Chattisgarh Dantewada by-election result: Congress' Devati Karma wins

Congress party's Devati Karma won the Dantewada election Bypoll by defeating BJP's Ojasvi Bhima Mandavi by over 11,000 votes. 

Devati Karma currently secured 49,907 votes while Mandvi could only manage 38,500 votes. 

The counting of votes in the bypoll held on September 23 in the Naxal-affected seat began at 8 at the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) campus in Dantewada district headquarters,a poll official said.

The ruling Congress and main opposition BJP are locked in a direct fight in this seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribe, where bypoll was necessitated after the death of sitting BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi in a Maoist attack in April this year.