DEHRADUN: BJP candidates consolidated their lead over their nearest rivals in all the five Lok Sabha seats of Uttarakhand as counting progressed on Tuesday.
According to the the Election Commission, Union Minister of State for Defence and Tourism Ajay Bhatt is ahead of his nearest rival Congress’ Prakash Joshi by 3,17,435 votes on the Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar Lok Sabha seat.
Among the five BJP candidates, he is leading by the biggest margin.
