Mandi : BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut has won a big margin of 72,088 votes from Mandi Lok Sabha constituency in Himachal Pradesh. The actress-turned-politician has defeated Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh her very first election.
After the victory, she took his mother's blessings after offering prayers at the temple of his Kul Devi. Kangana Ranaut got 5,14,661 votes. On the other hand, Congress candidate got 4,42,573 votes. There was a close contest between the two during several rounds of counting, but Kangana won in the end. She got a good lead in assembly constituencies like Siraj, Nachan and Mandi Sadar of Mandi.
On the other hand, Vikramaditya Singh's performance was better in Rampur, Kinnaur and tribal areas. The entire election in Mandi parliamentary constituency was fought on the credibility of former CM Jairam and the reputation of PM Modi. During the entire election campaign, former CM Jairam was seen holding rallies with Kangana Ranaut. In the assembly elections, BJP won nine seats in Mandi.
Apart from this, Kangana kept chanting the name of PM Modi in Mandi. PM Modi himself came to Mandi to campaign for Kangana. In such a situation, BJP's bet on Kangana has been successful in the initial trends. As soon as Kangana's name was announced for this seat, many BJP workers got angry. Vikramaditya Singh comes from a big political family. His family has dominated this seat. Virbhadra Singh and Pratibha Singh have been MPs from here. Vikramaditya Singh himself has been a cabinet minister in the state. Also, in many exit polls, BJP was shown lagging behind on this seat, but Kangana proved all the predictions wrong.
Mandi is the largest Lok Sabha seat of Himachal Pradesh. In the 17 Lok Sabha elections held so far, Congress has won from it 11 times, BJP 5 times and Lok Dal once. It can be called the seat of kings and princes because only faces associated with the royal family have won elections on this seat 13 times.