Haryana election result: Former Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala loses Uchana Kalan seat
In 2019, the Jannayak Janta Party leader had won the seat by more than 47,000 votes.
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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...
