Former Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala lost the Uchana Kalan Assembly seat on Tuesday, data from the Election Commission showed.
Chautala, a leader of the Jannayak Janta Party, lost by 41,018 at the end of 16 rounds of counting, as per the data from the Election Commission. He placed fifth in the race.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Devender Chaterbhuj Attri won the seat by 32 votes, defeating Congress candidate Brijendra Singh who placed second.
In the 2019 Haryana polls, Chautala had won the Uchana Kalan seat by more than 47,000 votes, defeating BJP’s Prem Lata Singh.
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The Legislative Assembly in Haryana has 90 members, and 46 seats are required for a majority.
The Assembly polls in Haryana took place in a single phase on Saturday. A turnout of 67.9% was recorded.
Most exit polls had projected the Congress to win the clear majority.
However, the Bharatiya Janata Party had won 48 seats of 9 pm on Tuesday, as the counting of votes for the Haryana Assembly elections was underway.
The Congress won 36 seats and was leading in one other as of 9 pm, while the Indian National Lok Dal clinched two seats. Three seats went to Indepedent candidates.
Chautala’s Jannayak Janta Party, which had allied with MP Chandrashekhar Azad’s Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram), was not leading in any seat at the time.
The BJP, which won a third consecutive term in the state, faced a challenge from the Congress led by former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
The Indian National Lok Dal tied up with the Bahujan Samaj Party.
The Aam Aadmi Party, which is the Congress’ ally at the national level, contested the polls alone. It did not win any seats.
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