Pushkar Singh Dhami wins Champawat bypolls by 55,000 votes, retains CM post

Friday, 3 June 2022newsdesk

Confirming his seat in the Uttarakhand Assembly and securing his post as the chief minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday registered a massive victory in the bypolls held for the Champawat constituency seat.

New Delhi, 03 June 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, As per Election Commission data, Dhami received 58,258 votes (92.94 per cent) in total, against just 3,233 (5.16 per cent) votes secured by Congress candidate Nirmala Gahtori. The margin of victory was over 55,000 votes. Voting for the Champawat seat, which was vacated for Dhami by former BJP MLA Kailash Chandra Gahtori, took place on Tuesday. Following his victory, Dhami took to Twitter and thanked the people of Champawat for “showering their love and blessings” in the form of votes. “My heart is very emotional at the time and I have no words,” he said.

Source -The Indian Express