New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Ram Chandra won the Bawana Assembly by-poll in Delhi by around 24052 votes, leaving the BJP in the second spot.

The AAP candidate got 59886 votes against 35834 votes of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Ved Prakash. Congress candidate Surender Kumar had 31919 votes.

The by-poll was necessitated after Ved Prakash quit the AAP and resigned from the assembly seat to join the BJP.

Voting was conducted on August 23 at 379 polling booths. The polling percentage remained low with only 45 per cent people turning up to cast their votes.