Congress leading in Manglaur, Badrinath seats of Uttarakhand
Dehradun, July 12
Congress candidates for the Badrinath and Manglaur assembly bypolls in Uttarakhand were leading in both the seats in the initial rounds of counting on Saturday, officials said.
In the third round of counting, Congress’ Qazi Nizamuddin was ahead by 2,093 votes against BSP’s Ubaidur Rahman in Manglaur, the officials said.
BJP’s Kartar Singh Bhadana was in the third spot in Manglaur, a seat won thrice by Nizamuddin in the past.
Congress’ Lakhpat Singh Butola was leading by 963 votes against BJP’s Rajendra Bhandari in Badrinath, they said.
Counting of votes for the bypolls, held on Wednesday, began at 8 am.
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