Congress candidate and Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi lost the Nathdwara seat to BJP's Vishvaraj Singh Mewar by a margin of 7,504 votes.
Vishvaraj Singh, a member of the erstwhile Mewar royal family and a descendant of the great Rajput king and warrior Maharana Pratap, polled 94,950 votes.
He joined the BJP in October and contested elections for the first time, defeating Congress stalwart Joshi, a five-time MLA and former Union minister.
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First print: December 3, 2023 | 5:17 PM IST