NEW DELHI: AAP candidate

won the Bawana byelection by a huge margin of 24052 votes.

The AAP candidate has bagged 59886 votes, the Delhi election office said. BJP candidate Ved Prakash finshed second with 35834 votes.

Congress' Surendra Kuamr was placed third with 31919 votes.

Earlier, Congress candidate Kumar took an early lead over his rivals, but Chander surpassed him by the end of the eighth round of counting.

The counting, which began at 8 am, was held in 28 rounds, officials said.

Bawana is one of the largest constituencies in Delhi in terms of number of voters (2.94 lakh).

The by-poll, which was held on August 23, saw a meagre turnout of 45 per cent. A total of eight candidates are in the fray.

In the 70-member Delhi Assembly, the AAP has 65 MLAs and the BJP 4.