New York, Nov. 7 -- Jyot Singh, a Yale-educated community organiser, has scripted history in the US mid-term elections by becoming the first Sikh and Indian-American to be elected to the Georgia assembly.

The 27-year-old Democrat defeated Republican Yassin Moghazy in the November 3 election to win the Georgia House of Representatives seat from District 97.

The Yale graduate, son of Sikh immigrants from India, secured 13,820 votes, winning the ballot with 68% votes, compared to 32% polled by Moghazy, who got 6,509 votes.

The District 97 constituency covers parts of Duluth, Peachtree Corners and Norcross, alongside Berkeley Lake in Gwinnett County, a diverse community with a substantial immigrant population.

"We made history for our com...