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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.

Bahugna wins Sitarganj by-poll