The credit for winning the Mandi Lok Sabha seat goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday.
The counting for four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh is going on and Ranaut garnered 537022 votes leading by over 70,000 votes in the Mandi seat.
Thanking Leader of the Opposition Jai Ram Thakur, the MLAs, BJP workers and the public for electing her, Kangana said the “credit for her win” goes to Prime Minister Modi.
Kangana said the public has voted against the family legacy and in favour of the common man, adding she will work wholeheartedly for the people of Mandi.
The Mandi constituency in Himachal Pradesh went to polls in the seventh and the last phase on June 1.
Results
| Party-Candidate | Voter % |
| BJP- Kangana Ranaut | Won |
| Congress – Vikramaditya Singh | Lost |
Mandi
Mandi is one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Himachal Pradesh. Mandi seat comprises 17 Assembly segments including Bharmour, Lahaul and Spiti, Manali, Kullu, Banjar, Anni, Karsog, Sunder Nagar, Nachan, Seraj, Darang, Joginder Nagar, Mandi, Balh, Sarkaghat, Rampur and Kinnaur. The total number of electors in this constituency in 2019 was 1281462 according to the Election Commission of India.
2014
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s Ram Swaroop Sharma won with a vote share of 49.97% (362824 votes), followed closely by Pratibha Singh of the Congress with a vote share of 44.48% (322968 votes)
2019
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s Ram Swaroop Sharma won again with a vote share of 68.62% (647189 votes), followed by Congress’s Aashray Sharma with a vote share of 25.68% (241730 votes)
