11-06-2006, 02:11 AM
Jolt to Uma, BJP keeps Vidisha, her seat Malehra
Girish Sharma | Bhopal
The Pioneer
Nov. 4, 2006
Dashing all hopes of Bharatiya Jan Shakti (BJS) president Uma Bharati, the BJP won both Vidisha Lok Sabha and Bada Malehra Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday.
Uma was banking on the voters of Bada Malehra, from where she won in 2003 with a huge margin, to elect her candidate. But the people have clearly belied her expectations.
This is the first time that Bharati tested her party's electoral luck by fielding candidates against the BJP and the Congress. Kapoorchand Ghuwara, the BJP candidate from Bada Malehra, defeated his nearest rival, Rekha Yadav of the BJS, by about 4,386 votes in a 22-corner contest.
In Vidisha, the BJP's Rampal Singh won by 85,088 votes over his nearest rival, the Congress' Rajshree Singh. The BJS came in third.
Till now, Bada Malehra was perceived as a stronghold of Bharati. She was elected to the State Assembly from this constituency on a BJP ticket in December 2003 by a margin of over 31,000 votes.
After her expulsion from the BJP, Bharati resigned from Bada Malehra and launched the BJS. She fielded Yadav, a relative of former legislator late Uma Yadav, as the BJS candidate and became her election agent. Her candidate came in second while Shukla was relegated to the third spot.
The Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency fell vacant after Shivraj Singh Chauhan became Chief Minister and was elected to the State Assembly. The BJP has retained the seat with its candidate and Madhya Pradesh PHE Minister Rampal Singh trouncing his Congress rival Ms Rajshree Singh by a margin of 85,088 votes.
Singh polled 2,58,263 votes against 1,73,175 votes bagged by his Congress rival. BJS' State president Raghunandan Sharma came in third, securing 1,37,354 votes.
Low voter turnout appears to have affected the voting figures. The BJP's winning margin in Vidisha this time around is less compared to that of 2004 when Chauhan bagged 65.19 per cent votes and defeated his nearest rival, Congress' Narmada Prasad Sharma, by over 2.5 lakh votes. Chauhan has won five elections from Vidisha. Pioneer News Service adds from Bhubaneswar: The Congress has retained Talsara Assembly constituency in Orissa, defeating the BJP by 2,574 votes.
Girish Sharma | Bhopal
The Pioneer
Nov. 4, 2006
Dashing all hopes of Bharatiya Jan Shakti (BJS) president Uma Bharati, the BJP won both Vidisha Lok Sabha and Bada Malehra Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday.
Uma was banking on the voters of Bada Malehra, from where she won in 2003 with a huge margin, to elect her candidate. But the people have clearly belied her expectations.
This is the first time that Bharati tested her party's electoral luck by fielding candidates against the BJP and the Congress. Kapoorchand Ghuwara, the BJP candidate from Bada Malehra, defeated his nearest rival, Rekha Yadav of the BJS, by about 4,386 votes in a 22-corner contest.
In Vidisha, the BJP's Rampal Singh won by 85,088 votes over his nearest rival, the Congress' Rajshree Singh. The BJS came in third.
Till now, Bada Malehra was perceived as a stronghold of Bharati. She was elected to the State Assembly from this constituency on a BJP ticket in December 2003 by a margin of over 31,000 votes.
After her expulsion from the BJP, Bharati resigned from Bada Malehra and launched the BJS. She fielded Yadav, a relative of former legislator late Uma Yadav, as the BJS candidate and became her election agent. Her candidate came in second while Shukla was relegated to the third spot.
The Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency fell vacant after Shivraj Singh Chauhan became Chief Minister and was elected to the State Assembly. The BJP has retained the seat with its candidate and Madhya Pradesh PHE Minister Rampal Singh trouncing his Congress rival Ms Rajshree Singh by a margin of 85,088 votes.
Singh polled 2,58,263 votes against 1,73,175 votes bagged by his Congress rival. BJS' State president Raghunandan Sharma came in third, securing 1,37,354 votes.
Low voter turnout appears to have affected the voting figures. The BJP's winning margin in Vidisha this time around is less compared to that of 2004 when Chauhan bagged 65.19 per cent votes and defeated his nearest rival, Congress' Narmada Prasad Sharma, by over 2.5 lakh votes. Chauhan has won five elections from Vidisha. Pioneer News Service adds from Bhubaneswar: The Congress has retained Talsara Assembly constituency in Orissa, defeating the BJP by 2,574 votes.