Uttarakhand Election 2022 Updates: State records 62.5% voter turnout

Uttarakhand records 62.5% voter turnout in the assembly elections. (ANI)

People in Uttarakhand have created history by voting in huge numbers. I hope that the new government will work for a golden future of Uttarakhand: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami in Khatima. (ANI)

59.37% voter turnout in Uttarakhand till 5pm.

A polling booth in snow covered area in Gangotri (10870 feet).

Polling in highest polling station of state. (Gangotri, 10870 ft)

106 year old Kanta Devi cast her vote in a polling booth at Sahaspur assembly constituency, members of ECI felicitated her.

49.24% voter turnout recorded in Uttarakhand till 3pm.

People being thermally scanned, given hand sanitizer and gloves before entering the polling booth in Khatima town of Udham Singh Nagar.

Uttarakhand assembly polls: 35.21% voter turnout till 1pm; CM Dhami, governor cast vote

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Till 1 pm, the hill state, which is voting in a single phase, recorded a 35.21% voter turnout, said Soujanya, chief electoral officer (CEO) Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand: BJP claims win on 60 plus seats, Congress 45 plus

Incumbent CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday claimed that the BJP will win handsomely in the Uttarakhand assembly polls creating a new record for the state that is voting for all 70 constituencies. However, Bhuvan Chandra Kapadi, who is the Congress candidate against Dhami, denied any such situation and expressed confidence that Congress will form the government with 45 plus seats. (IANS)

Uttarakhand assembly polls: 35.21% voter turnout till 1pm

Low turnout in Sirtarganj assembly constituency of district Udham Singh Nagar till noon.

In pics: Voters exercise their franchise in Uttarakhand assembly polls 2022

Polling to the 70 assembly seats spread over 13 districts of Uttarakhand is being held amid tight security. A total of 81,72173 voters in the state will decide the fate of 632 candidates. Click to view more pics

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Haridwar district records highest 22.15% turnout in the state till 11am, according to Election Commission.

Congress Uttarakhand president Ganesh Godiyal claims that "Congress has registered an FIR as I came to know last night that my fake sign was being used to con people via a letter that got viral, for Harish Rawat; this is BJP's plot to con innocent public; guilty won't be spared."

Nainital records 17% voter turnout till 11am.

Uttarakhand records 18.97% voter turnout till 11am.

Colonel Ajay Kothiyal (retd), AAP CM candidate for Uttarakhand elections casts his vote at a polling booth in Uttarkashi. (ANI)