Lok Sabha Election Results: The big losers

Here’s a list of prominent names that failed in the race to the lower house of Parliament.

Incumbent Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is accused of rape and serial sex abuse, has lost against Congress’ Shreyas Patel. Prajwal has lost by 40,000 votes against Patel, which has helped Congress win the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency after 25 years.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah conceded defeat in the Baramulla seat at the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He lost to an independent candidate Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid.

People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti conceded defeat from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat against NC leader Mian Altaf of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference.

Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress candidate Bhupesh Baghel lost to BJP's Santosh Pandey from Rajnandgaon constituency.

BJP candidate Maneka Gandhi lost the Sultanpur seat to the Samajwadi Party's Rambhual Nishad by a margin of 43,174 votes.

Congress candidate and former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) President Kanhaiya Kumar lost the North East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency to BJP's Manoj Tiwari.

Union minister and BJP candidate Ajay Mishra Teni lost the Lakhimpur Kheri Lok Sabha seat to the Samajwadi Party's Utkarsh Verma by a margin of 34,329 votes.

Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury lost to TMC leader Yusuf Pathan in West Bengal's Bahrampur constituency by over 85,000 votes.

Legendary former hockey captain Dilip Tirkey (BJD) tasted defeat from his native Sundargarh constituency against BJP heavyweight and former Union minister Jual Oram.

Union Tribal Affairs and Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda lost the Khunti Lok Sabha seat to Congress's Kalicharan Munda by 1.49 lakh votes.

Union Minister and BJP candidate from Muzaffarnagar Sanjeev Balyan lost to Samajwadi Party's Harendra Singh Malik by over 24,000 votes.

BJP's K Annamalai lost to DMK candidate Ganapthy Rajkumar P from Coimbatore.

Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh lost to BJP's Kangana Ranaut, who also made her debut on the BJP ticket this poll season.

Union Minister and BJP candidate from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala Rajeev Chandrashekhar lost to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.