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Bahuguna wins Sitarganj by-poll, thanks people for support
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Posted online: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 1:04:06 PM
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Rudrapur, July 11 : Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, who won the Sitarganj Assembly seat, on Wednesday thanked the people of the constituency for giving him a big victory.
As per reports, Bahuguna defeated his BJP rival by a margin of nearly 39,900 votes
The victory margin is the highest in all the assembly elections in Uttarakhand so far, officials said.
Sitarganj by-election was held on July 8, to decide the fate of Bahuguna, who had to win the election to continue in office.
The by-election was necessitated after BJP MLA Kiran Mandal quit in favour of Bahuguna.
The BJP had earlier formally lodged a complaint seeking to cancel Bahuguna's nomination. Allegations of rigging were also made and the state election office had ordered an inquiry by the district magistrate to verify them.
Source-ANI
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