This Article is From Dec 08, 2022

Samajwadi's Dimple Yadav Wins Key Polls In Family Stronghold Of Mainpuri

Mainpuri was vacant after the death of her father-in-law and Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh in October.

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Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party won in his father Mulayam Singh Yadav's Mainpuri constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav defeated her rival, BJP's Raghuraj Singh Shakya, by a margin of over 2.88 lakh votes.

Results will also be declared today for bypolls in five assembly constituencies in five states.

Mainpuri was vacant after the death of her father-in-law and Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh in October.

After the win, Dimple Yadav thanked Mainpuri voters for supporting her.

"I want to thank everyone who has supported me. I said this would be a historic mandate in the name of Neta ji and that is what has happened," she said.

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Though the outcome of the bypolls would not make much difference to the government at the Centre as well as in Uttar Pradesh as the BJP has a comfortable majority at both the places, a win would give psychological advantage to the winner in the run-up to the 2024 general election.

Voting was held on December 5 in six assembly seats in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh and in the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat.

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