Puducherry by-polls: Congress wins Kamraj Nagar seat

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ANI | Updated: Oct 24, 2019 11:14 ISTPuducherry [India], Oct 24 (ANI): 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
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 ANIKumar 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)