<p class="title">Counting of votes polled for Pithorogarh assembly by-poll in Uttarakhand began on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Polling to the seat was held on November 25 with 47.48 per cent of voters casting their vote.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The seat fell vacant after the death of sitting BJP MLA and Cabinet Minister Prakash Pant in June this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pant's wife Chandra is taking on Congress' Anju Lunthi in a bid to retain the seat for the BJP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Samajwadi Party's Lalit Mohan Bhatt is the third contestant in the fray.</p>
<p class="title">Counting of votes polled for Pithorogarh assembly by-poll in Uttarakhand began on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Polling to the seat was held on November 25 with 47.48 per cent of voters casting their vote.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The seat fell vacant after the death of sitting BJP MLA and Cabinet Minister Prakash Pant in June this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pant's wife Chandra is taking on Congress' Anju Lunthi in a bid to retain the seat for the BJP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Samajwadi Party's Lalit Mohan Bhatt is the third contestant in the fray.</p>