India, Aug. 21 -- Incumbent Ajay Singh was elected as the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) president for a third straight term after his panel registered a comfortable win on Thursday. Singh defeated Sikkim unit's Jaslal Pradhan 40-26, while UP unit's Pramod Kumar was elected the secretary general, defeating MP unit's Digvijay Singh 36 votes to 30.

Kumar replaced Assam's Hemanta Kalita who according to the Sports Code was ineligible to contest after serving two consecutive four-year terms as an office-bearer and will now head into the mandatory cooling-off period. The other contestant, Delhi's Neeraj Jain, withdrew his nomination earlier in the day.

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