Hisar: Kuldeep Bishnoi of the Haryana Janhit Congress( Bhajan Lal) won the Hisar Lok Sabha by-elections defeating his nearest rival Ajay Singh Chautala of the Indian National Lok Dal by 6323 votes. Bishnoi was also supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Congress candidate Jai Prakash came a distant third despite his party being in power in the state.
Kuldeep Bishnoi, who stood at 355941 votes, defeated Ajay Chautala, who got 349618 votes and Jai Prakash, who got 149785 votes.
Kuldeep Bishnoi defeated his nearest rival Ajay Singh Chautala of the Indian National Lok Dal by 6323 votes.
Even though the main battle was between Bishnoi and Chautala; Anna Hazare call to not vote in favour of the Congress candidate had given the by-election an interesting twist.
Bishnoi, however, declined to credit Team Anna for his win and instead said that Anna Hazare should have targeted all corrupt parties and not just the Congress.
Following Team Anna's anti-Congress campaign the seat had become a prestige issue for the party even though during the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections, too, the party had finished third.
Bishnoi's father and former Congress leader Bhajan Lal had won the seat in 2009 after forming his own outfit. The by-elections were held after Lal died.
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