Uttarakhand election results 2022: Dhami loses, but BJP pulls off win

The Congress, the BJP's main opposition in the state, has been left totally bruised, with Harish Rawat, who was the party's face in the elections, losing from Lal Kuan.

In his last rally at Almora, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked the electorate in Uttarakhand to vote for the so-called ‘double-engine’ government once again for the unhindered development of Uttarakhand. Clearly, the appeal worked and contrary to the expectations of the Congress, the BJP has pulled off an emphatic victory in the state.  
 

Though Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami lost, the BJP has beaten anti-incumbency factors like growing inflation and unemployment. Even the Congress’s popular slogan “teen tigada, kaam bigada”, referring to the BJP appo­inting three chief ministers in less than four months, did not have any impact.
 

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