Vinesh Phogat is now an MLA, having been elected to the Haryana Assembly on Tuesday. She was elected from the Julana assembly constituency, which she contested as a candidate of the Congress party, by a margin of more than with 6,000 votes. 

After her win, Vinesh said: : "This is the fight of every girl, every woman who chooses the path to fight. This is the victory of every struggle, of truth. I will maintain the love and trust that this country has given me.

"This was a people's battle, and they've won and I was just a face. I am thankful to all the love and respect that I've received."

She defeated, among others, the Bharatiya Janata Party's Captain Yogesh Bairagi, a former Army officer, the incumbent MLA and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) candidate Amarjeet Dhanda, and also former professional wrestler Kavita Dalal from the Aam Aadmi Party.