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March 6, 2012

Assembly elections 2012: Winners and losers


Assembly elections 2012: Winners and losers
Prominent winners and losers in the five states are:
Uttar Pradesh
Winners:
  • Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Lucknow Cantt, Congress
  • Kalraj Mishra, Lucknow East, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • Abhishek Misra (ex-professor at IIM Ahmedabad), Lucknow West, Samajwadi Party
  • Jayant Chaudhary, (son of Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh), Mant, RLD
Losers:
  • Nakul Dubey (Close Mayawati aide and minister), Bakshi ka Talaab, Bahujan Samaj Party
  • Keshari Nath Tripathi (former assembly speaker), Allahabad South, BJP
  • Atiq Ahmad (mafia don-turned-politician), Allahabad West, Apna Dal
  • Ameeta Singh (Gandhi family confidante and former national badminton player), Amethi, Congress
  • Rajveer Singh (former chief minister Kalyan Singh's son), Dibai, Jan Kranti Party
Uttarakhand
Winners:
  • Ramesh Pokhriyal (former chief minister), Doiwala, BJP
  • Yashpal Arya (Congress state unit chief), Baajpur, Congress
  • Bishan Singh Chufal (BJP state president), Didihaat, BJP
Losers:
  • B.C. Khanduri, Kotdwar, BJP
Punjab
Winners:
  • Parkash Singh Badal, Lambi, Akali Dal
  • Sukhbir Singh Badal, Jalalabad, Akali Dal
  • Amarinder Singh, Patiala Urban, Congress
  • Jagir Kaur (former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president), Bholath, Akali Dal
  • Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (former chief minister), Lehra, Congress
Losers:
  • Raninder Singh (Amarinder Singh's son), Samana, Congress
  • Tikshan Sud (outgoing minister), Hoshiarpur, BJP
  • Upinderjit Kaur (finance minister), Sultanpur Lodhi, Akali Dal
  • D.S. Guru (ex-principal secretary to chief minister), Bhadaur, Akali Dal
  • P.S. Gill (ex-director general of police), Moga, Akali Dal
Goa
Winners:
  • Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, Margao, Congress
  • Pratapsing Rane, (speaker), Poriem, Congress
  • Manohar Parrikar, Panaji, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • Vishwajit Rane (health minister), Valpoi, Congress
  • Atanasio Monserrate (education minister), St Cruz, Congress
Losers:
  • Ravi Naik (home minister), Ponda, Congress
  • Churchill Alemao (public works department minister), Navelim, Congress
  • Arjun Salgaonkar (scion of mining baron Anil Salgaonkar), Independent, Sanvordem
  • Sameer Salgaonkar (scion of mining baron Anil Salgaonkar), Trinamool Congress, Mandrem
Manipur
Winners:
  • Okram Ibobi Singh, Thoubal, Congress
  • N. Biren Singh (minister and government spokesman), Heingang, Congress
  • Landhoni Devi (chief minister's wife), Khangabok, Congress
  • Debendra Sing (revenue minister), Jiribam, Congress
  • Gaikhangam (state Congress chief), Nungba, Congress
Losers:
  • Radhabinod Koijam (former chief minister), Tipaimukh, Nationalist Congress Party,
  • O. Joy Singh (Manipur Peoples Party chief), Langthabal, MPP
  • Th. Chaoba Singh (former union minister), Nambol, MPP
  • Nimaichand Luwang (convener of 11-member non-Congress front Peoples' Democratic Alliance), Wangkhem, NCP.

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