Leader of Opposition for Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has lost the Gulbarga seat in Karnataka to Umesh Jadhav, a rebel Congress leader who joined BJP, by 95,452 votes. Kharge, 76, had a track record of 11 straight wins, nine times for Assembly and twice in Lok Sabha. The BJP had won the Gulbarga seat only once in 1998.