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Who was the first person to lose an assembly election by one vote in India?

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R. Dhruvanarayan

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C.P. Joshi

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A.R. Krishnamurthy

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Kalyan Singh Chauhan

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The correct option is C A.R. Krishnamurthy
The first person to lose an assembly election by one vote was A.R. Krishnamurthy of the Janata Dal, Secular party. He was contesting against R. Dhruvanarayan of the Indian National Congress in the 2004 assembly elections in Karnataka.

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