India, Nov. 14 -- As anticipated, BJP's Devyani Rana, the daughter of late MLA Devender Singh Rana, won the Nagrota assembly byelection by 24,647 votes defeating her nearest rival, Harsh Dev Singh of the Panthers Party India.

Devyani polled 42,350 votes against Harsh Dev's 17,703 votes.

National Conference candidate and Dansal District Development Council (DDC) member Shamima Begum secured 10,872 votes.

BJP rebel Anil Sharma, who contested as an independent, could muster only 842 votes.

Apni Party candidate Bodh Raj with 392 votes and AAP candidate Joginder Singh with 359 votes put up a dismal show.

Devyani's father Devender Singh Rana had defeated National Conference candidate Joginder Singh by 30,472 votes in the 2024 assembly elec...