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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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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