Jogi wins by 1,18,505 votes

Former CM and senior Cong leader Ajit Jogi wins the Mahasamund LS seat, defeating BJP candidate VC Shukla by 1,18,505 votes.

Published on: May 13, 2004, 17:06:00 IST

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Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ajit Jogi (INC) won the prestigious Mahasamund Lok sabha seat, defeating BJP candidate VC Shukla by a record margin of 1,18,505 votes.

Jogi, who met with an accident on April 11 and was operated for severe spinal injuries, polled 4,14,647 votes, against 2,96,142 votes polled by Shukla, out of the total 7,70,922 polled votes.

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