Uttarakhand election results 2022...BJP’s Satpal Maharaj ahead in Chaubattakhal

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Chaubattakhal has voted for the BJP since 2012 when former chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat was elected from the constituency

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Maharaj and Singh were locked in a close contest, with the BJP leader ahead with 6,275, latest Election Commission data showed

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In the 2017 elections, Maharaj defeated Rajpal Singh Bisht of the Congress

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Local issues were expected to make the Uttarakhand assembly elections a tough poll for the BJP....

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If the trends hold, it will be the first time that a government has got a second successive term...

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Despite the Low numbers of voters, Chaubattakhal has a seen crowded poll field..

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