Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2017 Polling: 68 pc voting recorded

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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)

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.

Photo: ANI

Photo: ANI

-12:30 PM: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat casts his vote in Dharampur.

-12:00 PM: 22% polling voter turnout recorded till 11 am.

Photo: ANI

Photo: ANI

-11:30 AM: People wait in a queue to cast votes at a polling station in Hridayesh.

-10:50 AM: Baba Ramdev casts his vote in Haridwar. Praises Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his development plans in the state.

-10:15 AM: Congress leader Indira Hridayesh casts her vote in Haldwani.

-9:45 AM: Chief Electoral Officer Radha Raturi casts her vote at Government Girls Inter College in Dehradun’s Kishanpur.

Photo: ANI

Photo: ANI

-9:27 AM: 6% polling percentage recorded in the first hour of the Uttarakhand polls.

Photo: ANI

Photo: ANI

-9:20 AM: Uttarakhand Elections key candidates, number of voters, no of polling stations. All you need to know.

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Photo: PTI

-9:16 AM: Uttarakhand State BJP President and leader of opposition, Ajay Bhatt casts his vote in Ranikhet.

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.

Photo: ANI

Photo: ANI

Photo: ANI

Photo: ANI

-8:37 AM:

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Photo: PTI

-8:35 AM: Voting in 69 seats underway.

-8:30 AM: People cast their votes in Dehradun.

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.

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