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Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav Gehlot faced a big defeat on Tuesday as he lost by over two lakh votes from the Jalore parliamentary constituency, the data available on the Election Commission website showed.
Mr Gehlot, who contested from the seat where his father has significant support, lost to BJP's Lumbaram. While Mr Lumbaram received 7,96,783 votes, Mr Gehlot polled 5,95,240.
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In Rajasthan's 25 Lok Sabha seats, the BJP has so far won four and was ahead in 10 against the eight of the Congress. Besides the Congress, other INDIA bloc parties CPI(M), RLP, and BAP were leading in one seat each in the state.
Lok Sabha speaker and BJP candidate Om Birla, Union ministers Arjun Meghwal (Bikaner), Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (Jodhpur), and Bhupendra Yadav (Alwar) were leading, while Union minister Kailash Chaudhary (Barmer) was trailing, the latest EC data showed.
Voting for the 25 parliamentary constituencies in Rajasthan was held in two phases on April 19 and 26.
Earlier in the 2014 and 2019 general elections, the BJP had won all 25 parliamentary seats in Rajasthan.
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