Smriti Irani, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Annamalai, Omar Abdullah: The big losers of 2024 India Lok Sabha election

A look at some notable names who lost in the race to the lower house of India Parliament

Last updated: June 05, 2024 | 12:28

compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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Smriti Irani: In Amethi, one of the country's most closely watched constituencies, BJP’s Smriti Irani lost to Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma by 167,196 votes.

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Digvijaya Singh: Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh was defeated by BJP's Rodmal Nagar by a margin of 146,089 votes in the Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh.

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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury: Five-time MP and West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury lost the Baharampur constituency to TMC leader and former cricketer Yusuf Pathan by 85,022 votes.

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Omar Abdullah: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of the National Conference (NC) conceded defeat in the Baramulla constituency in North Kashmir to independent candidate Abdul Rashid Sheikh by a margin of 204,142 votes.

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K. Annamalai: Tamil Nadu BJP chief and engineer-turned-IPS officer K. Annamalai lost in the Coimbatore constituency to DMK's Ganapathy Rajkumar P by a margin of 118,068 votes.

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Rajeev Chandrasekhar: Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar lost to Congress's Shashi Tharoor by 16,077 votes in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat.

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Bhupesh Baghel: In Rajnandgaon constituency, former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel suffered a defeat to BJP's Santosh Pandey, by a margin of 44,411 votes.

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Mehbooba Mufti: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and President of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti, faced defeat on her home turf in Anantnag-Rajouri, losing by a significant margin of 2,81,794 votes to National Conference leader Mian Altaf Ahmad.

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Dilip Ghosh: Former West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh was defeated by Trinamool Congress's Kirti Azad by a significant margin of 1,37,981 votes in Bardhaman-Durgapur constituency.

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Kanhaiya Kumar: Former student leader and Congress's North-East Delhi candidate Kanhaiya Kumar lost to BJP's two-time sitting MP Manoj Tiwari by a margin of 1,38,778 votes.

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