Rajathan polls: Four BJP rebels among 9 independents win

Eight independent candidates, including four BJP rebels, have won in the Rajasthan assembly elections. Chandrabhan Aakya, the sitting MLA from Chittorgarh, defeated his rival Congress' Surendra Singh with a margin of 6823 votes. BJP's Narpat Singh Rajvi secured the third position. Another BJP rebel, Ritu Banawat, won Bayana constituency by a margin of 40,642 votes. Independent candidate Jivaram Choudhary won Sanchore seat. Other independent candidates who won the elections were Ganeshraj Bansal (Hanumangarh) and Ashok Kumar Kothari (Bhilwara).