Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday thanked party workers and supporters for standing by her side "through loss and victory" as she accepted defeat against Congress' Kishori Lal Sharma from the Amethi Lok Sabha seat from where she was seeking a second term.

In what was labelled as a "shock result" by many poll analysts, Lal beat Irani, who had beaten Rahul Gandhi in 2019, by a margin of 1,67,196 votes.