Rajnath's thumping victory over Poonam Sinha in Lucknow
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has won the Lucknow seat with a margin of 3.4 lakh votes. In 2014, he had won with a margin of 2.72 lakh.
Singh polled a total of 6,27,881 votes while his nearest rival Poonam Sinha of Samajwadi Party got 2,82,858 votes.
The Congress candidate Acharya Pramod Krishna polled 1,78,904 votes.
--IANS
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First Published: May 23 2019 | 6:22 PM IST