Shoaib Iqbal of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday defeated his nearest rival Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Ravinder Gupta by a strong margin of over 26,096 votes.

Iqbal won the election by 67,282 votes (75.96 percent), followed by Gupta who managed to get of 17,024 votes (19.24 percent). Congress' Ali came third with 3,403 votes (3.9 percent).

Iqbal is contesting against BJP's Ravinder Gupta, Congress' Mirza Javed Ali, BSP's Tej Ram and others.

Iqbal has been an MLA from Matia Mahal five times. Iqbal's first contest was from Janata Dal in 1993. He later led the Minority Morcha of the JD(U) and won five times between 1998 and 2013, however, was defeated by AAP's Aasim Ahmed Khan in 2014 polls.

Last month, Iqbal joined AAP, after being associated with the Congress for a short period. The 61-year-old has passed 12th. In his election affidavit, he has declared assets worth Rs 1.4 crore.

The election, largely seen as a battle between the AAP and the BJP, was held on Saturday.

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First Published:Feb 11, 2020 9:21 AM IST