Cong candidate leading in Rajasthan's Karanpur assembly seat

Jaipur: Congress candidate Rupinder Singh Koonar is leading by over 630 votes against his BJP rival after three rounds of counting of votes in Karanpur assembly seat in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district.

Counting of postal ballots started at 8 am while counting of votes cast on EVMs started from 8.30 am.

According to the Chief Electoral Office, Koonar has so far bagged 14,946 votes whereas BJP candidate Surendra Pal Singh has got 14,316 votes after three rounds.

Counting is underway at 17 counters at the Dr. Bheemrao Ambedkar Government College, Sriganganagar.

Voting was held on January 5.

The election for this seat was postponed due to the death of the Congress candidate and the then MLA Gurmeet Singh Koonar. The Congress has fielded Koonar's son, Rupinder Singh, from the seat.

Surendra Pal Singh has already been inducted into the Rajasthan ministry after the BJP won the assembly polls, bagging 115 of the 199 seats where the elections were held.

According to the rules, Surendra Pal Singh has six months to get elected to the assembly after being inducted as a minister.