Uttarakhand polls : Cong cuts a wafer-thin win
Source: The Sangai Express

Dehradun, March 06 2012: Congress made a water-thin win over ruling BJP in Uttarakhand.

In a cliff-hanger of a contest, out of all the 70 results, Congress won 32 seats, where as the BJP followed closely with 31 seats.

The Congress is four short of majority in the 70-member House.

The BSP has won two seats and others won four seats.

In a huge setback to the saffron party Chief Minister BC Khanduri lost to SS Negi of the Congress from Kotdwar seat.

BJP state president Bishan Singh Chufal won from Didihaat seat defeating Rewati Joshi of Congress by 10,617 votes.

BJP candidate Kiran Chand Mandal defeated BSP's Narayan Pal in Sitarganj Assembly constituency.

Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress chief Yashpal Arya won from Baajpur seat defeating Rajkumar of BJP by 15,075 votes.

Arvind Pandey of BJP retained Gadarpur seat defeating Genrail Singh Kali, an independent by 5,835 votes.

Adesh Chauhan of BJP won from Ranipur seat defeating Ambrish Kumar, an independent candidate by 3500 votes.

Harbhajan Singh Cheema of BJP defeated Manoj Joshi of Congress to retain Kashipur seat by a margin of 2382 votes.

Manoj Tiwari of Congress won from Almora seat defeating Raghunath Singh Chauhan of BJP by over 1,000 votes.

Ajay Bhatt of BJP defeated Karan Mehra of Congress from Ranikhet seat by 88 votes.

Tourism Minister Madan Kaushik of BJP defeated Satpal Bhramchari of Congress from Haridwar seat by 8,603 votes.

Sarwar Singh Ansari of BSP defeated Kazi Nizamuddin of Congress by 713 votes from Mangalore seat.

The counting began at 8 am in all 13 districts amid tight surveillance of the poll officials.

A total of 16 centres across the 13 districts were set up for counting of votes for 70 Assembly constituencies.

The main contenders BJP and Congress contested in all the 70 seats.

Mayawati-led BSP also contested in all 70 seats, where as Uttarakhand Kranti Dal contested on 52 seats.

The elections were held on January 30 .

About 70 per cent of the 63 lakh voters exercised their franchise.

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