OLYMPIC wrestler and Congress candidate Vinesh Phogat on Tuesday won her maiden election, defeating her nearest BJP rival Yogesh Kumar from Julana assembly seat in Haryana, according to the Election Commission.
Phogat defeated Kumar by a margin of 6,015 votes. After establishing an early lead she began trailing, but she later recovered lost ground and emerged winner.
Phogat was trailing behind her BJP rival Yogesh Kumar by a margin of 3,641 votes.
The counting of votes polled in the October 5 Haryana elections began at 8 am on Tuesday. (PTI)














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