Congress candidate Mohammad Sharief Niaz has been declared elected from Bhaderwah assembly constituency in Jammu and Kashmir, where bye-election was held on April 23.
Niaz defeated his nearest rival Daleep Singh of BJP by a margin of 2,747 votes, according to returning officer of Bhaderwah assembly constituency M M Gupta.
Niaz polled 21,966 votes as against Singh who got only 19,219 votes, he said.
The bye-elections to Bhaderwah assembly constituency was held along with Udhampur-Doda parliamentary constituency on April 23.
The seat had fallen vacant due to the election of former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to Rajya Sabha.
Earlier, Azad had defeated his nearest rival D K Kotwal of BJP by a margin of 29,436 votes during assembly elections in 2008.
The constituency was earlier represented by Niaz in 2002. However, he resigned and bye-polls were held on April 24, 2006 in which Azad got elected.
