Chandigarh, Jan. 26 -- It was billed as a close fight but in the end Major Rajinder Singh Virk( retd) was elected as president of the Chandigarh Golf Club (CGC), defeating Captain Mohanbir Singh (retd) by a decisive margin of 304 votes in an election with a record turnout on a sunny Sunday.

Virk polled 775 votes against Singh's 471. Of the club's 1,800 voting members, 1,255 cast their votes, marking the highest voter turnout in the club's six-decade history. Eight votes were declared invalid.

Virk, 57, was third-time lucky in his quest for the top job at the region's premier golf institution after two unsuccessful attempts. He had lost the 2023 election by 29 votes and finished second in the club's first triangular contest in 2022.

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