Pushkar Singh Dhami wins Champawat bye-poll with record margin, retains Uttarakhand CM post
The BJP leader had lost his seat in the Assembly elections held in February.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday won the bye-poll to the Champawat constituency by a record margin of 55,025 votes, Election Commission data showed.
The bye-poll was crucial as Dhami had lost the Khatima seat in the Assembly elections held in February. However, as the Bharatiya Janata Party decided to retain him as the chief minister, he was required to win a bye-election within six months.
The BJP had won a clear majority in the Assembly elections, bagging 47 of the 70 seats in the state.
The voting for the Champawat bye-poll took place on Tuesday. Dhami won a sweeping victory securing 58,258, or 92.94% of the votes, according to the Election Commission. The Congress’ Nirmala Gahtori was a distant second with 3,233 votes.
This is the highest margin with which a chief minister has won a bye-poll in Uttarakhand, reported PTI. In 2012, former Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna had won a bye-election from Sitarganj on a Congress ticket by 40,000 votes.
Champawat | BJP workers celebrate as Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami leads from Champawat assembly seat with 54,121 votes
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) June 3, 2022
CM shows a victory sign as trends indicate a win in key bypoll pic.twitter.com/jZ64wESUVq
The chief minister took to Twitter to thank his supporters for his victory.
“My heart is very emotional with the love and blessings showered by you through votes in the Champawat by-election, I am speechless,” he said.
प्रिय चंपावतवासियों,
— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) June 3, 2022
चंपावत उपचुनाव में आपके द्वारा वोटों के माध्यम से बरसाए गए प्रेम व आशीर्वाद से मन अत्यंत भावुक है, नि:शब्द हूं।@narendramodi @JPNadda @AmitShah @rajnathsingh @JoshiPralhad@dushyanttgautam @BJP4India @BJP4UK pic.twitter.com/VH5egOEW2l
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Dhami and said that he is confident that the chief minister 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 [workers] for their hard work,” Modi wrote in a tweet.
Chief Ministers Adityanath and Shivraj Singh Chouhan along with Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia also congratulated Dhami on his victory.
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.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 3, 2022
Champawat | BJP workers celebrate as Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami leads from Champawat assembly seat with 54,121 votes
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) June 3, 2022
CM shows a victory sign as trends indicate a win in key bypoll pic.twitter.com/jZ64wESUVq
देवभूमि उत्तराखंड के यशस्वी मुख्यमंत्री श्री @pushkardhami जी को चम्पावत विधान सभा के उपचुनाव में ऐतिहासिक विजय प्राप्त करने की हार्दिक बधाई।
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) June 3, 2022
यह विजय आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री जी की लोक-कल्याणकारी नीतियों, आपके विकासपरक नेतृत्व और भाजपा कार्यकर्ताओं के परिश्रम को समर्पित है।
उत्तराखंड विस उपचुनाव में विजय प्राप्ति पर मुख्यमंत्री श्री @pushkardhami जी को हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं। जीत मुहर लगाती है प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के मार्गदर्शन में आपके द्वारा किए जा रहे विकास कार्यों पर। भगवान श्री बद्री विशाल एवं श्री केदारनाथ जी की कृपा आप पर बनी रहे।
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) June 3, 2022
देवभूमि उत्तराखंड के मुख्यमंत्री श्री @pushkardhami जी को चंपावत विधानसभा के उपचुनाव में ऐतिहासिक विजय प्राप्त करने पर हार्दिक बधाई।
— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) June 3, 2022
प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के मार्गदर्शन और आपके नेतृत्व में उत्तराखंड में विजय का ये सफर अनवरत गतिमान रहे, शुभकामनाएं।
