Jaipur, Dec 3 (PTI) Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan assembly and BJP candidate Satish Poonia lost the Amber seat to the Congress' Prashant Sharma by a margin of 9,092 votes on Sunday, according to the Election Commission.

Sharma secured 1,08,914 votes, while Poonia got 99,822 votes, as per the EC's website.

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Poonia is also a former state president of the BJP.

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