Rajasthan polls: Assembly Speaker CP Joshi loses Nathdwara seat to BJP's Vishvaraj Singh Mewar

Jaipur: Congress candidate and Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi lost Nathdwara seat to BJP's Vishvaraj Singh Mewar by a margin of 7,504 votes.

Vishvaraj Singh, member of erstwhile Mewar royal family and a descendent of great Rajput king and warrior Maharana Pratap, secured 94,950 votes.

He joined the BJP in October and contested the election for the first time and defeated Congress stalwart Joshi, a five-time MLA and former Union minister.