Dehradun, March 11:

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat lost the Haridwar (Rural) seat to his BJP rival by 12,000 votes.

publive-image Harish Rawat

Rawat lost to the Bharatiya Janata Party's Yatishwaranand in Haridwar (Rural).

The Chief Minister is also contesting from Kichcha, where too he is trailing. (IANS)