UP bypoll Results: SP's Naseem Solanki wins Sishamau Assembly seat

Naseem Solanki wins Sishamau Assembly seat

Kanpur: Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Naseem Solanki on Saturday won the Sishamau Assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh bypoll, according to Election Commission of India data. 

She received over 69,000 votes 

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She defeated BJP's Suresh Awasthi by 8,564 votes. She polled 69,714 votes while the BJP candidate garnered 61,150 votes. 

Sisamau seat has been the stronghold of the SP for long.  Naseem Solanki is the wife of Irfan Solanki, who has represented this seat four times.

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The election was necessitated after Irfan Solanki was sent to jail in a case. Naseem Solanki raised the issue of her husband's imprisonment during the campaigning.