BJP’s Shankar Lalwani on Tuesday won the Indore Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 10 lakh votes beating its nearest ‘rival’ NOTA (none of the above), which registered 2,18,674 votes, probably creating a record for the option.
While Lalwani, who is the sitting MP from Indore, polled 12,26,751 votes, NOTA registered 2,18,674 votes, and Bahujan Samaj Party’s Sanjay stood in third place with 51,659 votes.
According to an NDTV report, a BJP leader claimed that Lalwani’s victory margin is probably the “highest” in the country’s electoral history.
Lalwani’s feat can also be attributed to Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam who withdrew his nomination on 29 April, the last date for the withdrawal of nominations, and later joined the BJP.
In 2019, Lalwani had won the Lok Sabha elections by a margin of 5.47 lakh votes.
The BJP has been winning the Indore seat since 1989. Before Lalwani, Sumitra Mahajan, who served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019, won from Indore for eight consecutive terms.
With inputs from agencies
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BJP’s Indore candidate wins by record 10 lakh votes, his nearest ‘rival’ was NOTA
