Durg, November 10, 2009: Congress today wrested the Vaishali Nagar assembly segment from the BJP.
Bhajan Singh Nirankari of Congress has defeated his nearest rival Jageswar Sahu of BJP by a margin of 1228 votes in a 15 corner contest in the by-poll.
The details of who got how many votes:
Bhajan Singh Nirankari (Congress): 47,225
Jageswar Sahu (BJP): 45,997
Riti Deshlahare (Independent): 11,477
Noor Bhai (Independent): 1058
Ashok Miri (Communist Party of India MLL): 586
Shiv Shankar Singh Advocate (Azad Janata Party): 314
Farooq Khan (Lok Janshakti Party): 230
Advocate Narendra Gupta (Independent): 185
Durga Patel (Independent): 126
Ganesh Manhar (independent): 116
Chitralekha Dewangan (Chhattisgarh Vikas Party): 114
Manharan Singh Chhedaiya (Gondwana Ganatantra Party): 112
Anand Gautam (Independent): 107
Anita Verma (Independent): 92
Bakar Ali (Bharatiya Sadbhavna Samaj Party): 62