Assembly ballot outcomes: Two present, 5 former CMs and three Deputy CMs chunk mud

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Assembly ballot outcomes on Thursday introduced gloom for a number of political heavyweights, together with two present and 5 former chief ministers, who misplaced the electoral battle from their respective seats.

Besides them, three present deputy chief ministers, together with Keshav Prasad Maurya, misplaced the meeting election.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and his Uttarakhand counterpart Pushkar Singh Dhami misplaced the polls from the seats they held respectively.

An identical destiny awaited former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Singh Rawat and former Punjab chief ministers Parkash Singh Badal and Amarinder Singh.

Even although BJP chief Dhami has misplaced the electoral battle, his get together is heading for a victory in Uttarakhand.

In Punjab, the place the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is ready to comb the polls, three former chief ministers — Badal, Singh and Rajinder Kaur Bhattal — misplaced the election from their respective pocket boroughs.

Chief Minister Channi misplaced the ballot battle from each Bhadaur and Chamkaur Sahib.

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal additionally misplaced the election to his AAP rival.

Most of the present and former ministers of the Punjab authorities misplaced the ballot battle to the AAP candidates.

In Goa, former chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) nominee Churchill Alemao misplaced the election from Benaulim to the AAP nominee.

Both the deputy chief ministers misplaced the ballot contest to their Congress rivals, although their get together, BJP, is on the course to emerge because the single-largest political formation within the coastal state.

Deputy Chief Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar was defeated by Leader of Opposition and Congress candidate Digambar Kamat, whereas one other Deputy Chief Minister, Chandrakant Kavlekar, misplaced to Congress candidate Altone D’Costa from Quepem.

Similarly, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Maurya misplaced the Assembly ballot contest to SP’s Pallavi Patel by 7,337 votes from the Sirathu constituency in Kaushambi district.

The counting of votes for the Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur Assembly polls is happening amid tight safety preparations.