Khatima seat of Udhamsinghnagar district is included in the hottest seat in the Uttarakhand assembly elections, as Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami fielded from here. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is leading by one thousand votes from Khatima seat.

He had a fight with Bhuvan Chandra Kapri on a Congress party ticket. This has been the traditional seat of Dhami, from where he has been elected MLA twice.

Pushkar Singh Dhami is trailing by 2287 votes in Khatima seat.