Uttarakhand Election Results 2022: The trends so far in Uttarakhand is reflecting a clear majority for the BJP in the hill state while the opposition Congress has made some gains as compared to previous election but just not enough to take it on the other side of the majority mark. As of 5pm, the BJP is leading on 47 seats, 11 seats above the majority mark while the Congress is leading on 19 seats. Others are leading on four seats. The counting of votes is still underway for the 70-member Uttarakhand assembly, voting for which was held on February 14. The initial trends had indicated a neck and neck fight between the BJP and the Congress as predicted by the exit polls, but as the counting progressed, the BJP increased its lead. Apart from the BJP and the Congress, the debutant Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is also in the fray. Over 81 lakh voters were eligible to cast their votes, however, the final voter turnout was 65.4 per cent. The key candidates are CM Pushkar Singh Dhami from Khatima, former chief minister Harish Rawat from Lalkuwa, Pritam Singh from the Chakrata, Yashpal Arya from Bajpur, Anukriti Gusain Rawat from Lansdowne, Madan Kaushik from Haridwar, Satpal Maharaj from Chaubattakhal and Dhan Singh Rawat from the Srinagar assembly constituency. The BJP and Congress are locked in straight contests on 40 to 45 seats, while the regional outfits make the fight triangular on 25-30 seats.
While many exit polls have given either the BJP or Congress a majority in Uttarakhand, several of them have predicted a close fight between the two major players or a hung assembly – a scenario in which the role of winning independents and candidates of regional outfits like the AAP, SP, BSP and UKD will become significant in government formation. Uttarakhand was formed in the year 2000 and the first assembly polls took place in 2002. In the last two decades, the state had seen eight chief ministers with only one of them (ND Tiwari) completing a five-year term. The ruling BJP also had to change two chief ministers between 2017 and 2022. Present chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami replaced Trivendra Singh Rawat who had earlier replaced Tirath Singh Rawat. While Dhami continues to be the BJP’s CM face, AAP has projected Col Ajay Kothiyal (Gangotri seat) as its CM face. The Congress has not revealed its CM face but former CM Harish Rawat is the strong contender for the post.
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AAP: 3.31%
BJP: 44.31%
BSP: 4.83%
Congress: 37.96%
Other: 8.29%
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Though the BJP and Congress have exuded confidence of winning a clear majority, their leaders have held several closed-door meetings among themselves over the last few days to deal with different scenarios that they may confront after the poll results. The major parties are also keeping an eye on rebels who entered the fray as independents against their official nominees. The BJP had won 57 out of the total 70 assembly seats in the state in 2017, while the Congress had won just 11 seats.