Sentence 1: In the 1982 elections , Abdul Rauf Ansari of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abul Hasan of CPIM .
Sentence 2: In the 1982 election , Abdul Rauf Ansari of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abul Hasan of CPIM .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?