KANPUR: BharatiyaJanta Party's candidate Ajit Pal defeated his nearest rival Samajwadi Party candidate Seema Sachan by 11,861 votes in the Sikandra Assembly by-election in Kanpur (Rural) district on Sunday.
The victory margin was a slight setback for BJP as in the March Assembly polls, Ajit Pal's further Mathura Prasad Pal had won by 32,000.
The Sikandra assembly segment is one of the five seats that comprise Etawah Lok Sabha seat. The seat had fallen vacant following the death of Ajit Pal's father BJP MLA Mathura Prasad Pal.
While the BJP candidate got 73,284 votes, SP got 61,423 and the Congress 19,084 in a triangular contest. Among the total 11 candidates in the fray, Independent Brajendra alias Bauwa Trivedi mustered 3,613 votes.
