News Elections Gangotri Election Result 2022: AAP's CM candidate loses stronghold, BJP's Suresh Singh Chauhan wins

Gangotri Election Result 2022: AAP's CM candidate loses stronghold, BJP's Suresh Singh Chauhan wins

The INC candidate has won 36.32% votes so far, while AAP's CM candidate Kothiyal only managed to bag 10.35% votes.

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Uttarakhand Assembly Election Result 2022: The counting of votes in the Gangotri seat is underway. 

In the 2017 polls, Gopal Singh Rawat of BJP won the seat by defeating Vijaypal Singh Sajwan from Congress with a margin of 9610 votes.

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AAP's CM candidate Col Ajay Kothiya lost to BJP's Suresh Singh Chauhan with a majority 49.66 per cent. 

Aam Aadmi Party's CM face Col Ajay Kothiya has been fielded from this seat. The BJP has fielded  Suresh Chauhan. Congress's candidate for the seat is Vijaypal Singh Sajwan

The BJP had won 57 out of a total of 70 seats in Uttarakhand in the last assembly polls limiting Congress to just 11. Two seats had gone to Independents. 

The Uttarakhand election was held in a single phase on February 14.