UTTARAKHAND, Mar 6: The Congress was on Tuesday set to emerge as the single largest party in Uttarakhand, enjoying an edge against ruling the Bharatiya Janata Party in a nail-biting finish for half-way mark in the elections to the 70-member Assembly.<\/p>\n
Out of the 60 results declared so far, Congress won 27 seats and was ahead in five others while the BJP bagged 28 constituencies and led in three.<\/p>\n
The biggest setback for the BJP was the defeat of Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri who was defeated by S.S. Negi of the Congress from Kotdwar seat by 4,632 votes.<\/p>\n
The BSP won three seats and three independents emerged successful, thus positioning themselves as possible kingmakers.<\/p>\n
The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal-Panwar (UKD-P) won one seat.<\/p>\n
Congress leader Indira Haridayesh wrested Haldwani seat from the BJP by defeating its candidate Renu Adhikari.<\/p>\n
State BJP president Bishan Singh Chufal won from Didihaat constituency. PCC chief Yashpal Arya won from Baajpur seat and leader of the opposition Harak Singh Rawat led in Rudraprayag seat.<\/p>\n\n
Read more \/ Original news source: http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2012\/03\/seesaw-battle-in-uttarakhand\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"