The popular 30-year-old first-time candidate fell ill, reportedly from an acute lung and abdominal infection, and died just 12 days before the poll. A dead woman has…
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A woman won a local election in India 12 days after her death as supporters kept their pledge to back her in a sign of respect, officials said. Ashiya Bi, 30, polled nearly 44 percent of the vote in the race for a municipal civic body seat in the Bijnor district of India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh this month, according to a report by the AFP news agency on Tuesday.