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Husband in jail, Kalpana Soren wins Gandey assembly bypoll by 26K votes

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June 05, 2024

KALPANA Soren, wife of jailed former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, has won the Gandey Assembly bypoll by defeating BJP's Dilip Verma with a margin of 26,483 votes.

-  MUKESH RANJAN

Husband in jail, Kalpana Soren wins Gandey assembly bypoll by 26K votes

The seat fell vacant after JMM MLA Sarfaraz Ahmad resigned from the Assembly membership ahead of Hemant Soren's arrest in a money laundering case linked to a land scam. While Soren bagged 1,08,975 votes, her rival Dilip Verma of the BJP got 82,492. Her victory is significant as she led the INDIA bloc in Jharkhand in the absence of Hemant Soren and, in a way, proved her claim to lead the JMM in future. The official announcement of the result is awaited.

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