Against the trend\, two Union ministers taste defeat in UP

Against the trend, two Union ministers taste defeat in UP

Press Trust of India  |  Lucknow 

While several ministers in the BJP-led government at the Centre won from Uttar Pradesh, failed to retain his constituency.

and lead the list of winners from here.

Modi defeated the Samajwadi Party's by a margin of 4.79 lakh votes for the seat. In the process, he improved his 2014 victory margin of 3.71 lakh votes.

won from the state capital, defeating his nearest rival of the SP by a margin of over 3.47 lakh votes.

In 2014, Rajnath had defeated (then a candidate) by a margin of 2.72 lakh votes.

emerged as the BJP's giant killer. She defeated in Amethi by a margin of 55,120 votes.

for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi won from Sultanpur defeating the BSP's by 14,526 votes.

for Labour and Employment (independent charge) Santosh Kumar Gangwar retained the Bareilly seat, defeating his nearest rival, of the SP, by a margin of 1,67,282 votes.

Union for Culture (independent charge) won from Gautam Buddh Nagar, defeating the BSP's Satveer by nearly 3.37 lakh votes.

(retired) VK Singh, of State for Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti won from Ghaziabad and Fatehpur with a margin of 5.01 lakh and 1.98 lakh votes respectively.

In Baghpat, Union minister of State for Human Resource Development and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Satya Pal Singh defeated Jayant Chaudhary of the Rashtriya Lok Dal by 23,502 votes.

of Apna Dal (S), a BJP ally, and Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel won from Mirzapur by over 2.32 lakh votes.

Four cabinet ministers in the UP government were in the poll fray. Of them, three won, while one lost.

Minister for Animal Husbandry, Minor Irrigation and Fisheries SP Singh Baghel registered a win from by a margin of 2,11,546 votes.

Similarly, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who is the of women's welfare, family welfare, mother and child welfare, tourism, won from Allahabad, defeating her nearest rival by 1,84,275 votes.

Satyadev Pachauri, who holds the portfolio of Khadi Village Industries, Sericulture, Textile, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Export Promotion, won from

UP lost to the BSP's Ritesh Pandey by 95,880 votes.

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First Published: Fri, May 24 2019. 19:21 IST