Ellenabad (Haryana): Senior Indian National Lok Dal leader and party's general secretary Abhay Chautala lost the Ellenabad seat in the Sirsa district of Haryana as per the Election Commission of India. Congress candidate Bharat Singh Beniwal won the Ellenabad seat by 15,000 votes.
Bharat Beniwal polled 77, 865 votes, and Abhay Singh Chautala bagged 62865 votes.
Abhay Chautala, who is class 10th pass, had won the by-elections to the Ellenabad seat, which were held in November 2021. According to the Election Commission of India, in the by-polls, Chautala polled 65,992 votes while BJP candidate Gobind Kanda polled 59,253 votes and gave a tough fight to Abhay Chautala. Pawan Beniwal of the Congress stood third after he managed to secure only 20904 votes in the by-election.
It was a three-way contest between the INLD, BJP and Congress in which the grand old party emerged triumphant. Abhay Singh Chautala's defeat is seen as a big setback to INLD by political experts.
Amir Chand Talwara, who has been fielded by the ruling BJP, stood at third place. Jannayak Janata Party's Anjani Ladha managed to poll just 1593 votes. AAP candidate Manish Arora bagged just 885 votes. Nanak Singh, the Jan Sewak Kranti Party candidate, bagged only 307 votes. The voter turnout in the Ellenabad constituency stood at 80.61 per cent after voting was held on October 5.
