 "Uttarakhand Election Results 2017: How fate of key candidates panned out")
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looked set to storm to a massive win in Uttarakhand on Saturday, as they are likely to clinch the 70-seat Assembly with a comfortable majority, relegating Harish Rawat’s incumbent Congress party to a heavy defeat. While most exit polls had predicted between 35 to 40 votes for BJP, the margin of victory — the party is looking well on course to cross the 50-seat mark — has come as a bit of a surprise to most pollsters.
Most of Congress’ key candidates suffered heavy defeats on Saturday, none more so than Chief Minister Harish Rawat himself, who had contested from two constituencies — Haridwar Rural and Kichcha — but lost from the former and is trailing from the other. A number of Congress MLAs had defected to BJP last year, and most of them have fared quite well.
Here’s a list of the key candidates, and which way their fates were sealed:
LIST OF KEY BJP CANDIDATES:
| Candidate | Constituency | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Satpal Maharaj | Chaubattakhal | Won |
| Shaila Rani Rawat | Kedarnath | Lost |
| Ajay Bhatt | Ranikhet | Lost |
| Saurabh Bahuguna | Sitarganj | Won |
| Sanjeev Arya | Nainital | Won |
| Umesh Sharma | Raipur | Won |
| Kedar Singh Rawat | Yamunotri | Won |
| Ganesh Joshi | Mussoorie | Won |
| Pradeep Batra | Roorkee | Won |
LIST OF KEY CONGRESS CANDIDATES:
| Candidate | Constituency | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Govind Singh Kunjwal | Jageshwar | Won |
| Kishore Upadhyay | Sahaspur | Lost |
| Mamata Rakesh | Bhagwanpur | Won |
| Harish Rawat | Haridwar (Rural) | Lost |
| Harish Rawat | Kiccha | Lost |
| Surender Singh Negi | Kotdwar | Lost |
| Anusuya Prasad Malkhuri | Karnprayag | Lost |
| Suryakant Dhasmana | Dehradun Cantt | Lost |
| Brahamswaroop Brahmachari | Haridwar | Lost |
| Rajpal Kharola | Rishikesh | Lost |
| Ranjeet Rawat | Ramnagar | Lost |
LIST OF KEY BSP/INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES:
| Candidate | Constituency | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Sarwat Karim Ansari (BSP) | Manglore | Lost |
| Bhagavat Singh (BSP) | Jhabrera | Lost |
| Ramkumar Rana (BSP) | Bhagwanpur | Lost |
| Manju Singh (Independent) | Sahaspur | Lost |
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