BJP Defies Anti-Incumbency In Haryana Polls, But 8 Ministers Fall Short
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Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta, who won the Panchkula Assembly seat in 2014 and 2019, has lost it this time to the Congress's Chander Mohan.
The BJP may have defied exit poll predictions to pull off a surprise victory in the Haryana election, but eight ministers in the incumbent Nayab Singh Saini government and Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta suffered defeat.
Among the ministers who lost this election is Ranjit Singh, who served as Haryana's power minister from 2019-2024. The former MP finished third in Haryana's Rania seat, which was won by Indian National Lok Dal's Arjun Chautala.
Kanwar Pal Gujjar, who handled multiple portfolios in the incumbent government and also served as Haryana Assembly Speaker from 2014-2019, lost in Jagadhri today. He was defeated by the Congress's Akram Khan by a margin of nearly 7,000 votes.
