Uttarakhand assembly bypoll result live updates: BJP takes massive lead from Pithoragarh

DEHRADUN: The counting of votes for the assembly bypoll held recently in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district will begin shortly on Thursday, November 28. The counting votes will begin at 8 am and the final results will be out by 5 pm.

The election for the Pithoragarh seat in Uttarakhand took place on Monday (November 25). Over 47 per cent of the electorate cast their vote in the Pithoragarh assembly bypoll. A total of 145 polling booths were set up in the constituency for 1,05,711 voters.

The by-election was necessitated after the death of Prakash Pant, the state cabinet minister, in June. While Congress party had fielded Anju Lunthi, BJP nominated Chandra Pant as its candidate for the Pithoragarh assembly by-polls. 

Here are the live updates:

28 November 2019

12:57 IST

BJP takes a massive lead by a margin of 3,343 votes in Pithoragarh assembly bypoll.

BJP candidate Chandra Patil has a lead of a total of 24,967 votes while Congress candidate Anju Lunthi is trailing behind with 21,624 votes.

12:04 IST

BJP is leading with a margin of 1,877 votes as BJP candidate Chandra Patil has a total of 21071 votes.

Congress candidate Anju Lunthi is trailing behind at 19194 votes.