<p>Gopeshwar: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/congress">Congress</a>'s Lakhpat Singh Butola won the Badrinath assembly by-election on Saturday, defeating his nearest rival former minister and MLA BJP's Rajendra Singh Bhandari by 5,224 votes.</p>.<p>In the poll held on July 10, a total of 54,228 votes were cast, out of which, 28,161 votes went to the Congress, while the BJP got 22,937 votes.</p>.Himachal Pradesh bypolls: Congress' Hardeep Singh Bawa wins Nalagarh assembly seat.<p>Bhandari got 10,000 less votes this time than he did in the 2022 assembly elections.</p>.<p>Independent candidate Naval Kishor Khali finished third, with 1,813 votes.</p>.<p>Himmat Singh of Sainik Samaj Party got 494 votes.</p>
<p>Gopeshwar: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/congress">Congress</a>'s Lakhpat Singh Butola won the Badrinath assembly by-election on Saturday, defeating his nearest rival former minister and MLA BJP's Rajendra Singh Bhandari by 5,224 votes.</p>.<p>In the poll held on July 10, a total of 54,228 votes were cast, out of which, 28,161 votes went to the Congress, while the BJP got 22,937 votes.</p>.Himachal Pradesh bypolls: Congress' Hardeep Singh Bawa wins Nalagarh assembly seat.<p>Bhandari got 10,000 less votes this time than he did in the 2022 assembly elections.</p>.<p>Independent candidate Naval Kishor Khali finished third, with 1,813 votes.</p>.<p>Himmat Singh of Sainik Samaj Party got 494 votes.</p>