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1. Smriti Irani
BJP’s Smriti Irani, who was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019 after she soundly defeated Rahul Gandhi, lost from Amethi. She was defeated by Congress's Kishori Lal Sharma.
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2. K Annamalai
Engineer-turned-IPS officer K Annamalai was fielded by BJP from Coimbatore seat as the party hoped to make electoral gains in Tamil Nadu.
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3. Vikramaditya Singh
He lost to Kangana Ranaut in Mandi by over 74,000 votes. Vikramaditya Singh is the son of six-time Himachal chief minister late Virbhadra Singh and sitting MP Pratibha Singh.
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4. Omar Abdullah
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference leader Omar Abdullah conceded defeat to Independent candidate Abdul Rashid Sheikh.
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5. Mehbooba Mufti
Mehbooba Mufti is another former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister who showed poor poll performance.
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6. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
The five-term Congress MP lost to Trinamool Congress’ Yusuf Pathan from Baharampur. The region was considered a secure seat for Chowdhury.
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7. Maneka Gandhi
The BJP leader lost in Sultanpur. She was defeated by Samajwadi Party’s Rambhual Nishad by 43,027 votes.