Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami Loses to Congress Candidate in Khatima

The 2017 Uttarakhand Assembly elections had marked a sweeping victory for the BJP.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister (CM) Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday, 10 March, lost from the Khatima seat to Congress party candidate Bhuwan Chandra Kapri by more than 7,000 votes.

Dhami had won the seat on the last two occasions. In 2012 Assembly elections, he had defeated Devendra Chand of the Congress by over 5,000 votes.

In 2017, Dhami was the one who had defeated Kapri by a margin of 2,709 votes.