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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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Sundaresha Subramanian New Delhi
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