses bypoll after candidate switch
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Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh won the Datia assembly seat bypoll in Madhya Pradesh, defeating BJP's Ashutosh Tiwari by 6,016 votes.
Singh secured 66,757 votes, while Tiwari polled 60,741 votes; Azad Samaj Party's Damodar Yadav came third with 22,527 votes.
The bypoll was held after Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti was disqualified following a court sentence in a cheating case.
The BJP had denied a ticket to former state Home Minister Narottam Mishra, who lost to Bharti in 2023, and instead fielded Tiwari.
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