Faridkot, Feb. 14 -- With candidates of four major parties spending more than Rs.84 lakh each, and an Independent Rs.41.95 lakh, the Faridkot parliamentary constituency in Punjab saw the highest expenditure during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. A total of 28 candidates in the fray spent a whopping Rs.4.19 crore in sharp comparison to Rs.28.76 lakh by three candidates in the Nagaland parliamentary constituency. The five candidates in the Faridkot constituency spent Rs.3.92 crore (93.55%) out of the total expenditure of Rs.4.19 crore.

Independent candidate Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, who is the son of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassin Beant Singh, won from Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency. Beating all the odds and riding high on the...