Savitri Jindal, the richest woman in the country, lost from the Hisar constituency in the assembly polls. Savitri, who is the mother of business magnate and Congress leader Naveen Jindal, a former MP, lost to BJP's Dr Kamal Gupta by 13,646 votes from Hisar.
She was also a minister in the outgoing Bhupinder Singh Hooda government. Jindal was elected from Hisar in 2005 and 2009. Savitri is the non-executive chairperson of multi-billion rupee O P Jindal Group that has interests in the steel, power and mining sectors. First named the country's richest woman in 2008 by Forbes, she has retained the position in the October issue of the respected business magazine.
She has been placed 12th in the list of India's richest, with a net family worth of $6.4 billion (Rs 395 billion). The list includes industrialists Anil Ambani and Mukesh Ambani, NRI steel tycoon lakshmi Mittal and realtor KP Singh.