New Delhi: The state of Uttarakhand in awash with the lotus as the Bharatiya Janata Party has swept all the five seats. The result was the reverse of the 2009 general elections when the Congress won three seats.
Three former BJP chief ministers - Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri, Bhagat Singh Koshiyari and Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank - were in the fray. In Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar seat, BS Koshyari defeated Congress's KC Singh Baba by 2,84,717 votes.
In Tehri Garhwal the daughter-in-law of erstwhile Tehri royal family Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah defeated former Uttarkhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna's son Saket by 1,92,503.
In Garhwal BJP's BC Khanduri defeated Congress's Harak Signh Rawat by 1,84,526 votes. In Hardwar, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank defeated Chief Minister Harish Rawat's wife Renuka by 177822 votes.
In Almora BJP's Ajay Tamta defeated Congress's Pradeep Tamta by 95,690 votes.
There were 74 candidates in the fray.
Big winners:
Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri
Bhagat Singh Koshiyari
Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank
Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
Big losers:
KC Singh Baba
Saket Bahuguna
Renuka Rawat
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