High-Profile BJP Leaders Who Faced Defeat In The 2024 Lok Sabha Polls

Jun 06, 2024 Radhika Bhardwaj

Smriti Irani She lost to Congress loyalist Kishori Lal Sharma in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi by a margin of 1.67 lakh votes

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Rajeev Chandrasekhar He was defeated by Congress veteran Shashi Tharoor by a margin of over 16,077 votes

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Ajay Mishra Teni He was defeated by Samajwadi Party's Utkarsh Verma Madhur by 34,329 votes

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Arjun Munda He lost to Congress' Kali Charan Munda by 1.4 lakh votes

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Maneka Gandhi She lost her seat to Samajwadi Party leader Rambhual Nishad by over 43,000 votes

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K Annamalai He lost to DMK candidate Ganpathy Rajkumar P. by over 1 lakh votes

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R K Singh He lost to the Communist Party of India’s Sudama Prasad by 59,808 votes

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Tamilisai Soundararajan She lost to DMK candidate T Sumathy alias Thamizhachi Thangapandian by over 2,25,945 votes

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