UK (Uttarakhand) Assembly Election 2022 Voting News: In Uttarakhand, a low voter turnout is on cards as a total of 59.37 per cent polling was recorded till 5 pm. In 2017, around 68 per cent polling was recorded in the state. With voting concluding today, the BJP and the Congress have continued to target each-other over politicising the army and trying to take advantage of it for wooing the voters. The BJP and the Congress have locked horns in the hills state as the polling has turned out to be a litmus test for the former and a prestige battle for the latter. The polling, which began at 8 am, concluded at 6 pm. In the 2017 Assembly polls, the BJP had won 57 out of the 70 Assembly seats in the state, restricting the Congress to just 11.
As many as 70 Assembly seats spread over 13 districts went to polls today to decide the fate of 632 candidates, including 152 independents, which include some prominent faces like Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, former CM Harish Rawat, Cabinet ministers Satpal Maharaj, Subodh Uniyal, Dham Singh Rawat and former minister Yashpal Arya.
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Uttarakhand Assembly Election 2022 Polling Live: 59.37 per cent polling recorded till 5pm
Uttarakhand Assembly Election 2022 Polling Live: “Modi Ji and BJP are insulting the Army. It is Indian Army & not BJP Army or government Army. BJP is taking political advantage in the name of martyred soldiers. It politicises our Army. It is neither mine nor yours, it is the country's Army,” said Congress leader Harish Rawat
Uttarakhand Assembly Election 2022 Polling Live: It's Uttarakhand vs BJP, says Harish Rawat
This election is about the people of Uttarakhand vs BJP. In the last 5 years, BJP has crushed ambitions of the people. I will stay in politics for 15-20 years. I have to stay young to build the future of Uttarakhand & throw BJP out of here: Congress leader Harish Rawat in Lalkuan pic.twitter.com/4dmTDerlvQ
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 14, 2022
Uttarakhand Assembly Election 2022 Polling Live: 49.24 per cent turnout recorded till 3pm. Most in Uttarkashi at 56.23 per cent.
18.97 per cent voter turnout recorded till 11 am.
Almora – 15.04%
Bageshwar – 16.60%
Chamoli – 17.58%
Champawat – 17.88%
Dehradun – 18.80%
Haridwar – 22.41%
Nainital – 22.63%
Pauri Garhwal – 16.46%
Pithoragarh – 14.96%
Rudraprayag – 19.39%
Tehri Garhwal – 16.61%
Udham Singh Nagar – 20.54%
Uttarkashi – 16.79%
Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Satpal Maharaj casts his vote for #UttarakhandElections2022 in Chaubattakhal assembly constituency, Pauri Garhwal pic.twitter.com/J0WnUyNbzc
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5.15 per cent voter turnout recorded till 9 am.
Almora – 4.19%
Bageshwar – 2.31%
Chamoli – 3.49%
Champawat – 4.51%
Dehradun – 5.55%
Haridwar – 6.36%
Nainital – 5.50%
Pauri Garhwal – 2.51%
Pithoragarh – 4.55%
Rudraprayag – 5.41%
Tehri Garhwal – 4.36%
Udham Singh Nagar – 6.64%
Uttarkashi – 2.68%
All our schemes have provided a shield for the people of Uttarakhand; the public knows very well who can work for the development of the state. I'm sure that the Uttarakhand public will bring BJP on 60+ seats: CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, in Khatima
Polling across 70 seats begins. Traditionally, the politics of Uttarakhand has been largely bi-polar with Congress and BJP governing the state alternately, but this time the AAP is also in the running fielding its candidates from all the 70 assembly constituencies in the state.
Himachal Pradesh Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar casts his votes at polling booth number 7 of Vasco da Gama Assembly Constituency#GoaElections2022 pic.twitter.com/VOkaATQMns
— ANI (@ANI) February 14, 2022
Uttarakhand is set to vote tomorrow in a single phase with over 600 candidates ready to lock horns for the 70 Assembly constituencies in the state. The hill state has traditionally witnessed a two-way contest between the BJP and the Congress. However, the entry of Aam Aadmi Party in the game this time is likely to dent the vote share of the two parties. Read More
Preparations underway ahead of voting for the #UttarakhandElections2022; Visuals from Khalsa National Balika Inter College, Haldwani
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 14, 2022
Voting for the Uttarakhand Assembly elections will start at 8 am. pic.twitter.com/qkCMqgwNX0
Traditionally, the politics of Uttarakhand has been largely bi-polar with Congress and BJP governing the state alternately, but this time the AAP is also in the running fielding its candidates from all the 70 assembly constituencies in the state.