The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) sitting MP from Indore, Shankar Lalwani, won on Tuesday 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 ever in the country’s electoral history, a BJP leader claimed, PTI reported. Lalwani received 12,26,751 votes and defeated his nearest rival, NOTA, by 10,08,077 votes
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In the Indore Lok Sabha constituency, the Congress faced a setback after its candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his nomination on April 29, the last date for the withdrawal of nominations. He later joined the BJP.
The saffron party has been winning the Indore seat since 1989. Before Mr Lalwani, Sumitra Mahajan, who served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019, won from Indore for eight consecutive terms.
In Tikamgarh (SC) seat, Union minister Virendra Kumar emerged victorious as he defeated his Congress rival Pankaj Ahirwar by 4,03,312 votes.
(With inputs from PTI)