Bhagalpur (Bihar) [India], Bollywood actress Neha Sharma's father Ajit Sharma, who contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Bhagalpur in Bihar on an Indian National Congress ticket, did not manage to garner enough votes and was defeated by Janta's Ajay Kumar Mandal. Lost. Dal (United).

Hours after the results were declared on Tuesday, Neha took to Instagram to thank those who supported her father and admitted that it was a difficult day for the family.

"It's been a tough day for us but we fought so well and I'm so grateful to everyone who believed in my father and voted for him. As we turn the page to the next chapter, remember - our greatest Neha wrote, "The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fail."

Neha's sister Ayesha Sharma also wrote a note for her father.

Ayesha posted on Instagram, "Personally, as a family we are very grateful to everyone who believed in my father and voted for him. As a daughter all I can say is that my father Very inspiring!! #BhagalpurLokSabha.”

Neha also campaigned for her father. In April 2024, he participated in a road show in Bihar.

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The counting of 2024 Lok Sabha elections took place on Tuesday. According to the Election Commission of India, the BJP won 240 seats, significantly less than 303 seats in 2019. Congress, on the other hand, registered a strong growth by winning 99 seats.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured a third term, but the BJP will have to depend on the support of other parties in the alliance - JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu. BJP fell 32 seats short of the majority mark of 272.

For the first time since the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in 2014, it did not get a majority on its own.