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By-election results: Manohar Parrikar wins Panaji, big win for AAP in Delhi

AAP candidate Ram Chander wins Bawana bypoll, defeats BJP's Ved Prakash by 24052 votes

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Manohar Parrikar

Press Trust of India New Delhi
The BJP on Monday won both the Panaji and Valpoi assembly seats in Goa in the latest round of by-polls. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar won from here with a margin of 4,803 votes.

Health Minister Vishwajit Rane won the Valpoi seat with a margin of 10,066 votes.

Parrikar, who won the Panaji seat for the sixth time, polled 9,862 votes beating his nearest rival Congress' Girish Chodankar, who netted 5,059 votes. Anand Shirodkar of the Goa Suraksha Manch came a distant third with 220 votes.

AAP candidate Ram Chander won Bawana bypoll, defeating BJP's Ved Prakash by 24052 votes.

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First Published: Aug 28 2017 | 9:47 AM IST

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