Speakers win, UKD chief, Indira Hridayesh loses

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 15:04 [IST]

Dehra Dun, Feb 27 (UNI) Speaker in the outgoing Assembly Yashpal Arya (Congress) and his predecessor in the post Prakash Pant (BJP) won the Mukteshwar (reserved) and Pithoragarh assembly seats in Uttarakhand.

Meanwhile, the BJP, leading in over 30 seats and looks likely to return to power, has won five seats, while the Congress has bagged two.

Meanwhile, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) Kashi Singh Airy has lost from Kanalichhina seat, which has won by the Congress' Mayukh Singh In Nainital, BJP candidate Kharak Singh Bohra has wrested the seat from UKD's Dr Narayan Singh Jantwal. BJP has also retained the Didihat seat, with its candidate Vishal Singh Chufal emerging victorious.

Indira Hridayesh, a minister in the N D Tewari cabinet, has lost to the BJP's Bansi Dhar Bhagat in Haldwani after a see-saw contest.

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Topics: ELECTION-UTTARAKHAND-RESULTS

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