Sentence 1: In the 2011 election , Tarit Brahmachari of Congress defeated his nearest rival Manoj Chakraborty of RSP .
Sentence 2: In the 2011 elections , Tarit Brahmachari of the Congress defeated his nearest rival , Manoj Chakraborty of RSP .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?