(Eds: Updating with change in defeat margin)Shimla, Dec 18 (PTI) BJP's chief ministerial face for theHimachal Pradesh polls, Prem Kumar Dhumal, was defeated todayfrom the Sujanpur Assembly seat.
The former chief minister lost to his Congress rivalRajinder Singh Rana by 1,919 votes, according to the ElectionCommission.
Dhumal got 23,369 votes against 25,228 votes polled byRana.
Earlier reports had said Dhumal's margin of defeat wasabout 3,500 votes but the Election Commission late night putout the votes polled in the constituency, showing that he hadlost by 1,919 votes.
Dhumal accepted his defeat and said that the result wasunexpected and the party would do introspection. Hecongratulated the winners and party workers for thespectacular victory in the state polls.
Meanwhile, Varinder Kanwar, who won from Kutlehar in Unadistrict, offered to vacate his seat for Dhumal.
From the Jogindernagar seat, whose result was alsopending and was announced late in the night, Independentcandidate Prakash Rana defeated BJP's Gulab Singh Thakur by6,635 votes.
Rana got 31,214 votes against the 24,517 votes polled byGulab Singh.
With this, all the results have been declared and thefinal tally in Himachal Pradesh stood at -- BJP 44, Congress21, CPI(M) 1 and Independents 2. PTI PCL ADS ASKASK.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.