Congress candidate Rupinder Singh Koonar emerged victorious in the Karanpur assembly election, defeating BJP minister Surendra Pal Singh by 11,283 votes. The outcome of the assembly election was announced on Monday.
As per the chief electoral office, Koonar garnered 94,950 votes, surpassing Singh, who received 83,667 votes. The counting process comprised 18 rounds.
"I am thankful to the people of Karanpur who voted for me. even central ministers had come for campaigning (but) people rejected them and made democracy win," Koonar, whose late father Gurmeet Singh earlier held the seat, told reporters after winning the election.
Voting for the seat was held on January 5.
Singh was inducted into the Rajasthan ministry after the BJP won the assembly polls, bagging 115 of the 199 seats.
According to the rules, he has six months to get elected to the assembly after being inducted as a minister.
The election for the Karanpur seat was postponed due to the death of Congress candidate Gurmeet Singh Koonar. The Congress then fielded his son from the seat.
