Assembly elections in Uttarakhand ended peacefully on February 15. Maximum voting was reported from Haridwar (65 per cent) — where Chief Minister Harish Rawat is a candidate in one of the constituencies — followed by 63 per cent in Uttarkashi. The high-pitched battle fought mainly between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress. Due to the death of BSP candidate Kuldeep Singh Kanwasi in a road accident on Sunday, polling in Karnaprayag seat has been postponed to March 9.
Here are the highlights
5: 35 PM: 68 pc voting in Uttarakhand till 5 pm
-4:00 PM: 53% voter turnout recorded till 3 pm.
Haridwar: Sadhus gather at polling stations to cast their vote for the assembly election in Haridwar on Wednesday. PTI Photo(PTI2_15_2017_000055A)
-1:53 PM: 39% voter turnout recorded till 1 PM.
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-12:30 PM: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat casts his vote in Dharampur.
#UttarakhandElection2017: CM Harish Rawat casts his vote at booth no 45 in Dharampur, pic.twitter.com/8W3VzO8GWh
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 15, 2017
-12:00 PM: 22% polling voter turnout recorded till 11 am.
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-11:30 AM: People wait in a queue to cast votes at a polling station in Hridayesh.
#UttarakhandElection2017-Polling underway at booth no 108 in Haldwani; Cong’s Indira Hridayesh, BSP’s S Ahmad & BJP’s JPS Rautela contesting pic.twitter.com/zD1vBY710T
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 15, 2017
-10:50 AM: Baba Ramdev casts his vote in Haridwar. Praises Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his development plans in the state.
#Uttarakhand: Baba Ramdev casts his vote at polling booth no.106 in Haridwar,says ‘Modiji poori pramanikta se apna rajdharm nibha rahe hain’ pic.twitter.com/SV3nj5lAxV
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 15, 2017
-10:15 AM: Congress leader Indira Hridayesh casts her vote in Haldwani.
#UttarakhandElection: Cong’s Indira Hridayesh casts her vote at booth no 17 in Haldwani;She’s contesting agnst BSP’s SAhmad&BJP’s JPSRautela pic.twitter.com/T6UhqI2Six
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 15, 2017
-9:45 AM: Chief Electoral Officer Radha Raturi casts her vote at Government Girls Inter College in Dehradun’s Kishanpur.
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-9:27 AM: 6% polling percentage recorded in the first hour of the Uttarakhand polls.
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-9:20 AM: Uttarakhand Elections key candidates, number of voters, no of polling stations. All you need to know.
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-9:16 AM: Uttarakhand State BJP President and leader of opposition, Ajay Bhatt casts his vote in Ranikhet.
#UttarakhandElection2017 BJP’s Uttarakhand president Ajay Bhatt casts his vote at polling booth no. 130 in Ranikhet. pic.twitter.com/g8WqvW4MXK
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 15, 2017
–8: 55 AM: People are queueing up to cast their votes at polling booths 54 & 55 in Bajpur. BSP’s Ramavatar, BJP’s Yashpal Arya are contesting from this constituency.
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-8:37 AM:
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-8:35 AM: Voting in 69 seats underway.
#TopStory 69 of a total of 70 assembly seats barring Karnaprayag to go to polls in the single phase assembly elections in Uttarakhand today pic.twitter.com/r7Zhf1ZbTP
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 15, 2017
-8:30 AM: People cast their votes in Dehradun.
#UttarakhandElection2017 People show their inked finger after casting their vote at a polling booth in Dehradun. pic.twitter.com/pQao6tlOv2
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 15, 2017
#UttarakhandElection2017 People queue up to cast their vote in Dehradun’s Hathi Barkala pic.twitter.com/3LiBpl97Jc
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 15, 2017
7:40 AM: Out of the 70 seats, 69 seats are going to polls today. Due to the death of BSP candidate Kuldeep Singh Kanwasi in a road accident on Sunday, polling in Karnaprayag seat has been postponed to March 9
7: 36 AM: Karnaprayag is a high profile constituency from where Deputy Speaker of the state assembly Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri is contesting.
7: 30 AM: 30,000 security personnel including 105 companies of central armed police force, 25 companies of Provincial Armed Constabulary, Uttarakhand police and the homeguards have been deployed for security in the poll-bound state.
