Election results: Two current, five former CMs bite dust

New Delhi, Mar 10: The assembly polls in five states brought gloom for several political heavyweights, including two current and five former chief ministers as they lost the electoral battle from their respective seats.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and his Uttarakhand counterpart Pushkar Singh Dhami lost the polls from the seats they held respectively. A similar fate awaited former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Singh Rawat and former Punjab chief ministers Parkash Singh Badal and Amarinder Singh.

Even though Dhami has lost the electoral battle, his party is heading for a victory in Uttarakhand. In Punjab, where the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is set to sweep the polls, as many as three former chief ministers -- Badal, Singh and Rajinder Kaur Bhattal -- have lost the election from their respective pocket boroughs.

Chief Minister Channi has lost the poll battle from both Bhadaur and Chamkaur Sahib. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal has also lost the election to his AAP rival. Most of the current and former ministers of the Punjab government have lost the poll battle to the AAP candidates.

In Goa, former chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) nominee Churchill Alemao lost the election from Benaulim to the AAP nominee. The counting of votes for the Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur Assembly polls is going on amid tight security arrangements. PTI