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Uttarakhand Election 2022 Updates: State records 62.5% voter turnout

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 15, 2022, 08:23:31 IST

Uttarakhand Election 2022 Updates: State records 62.5% voter turnout

Over 62 per cent polling was recorded in Uttarakhand where voting to 70 assembly seats spread over 13 districts concluded peacefully on Monday, officials said. The polling percentage in the 2017 assembly elections in the state was 65.56 per cent. Stay tuned to TOI for latest updates.

21:12 (IST) Feb 14

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

21:12 (IST) Feb 14

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)

18:19 (IST) Feb 14

59.37% voter turnout in Uttarakhand till 5pm.

17:29 (IST) Feb 14

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

17:08 (IST) Feb 14

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

17:02 (IST) Feb 14

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

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15:35 (IST) Feb 14

49.24% voter turnout recorded in Uttarakhand till 3pm.

15:27 (IST) Feb 14

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

15:08 (IST) Feb 14

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

Amid tight security arrangements, polling is under way on all 70 seats in the 13 districts of Uttarakhand.

14:56 (IST) Feb 14

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.

14:26 (IST) Feb 14

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)

13:48 (IST) Feb 14

Uttarakhand assembly polls: 35.21% voter turnout till 1pm

13:25 (IST) Feb 14

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

12:47 (IST) Feb 14

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.

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12:33 (IST) Feb 14

Uttarakhand: What do people want from the next govt?

With Uttarakhand going to polls on Monday, residents in rural areas said they urgently need better healthcare, jobs and improved waste management while those in urban areas said they want better roads and green belts.

12:30 (IST) Feb 14

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

12:02 (IST) Feb 14

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."

11:55 (IST) Feb 14

Nainital records 17% voter turnout till 11am.

11:37 (IST) Feb 14

Uttarakhand records 18.97% voter turnout till 11am.

11:20 (IST) Feb 14

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

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