Champawat bypoll: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami wins by over 54,000 votes

Champawat bypoll: Uttarakhand Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami won the Champawat byelection by more than 55,000 votes. The BJP leader had to win the bypoll to remain as chief minister. Dhami had been sworn into the state's top post in March after the ruling BJP retained power in the Assembly election 2022, but he lost his individual race from Khatima to Congress. “My heart is very emotional with the love and blessings showered by you through votes in Champawat by-election, I am silent,” the chief minister tweeted in Hindi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Chief Minister Dhami on his electoral win. Also Read | 2 injured in shooting at Wisconsin cemetery during funeral “Congratulations to Uttarakhand’s dynamic CM @pushkardhami for the record win from Champawat. I am confident he will work even harder for the progress of Uttarakhand. I thank the people of Champawat for placing their faith in BJP and laud our Karyakartas for their hardwork,” PM Modi tweeted. Dhami defeated Congress candidate Nirmala Gahtori, Samajwadi Party candidate Manoj Kumar Bhatt, and an independent candidate, Himanshu Garkoti. In the February-March election, he was defeated by the Congress' Bhuwan Chandra Kapri by 6,579 votes. Kailash Chandra Gehtori of the BJP, who won this seat in the assembly election, quit so that chief minister Dhami could run for re-election. Also Read | Kashmir target killings: Amit Shah to meet LG Manoj Sinha -PTC News