A lesson from Assembly Election Results 2017: Money can't buy everything

Only one of the five richest contestants managed to win in UP. And even he, was trailing initially

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Sundaresha Subramanian New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 11 2017 | 8:05 PM IST
The richest candidates did not have it easy. Only one of the top five managed to win in Uttar Pradesh. Even he, Shah Alam urf Guddu Jamali  was trailing at Mubarakpur  before romping home by a few hundred votes. Other losers did not even manage the second place. one of them even lost the deposit. A Nawab bit the dust but a Rani won. Money was not everything in this election.

Name Constituency    Party Age of candidate Total assets (Rs cr) Position
Nazir Ahamad               Agra South Congress 59 211.47 3
Shah Alam Urf Guddu Jamali Mubarakpur BSP 43 118.76 won
Satish Kumar Sharma    Mant BJP 56 114.29 3
Nawab Kazim Ali Khan   Suar BSP 56 97.23 3
Subhash Chandra               Chail Independent 51 70.04 5
Vinayshankar             Chillupar BSP 49 67.66 won
Rani Pakshalika Singh      Bah BJP 56 58.29 won
Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi Allahabad South BJP 42 57.11 won
Umlesh Yadav Sahaswan Rashtriya Parivartan Dal 59 55.10 3
Aijaz Ahmad          Nautanwa BSP 37 52.30 4

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