INDIA Bloc candidate Manish Tewari vs BJP's Sanjay Tandon:, Chandigarh Lok Sabha elections 2024: Tewari's victory is particularly significant given his experience as a former Union minister and his deep roots in the constituency.
Congress leader Manish Tewari won the Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency by a slim margin of just 2504 votes against the BJP candidate Sanjay Tandon on Tuesday.
The lead in Chandigarh fluctuated over 15 rounds of counting on the day of the Lok Sabha election results 2024. After 15 rounds, Tewari got 2,16,657 votes, while Tandon got 2,14,153 votes.
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The BJP had won from Chandigarh in the last two Lok Sabha elections but did not field the two-time sitting MP Kirron Kher this time.
As per the seat-sharing deal, the Congress and AAP contested the polls in Chandigarh together, and the seat was given to the Congress while the AAP supported it.
Hina Rohtaki is a Special Correspondent with The Indian Express, Chandigarh. She covers Chandigarh administration and other cross beats. In this field for over a decade now, she has also received the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award by the President of India in January 2020. She tweets @HinaRohtaki ... Read More
