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Karnataka: Eshwarappa loses deposit
Expelled Karnataka BJP leader K S Eshwarappa came a cropper forfeiting his security deposit in Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency, where the party veteran B S Yediyurappa's son B Y Raghavendra retained the seat by a margin of more than two lakh votes over Congress candidate Geetha Shivarajkumar.
Eshwarappa, a former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister who had also earlier served as the BJP's state unit president, secured 30,005 votes as against Raghavendra's 7,78,721. Geetha, who is the wife of Karnataka film star Shivarajkumar and daughter-in-law of Kannada thespian late Rajkumar, got 5,35,006 votes.
Prominent winners and losers
Prominent winners
Mahua Moitra (TMC) from Krishnanagar
Abhishek Banerjee (TMC) from Dimond Harbour
Yusuf Pathan (TMC) from Berhampore
Kirti Azad (TMC) from Bardhaman-Durgapur
Sukanta Mazumdar (BJP) from Balurghat
Prominent losers
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Congress) from Berhampore
Dilip Ghosh (BJP) from Bardhaman-Durgapur
Nishith Pramanik (BJP) from Cooch Behar
Subhas Sarkar (BJP) from Bankura
Mohammed Salim (CPI-M) from Murshidabad
Karnataka: BJP bags 7 seats
BJP's winners in Karnataka
Dharwad: Pralhad Joshi
Uttara Kannada: Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri
Shimoga: BY Raghavendra
Dakshina Kannada: Captain Brijesh Chowta
Chitradurga: Govind Karjol
Tumkur: V Somanna
Haveri: Basavaraj Bommai
Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh): YS Sharmila in 3rd place
Andhra Pradesh Congress President YS Sharmila is facing defeat in Kadapa. YSRCP's Avinash Reddy is leading by over 65,000 votes with Chadipiralla Bhupesh Subbarami Reddy (TDP) in 2nd place.
Bihar: Jitan Ram Manjhi wins
HAM(S) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi, the former chief minister of Bihar, won the Gaya Lok Sabha seat in Bihar by 1,01,812 votes.
Manjhi, who will turn 80 in four months, secured 4,94,960 votes. His nearest rival Kumar Sarvjeet of the RJD got 3,93,148 votes.
Indore: BJP MP Shankar Lalwani wins by record margin of 11.75 lakh votes
BJP's sitting MP from Indore Shankar Lalwani won by a record margin of 11,75,092 votes in a contest where NOTA created a record with 2.18 lakh voters opting for the 'none of the above' option in the Lok Sabha elections.
His victory margin is probably the highest in the country's electoral history, a BJP leader claimed.