Double hat-trick for Mahana

KANPUR: BJP candidate Satish Mahana, who has set a record of six successive wins in Assembly elections, expressed his gratitude to the people of Maharajpur. Mahana had earlier won from Cantonment assembly seat.
According to data released by the election office, Mahana stood at number one with 83,144 votes while his rival Shikha Mishra of BSP, wife of former health minister, got support of 53,255 voters and lost the election by a margin of 29,884 votes.Sitting MLA Aruna Tomar of SP stood at third place with 51,885 votes. Congress candidate Ajay Kumar Dharmraj stood fourth with 16,938 votes.
Mahana said that his priority would be the development of Mahrajpur constituency. "In my long public life, I have experienced the pain of people and what they expect from their leader. I will not let them down," he added.
Replying to a question, Mahana said that his party was not ruling in the state for last two terms but he had raised the problems of his constituency in Assembly and sought favour from the government successfully.
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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2012