Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, who lost both the assembly seats he contested, submitted his resignation on Saturday to Governor KK Paul and attributed the party's 'poor' show in the state polls to 'flaws in his own leadership'.
"I own up my failure to rise up to the expectations of my party workers who had worked very hard despite lack of resources," he said after submitting his resignation.
Owning up his failure to guide the party to an impressive performance at the polls, the chief minister said, "I accept that there must have been loopholes in my own leadership which led to the party's dismal showing."
However, the Congress leader will continue to officiate as the chief minister till his successor is sworn-in.
Rawat lost from Kichcha at the hands of BJP's Rajesh Shukla, who won the seat by 2,154 votes. He also lost Haridwar (Rural) seat to BJP's Yatishwaranand by over 12,000 votes.
Rawat thanked the Congress leadership and the party's legal cell for the support extended to him during the polls.
A total of 637 candidates including 56 contested for 70 seats in the Uttarakhand Assembly.
As per the updates available by 5:30pm on counting of votes, the BJP was leading by 57 seats, leaving behind the Congress by 11 seats.