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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.

11:02 (IST) Feb 14

The BJP's task is twin-fold-- beat the anti-incumbency and also the electoral trend of the incumbent government voted out in the state. (ANI)

10:49 (IST) Feb 14

Uttarakhand cabinet minister Satpal Maharaj casts his vote in Chaubattakhal assembly constituency, Pauri Garhwal

10:35 (IST) Feb 14

Udham Singh Nagar reported the highest percentage of voter turnout at 6.64 per cent, followed by Haridwar (6.39 per cent) and state capital Dehradun (5.55 per cent). (ANI)

10:34 (IST) Feb 14

Former Union education minister & former Uttarakhand chief minister, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, casts his vote.

10:07 (IST) Feb 14

Uttarakhand records 5.15% voter turnout till 9am

09:50 (IST) Feb 14

Update from Nainital

Nainital records 9% voter turnout till 9am.

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09:46 (IST) Feb 14

Uttarakhand: Nobody in Congress has objections to me as CM face, says Harish Rawat

On the eve of polling in Uttarakhand, senior Congress leader Harish Rawat on Sunday said that "nobody in the party has any objections on my name as the CM candidate". Rawat added that being the chairman of the party's campaign committee, the party is contesting the assembly polls "under his leadership".

09:25 (IST) Feb 14

Uttarakhand forest tribe feels let down by parties

Van Gujjars, the pastoral community of Uttarakhand which has been living in its forests for ages, are a disillusioned lot before the elections since they claim that they are remembered only at the time of polls, while their rights are not protected by any political party.

09:22 (IST) Feb 14

Law & order is very peaceful. Forces are deployed everywhere as per plan. All polling parties had reached safely last night itself. Weather forecast for today is fine, so I hope it'll be peaceful.

Uttarakhand chief electoral officer Soujanya

09:17 (IST) Feb 14

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

09:10 (IST) Feb 14

Only a government which does not get indulged in corruption and appeasement politics can take forward the development, pride and honour of Devbhoomi Uttarakhand. I appeal to all the voters of Uttarakhand to vote and become a partner in the development and progress of the state.

Union home minister Amit Shah

09:06 (IST) Feb 14

Uttarakhand CM and BJP candidate from Khatima, Pushkar Singh Dhami casts his vote at a polling booth in the constituency.

09:04 (IST) Feb 14

CM and BJP candidate from Khatima, Pushkar Singh Dhami arrives at a polling booth in the constituency.

09:02 (IST) Feb 14

Visual from a polling booth in Dehradun's Dharampur area

08:47 (IST) Feb 14

BJP seeks to retain power in Uttarakhand; Congress hopes for comeback

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is seeking to retain power in the hill state while Congress is hoping for a comeback. Both the Congress and the BJP have battled political instability in the state in the last two decades after it was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in 2000 during former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure. (ANI)

08:29 (IST) Feb 14

We're present on booth numbers 141, 142, 143, 144. All teams deployed, EVMs are up & running. Arrangements have been done, as per ECI's guidelines, agents of different political parties have also verified.

Jagdamba Prasad, sector magistrate in Dehradun

08:18 (IST) Feb 14

Uttarakhand tribe of 600 finds voting an uphill task

One of India's smallest and most endangered tribes has always found it hard to make itself heard. This time, too, it's no different for the last 600 members of Uttarakhand's Van Rawats.

08:04 (IST) Feb 14

Voting for Uttarakhand assembly elections begins.

07:44 (IST) Feb 14

Voting for Uttarakhand assembly polls will begin shortly

07:30 (IST) Feb 14

Polling will be held across Uttarakhand, Goa and in parts of Uttar Pradesh. I call upon all those who are eligible to vote today to do so in record numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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