Uttarakhand Bypolls: BJP Retains Salt Assembly Seat
BJP s Mahesh Jeena defeated Congress s Ganga Pancholi by 4,697 votes in the bypoll to the seat.
A pre-election BJP rally in Uttarakhand. Credit: Twitter/Uttarakhand BJP
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Dehradun: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday retained the Salt assembly constituency in Uttarakhand with Mahesh Jeena defeating Congress’s Ganga Pancholi by 4,697 votes in a bypoll to the seat.
Snatching an early lead over his nearest rival, Jeena maintained it consistently up to the end of counting, garnering 21,874 votes against Pancholi’s 17,177, the Election Commission said quoting the returning officer of Almora.
The BJP’s win is significant as it was the first election contested after Tirath Singh Rawat took over in March as the chief minister of the state.