Puducherry by-polls: Congress' John Kumar wins Kamraj Nagar seat

Indian National Congress on Thursday retained its Kamraj Nagar seat.
Congress candidate A John Kumar bagged 7170 votes more than his rival candidate Bouvanesvarane of All India NR Congress in the bypolls. "I thank people for giving a big mandate and making me win.

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My first priority will be to provide basic necessities to people. I also congratulate my opponents who worked hard but could not win Puducherry," said A John Kumar while speaking to ANI Kumar got 14,782 votes while Bouvanesvarane only bagged 7612 votes.

The former contested the by-elections as part of Congress-DMK alliance while the latter contested in the AINRC-AIADMK-BJP alliance.
-ANI

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