Jun 5, 2024
By: Ayush Mehrotra
Indore is considered a safe seat for the BJP, represented previously by former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan. Sitting BJP MP Shankar Lalwani won this seat with a staggering margin of 11.72 Lakh votes, as his primary opponent from Congress withdrew his nomination at the last minute. The constituency also recorded the highest-ever NOTA votes of 2,18,674.
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Congress candidate Rakibul Hussain from Assam’s Dhubri constituency received 14.71 lakh votes, defeating AIMIM candidate Md. Badruddin Ajmal, who got 4.5 lakh votes, won by a margin of over 10 lakh votes.
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The former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh contested from his home seat Vidisha, a safe BJP stronghold. He led by 8.21 lakh votes over his closest rival, according to the Election Commission of India.
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The president of BJP's Gujarat state unit, in the party stronghold, secured victory with a 7.73 lakh vote margin in Navasari, now serving as a four-term MP from the constituency.
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Former BJP president and Union Home Minister Amit Shah contested for a second term from Gujarat’s Gandhinagar Constituency, securing victory with a 7.44 lakh vote margin.
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Former Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb, known for controversial statements, won the Tripura West constituency by over 6.1 lakh votes, securing a significant victory margin.
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Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia contested the Guna constituency, a legacy seat for the Scindia family. He garnered over 9 lakh votes, winning by a margin of over 5.4 lakh votes.
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Among the winners with margins exceeding 5 lakh votes were BJP's Gujarat candidates Rajpalsingh Jadav from Panchmahal (5.09 lakh) and Hemang Joshi from Vadodara (5.82 lahks), Bhopal nominee Alok Sharma (5.01 lakh), and Sudheer Gupta from Mandsour (over 5 lakhs). In Uttar Pradesh, BJP's Mahesh Sharma won Gautam Buddha Nagar by 5.59 lakh votes, while in Chattisgarh, Brijmohan Agarwal secured a margin of 5.75 lakh in Raipur.
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