Congress Wins Datia Bypoll: Ghanshyam Singh Defeats BJP's Ashutosh Tiwari in Madhya Pradesh
Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh on Monday won the Datia Assembly by-election, defeating BJP's Ashutosh Tiwari by a margin of 6,016 votes, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI). Singh secured 66,757 votes, while Tiwari polled 60,741 votes after all 15 rounds of counting.
Datia, August 3: Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh on Monday won the Datia Assembly by-election, defeating BJP's Ashutosh Tiwari by a margin of 6,016 votes, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI). Singh secured 66,757 votes, while Tiwari polled 60,741 votes after all 15 rounds of counting.
The voting for the high-stakes Datia Assembly by-election in Madhya Pradesh was held on July 30. The bypoll was necessitated following the disqualification of sitting Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti in April, after a Delhi court convicted and sentenced him in a bank fraud and cheating case. Assembly By-Elections Results 2026: Prashant Kishor Widens Lead in Bankipur as Counting Continues; Tight Contest in Datia.
BJP candidate Ashutosh Tiwari thanked voters, party workers and leaders for their support and said he would accept the people's mandate with humility.
Speaking to the reporters, Tiwari said, "Every one of our dedicated workers is standing with full enthusiasm, and the counting is still underway. The Datia case is not hidden from you, so many of your questions already have answers.
For now, I express my heartfelt gratitude to the voters, our workers, and party leaders for their blessings, hard work, confidence, and commitment to advancing the party's ideology and taking the government's welfare schemes to the grassroots. I will accept whatever mandate the people give with humility."
Tiwari replaced Narottam Mishra as the BJP candidate. Mishra had represented Datia for three consecutive terms from 2008 to 2018 but lost the seat in the 2023 Assembly elections. Earlier, Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari said the party's lead in the Datia Assembly bypoll has exposed the "real face" of the BJP government in the state and claimed that the result is a sign of change among the people. Bankipur Assembly By-Election Result 2026: Prashant Kishor Takes Early Lead As Bypoll Counting Underway in Bihar.
"This election has exposed the real face of the BJP govt of Madhya Pradesh. This is the result of the collective effort of our team in Madhya Pradesh. The people of the state have given a sign for change. Even if he (BJP's Narottam Mishra) had contested, he would have lost," Patwari said.
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