New Delhi: The bypoll results of Uttarakhand came as a huge blow for the Bharatiya Janata Party as the Congress won all three Assembly seats on Friday.
Chief Minister Harish Rawat defeated BJP's BD Joshi in Dharchula seat by a margin of over 19,000 votes.
Senior Congress leader Hira Singh Bisht defeated BJP's Trivendra Singh Rawat in Doiwala while Rekha Arya of the Congress defeated BJP's Mohan Lal Arya in Someshwar.
At present, the Congress has 32 members in the state assembly while the BJP has 28. The Uttarakhand Assembly has a total strength of 70 members. A party needs 36 members to remain in power. Three independents, three BSP MLAs (including two suspended members) and one UKD member are supporting the Congress government in the state.
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