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Prayagraj: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Kalpana Sonkar emerged victorious in a close fight to bag the seat of Zila Panchayat president in Kaushambi on Saturday. She defeated her rival Samajwadi Party supported Vijma Diwakar by a narrow margin of two votes to get elected. SP workers and Diwakar alleged that the district and police officials worked to ensure victory of the rival candidate.
Earlier, voting started at 11am at the district headquarters amidst tight security. Out of the 26 Zila Panchayat members eligible to cast their votes, only one Arsi Jafri of ward number 3 failed to turn up. The remaining 25 cast their votes before the deadline of 3pm. District election office informed that one vote was declared invalid during the counting process. Out of the remaining 24 votes, Sonkar bagged 13 votes, while Diwakar could secure just 11 votes.