BJP's Chandra Pant beat her Congress rival Anju Lunthi by over 3,000 votes to win the Pithorogarh Assembly bypoll and retain the seat for the party.
The bypoll was necessitated by the death of sitting BJP MLA Prakash Pant in June, following which the party fielded his wife Chandra Pant.
Chandra Pant polled 26,086 votes against Lunthi's 22,819, defeating her by a margin of 3,267 votes, Pithorogarh District Magistrate cum returning officer V K Jogdande said.
Voting was held on 25 November, with over 47 per cent of the electorate exercising their franchise.
Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said the victory was expected.
“The seat was ours and we are happy to retain it. The margin is big. We thank people of the constituency for reposing their faith in us once again.”