New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) chief Prashant Kishor has officially won the Bankipur assembly bypoll defeating Bharatiya Janata Party's Neeraj Kumar Sinha, Election Commission of India said..

Political strategist-turned-politician Kishor defeated Sinha by 19, 324 votes in the counting on Monday, 3 August, the poll panel said.

Celebrations broke out at the Jan Suraaj Party headquarters and outside the counting centre at AN College in Patna, with supporters dancing to the tunes of local songs and distributing sweets hours before the final numbers were released.

Remember, a bypoll is influenced by local factors, lower turnout, candidate dynamics and constituency-specific issues. While the victory is politically important, it ...