Uttarakhand election 2022 Highlights: 65% voter turnout recorded; polling largely peaceful

Election 2022 Live Updates: Uttarakhand recorded a voter turnout of 62.5 per cent during the one-phased polling for its Assembly, the state election commission informed at 8.50pm.

Harish Rawat (L), Pushkar Singh Dhami (C), Ajay Kothiyal (R).

The fate of 632 candidates for Uttarakhand assembly elections was sealed on Monday as the state voted in a single phase. Uttarakhand, which has seen 11 chief ministers in the last two decades, has voted out the incumbent government in every assembly election since the state's formation in 2000. The Bharatiya Janata Party has the twin task of beating the anti-incumbency and the electoral trend. Neither the BJP nor the Congress has declared its chief ministerial candidate in the elections but Pushkar Singh Dhami and Harish Rawat have remained the face of the poll campaign....Read More

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• 14 Feb 2022, 11:21:47 PM IST

  Uttarakhand polls: 65% voting as of 10.50pm

  As of 10.50pm, Uttarakhand has recorded 65.1% voter turnout, according to latest data.

• 14 Feb 2022, 09:31:50 PM IST

  People in Uttarakhand have created history by voting in huge numbers: Pushkar Singh Dhami

  Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said people in the state have created history by voting in huge numbers. “I hope that the new government will work for a golden future of Uttarakhand,” news agency ANI quoted Dhami as saying.

• 14 Feb 2022, 09:03:43 PM IST

  Uttarakhand records 62.5% voter turnout during polling for Assembly election

  The hill state recorded a voter turnout of 62.5 per cent during the one-phased polling for Uttarakhand Assembly, the state election commission informed at 8.50pm. 

• 14 Feb 2022, 07:15:37 PM IST

  Voting in Uttarakhand largely peaceful

  The voting in Uttarakhand was peaceful, except for minor scuffle between supporters of political parties in Haridwar and Nainital districts.

• 14 Feb 2022, 05:53:14 PM IST

  59.37 % voting till 5pm in Uttarakhand

  Uttarakhand recorded 59.37 per cent voter turnout till till 5pm.

• 14 Feb 2022, 05:30:14 PM IST

  100-year-old voter felicitated with a shawl by Kapkot authorities

  

  100-year-old voter felicitated with a shawl by Kapkot authorities

  A 100-year-old man on Monday cast his vote at Kapkot Assembly constituency in Uttarakhand. 

  Narayan Singh Kapkoti was brought to the booth by (SVEEP) volunteers and was later felicitated with a shawl by SDM Kapkot.

• 14 Feb 2022, 03:39:05 PM IST

  Uttarakhand records 49.24% voter turnout till 3pm

  Uttarakhand has recorded 49.24 per cent voter turnout till 3pm. The polling is expected to end at 6pm.

• 14 Feb 2022, 03:33:30 PM IST

  Uttarakhand CM Dhami accused of violating election code

  Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate SS Kaler on Monday accused Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and his wife of violating the model code by visiting polling booths wearing scarves with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) symbol and campaigning by moving in a cavalcade of over a dozen vehicles from one booth to another. Read more

• 14 Feb 2022, 01:36:31 PM IST

  Uttarakhand records 35.21% voter turnout till 1 pm

  The ECI has reported 35.21% voter turnout till 1 pm for Uttarakhand assembly elections. The polling has remained peaceful so far.

• 14 Feb 2022, 12:14:47 PM IST

  Uttarakhand Congress chief says FIR registered over alleged fake signature on letter to Rawat

  Uttarakhand Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal said that the police has registered an FIR over his alleged fake signature on a letter that went viral before the polling day. Godiyal said that his signature was forged on a letter to con people. 

  "This is BJP's plot to con innocent public; guilty won't be spared," said the Congress leader, as quoted by ANI.

• 14 Feb 2022, 11:40:58 AM IST

  Uttarakhand election: 18.97% voter turnout by 11am

  The Election Commission of India has reported nearly 19% voter turnout for the Uttarakhand assembly elections.

• 14 Feb 2022, 10:56:40 AM IST

  Former Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Uttarakhand minister Satpal Maharaj cast their vote

  Former Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Satpal Maharaj, a minister in the Uttarakhand cabinet, have cast their vote in the assembly election. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank voted in Dehradun while Satpal Maharaj voted in Chaubattakhal assembly constituency of Pauri Garhwal.

• 14 Feb 2022, 10:19:20 AM IST

  Uttarakhand assembly election: 5.15% voter turnout by 9am

  Uttarakhand recorded 5.15% voter turnout by 9am, an hour after the poll began on Monday morning.

• 14 Feb 2022, 09:52:47 AM IST

  Uttarakhand chief electoral officer says law and order situation very peaceful

  “Law and order situation is very peaceful. Forces are deployed everywhere as per plan. All polling parties had reached safely last night itself. The weather forecast for today is fine, so I hope it'll be peaceful," said Uttarakhand Chief Electoral Officer Soujanya, as quoted by ANI.

• 14 Feb 2022, 09:09:42 AM IST

  Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami casts his vote in Khatima

  

  Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami poses for photo after casting his vote in Khatima. (HT Photo)

  Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami voted at a polling booth in the Khatima constituency, from where he is contesting the assembly election. Dhami mother and wife also cast their votes.

• 14 Feb 2022, 08:54:28 AM IST

  Harish Rawat offers prayer as polling continues in Uttarakhand

  Congress leader and former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat offered prayers at his Lalkuan residence.

• 14 Feb 2022, 08:15:07 AM IST

  Priyanka urges voters to use 'democracy's strongest weapon'

  Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra called upon voters to use the 'democracy's strongest weapon' for the bright future of Uttarakhand.

• 14 Feb 2022, 08:01:12 AM IST

  Voting starts in 70 assembly seats

   Polling has started in the 70 Uttarakhand assembly seats.

• 14 Feb 2022, 07:28:33 AM IST

  Uttarakhand elections 2022: Preparations underway ahead of voting

• 14 Feb 2022, 06:49:17 AM IST

  PM Modi urges voter to turn up in record numbers

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged voters of Uttarakhand, Goa, and Uttar Pradesh to turn up in record numbers and strengthen the “festival of democracy.”

• 14 Feb 2022, 06:27:33 AM IST

  Voting to begin at 8am and end at 5pm

  The voting will begin at 8am and end at 5pm. There are 632 candidates in the electoral fray for 70 Assembly seats. Check full list of AAP, Congress, BJP candidates