Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami lost to Congress' Bhuwan Chandra Kapri in Khatima, even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) garnered a clear victory, after surpassing the majority mark.
The saffron party ended up with 47 seats, while the Congress managed to win 19 seats counting in the 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly elections.
Congress candidate and former CM Harish Rawat lost in Lalkuwa constituency
Uttarakhand has 70 Assembly seats, of which 36 need to be won by a party or alliance to form a majority
In the state's previous elections in 2017, the BJP had won by an overwhelming margin, bagging 57 of the 70 seats
Held on 14 February, the single-phase Uttarakhand Assembly elections saw 62.5 percent voter turnout
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