UDHAGAMANDALAM: BJP candidate Bhojarajan M won from Udhagamandalam Assembly constituency on Monday by securing 48,488 votes and defeating his nearest rival and TVK candidate Ibrahim R with a slender margin of 976 votes on Monday.

He is the first among the BJP candidates to win the election.

The counting of votes was taken up on Monday.

The party has contested from 27 seats in alliance with the AIADMK.

The Assembly elections were held on April 23.