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Agra, Dec 24: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won the Sikandra bye-election leaving behind Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party and the Congress. It was prevalent, during the initial rounds of counting of votes for Sikandra bypoll that the Yogi wave will continue in Uttar Pradesh. BJP’s Ajit Pal Singh has defeated the Samajwadi Party candidate Seema Sachan by around 7,000 votes.
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Sikandra seat falls in Kanpur Dehat district and the voting on the same was held on December 21. A total of 53 per cent polling was reported. The seat fell vacant following the death of sitting BJP MLA Mathura Prasad Pal on July 22 due to prolonged illness.
The BJP had fielded Pal’s son Ajit Pal Singh against Seema Sachan of the Samajwadi Party and Prabhakar of the Congress party. A total of 12 aspirants were in the contest, including five independent candidates.
Kanpur Dehat region hit the headlines in 1981 Phoolan Devi and her gang allegedly killed 21 Rajput men to avenge her rape. She surrendered to the police in 1983 and went on to become an MP from Mirzapur. She was shot dead outside her Delhi residence on July 25, 2001.
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