Datia, Aug. 3 -- Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh on Monday won the Datia Assembly by-election, defeating BJP's Ashutosh Tiwari by a margin of 6,016 votes, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).

Singh secured 66,757 votes, while Tiwari polled 60,741 votes after all 15 rounds of counting.

The voting for the high-stakes Datia Assembly by-election in Madhya Pradesh was held on July 30.

The bypoll was necessitated following the disqualification of sitting Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti in April, after a Delhi court convicted and sentenced him in a bank fraud and cheating case.

BJP candidate Ashutosh Tiwari thanked voters, party workers and leaders for their support and said he would accept the people's mandate with humility....