Here are the voting day highlights for Uttarakhand Election 2017:
Uttarakhand Election 2017 LIVE: Voting Ends. 68% voter turnout overall (provisional) till 5 PM
February 15, 2017 - 17:00 pm: Uttarakhand Election Live - Voting ends across all Assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand at 5 pm - as per schedule. However, those who joined the line of voters till 4:59 pm will be allowed to cast their vote.
February 15, 2017 - 15:30 pm: Uttarakhand Election Live - 53% voter turnout recorded in Uttarakhand till 3 pm, according to the Election Commission of India.
Uttarakhand Election 2017 LIVE: 53% voter turnout recorded till 3 PM
February 15, 2017 - 14:55 pm: Uttarakhand Election Live - Chief Minister Harish Rawat speaks with NDTV after voting:
February 15, 2017 - 13:45 pm: Uttarakhand Election Live - 39.8% voter turnout recorded in Uttarakhand till 1 pm, according to the Election Commission of India.
Uttarakhand Election 2017 LIVE: 39.8% voter turnout till 1 PM
February 15, 2017 - 13:15 pm: Uttarakhand Election Live - Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat speaks with NDTV after casting his vote:
Harish Rawat: Quite satisfied. Since March 2016 BJP and the central government have been striking the swabhinaan of the people of this state, that is why my campaign is a direct fight against that attempt.
Harish Rawat: Yes, I am the first Chief Minister who has made a time bound agenda to reverse migration in the state. I have an agenda and I have been working on that. My focus has been on the construction of roads.
Harish Rawat: I am a small man and I am the Chief Minister of a small state... some of the things he (PM Narendra Modi) has said have been ill-advised and do not give him or his office the respect it deserves.
February 15, 2017 - 12:30 pm: Uttarakhand Election Live - 24% voter turnout recorded in Uttarakhand till 11 am, according to the Election Commission of India.
Uttarakhand Election 2017 LIVE: 24% voter turnout till 11 AM
February 15, 2017 - 12:20 pm: Uttarakhand Election Live - Here's the party-wise break up of the number of seats being contested:
Uttarakhand Election 2017 LIVE: Seats being contested by different parties
February 15, 2017 - 12:10 pm: Uttarakhand Election Live - Chief Minister Harish Rawat casts his vote at a booth in Uttarakhand's Dharampur Assembly constituency, near state capital Dehradun.
February 15, 2017 - 11:40 am: Uttarakhand Election Live - Chief Minister Harish Rawat arrives at the polling station to cast his vote. Mr Rawat is contesting from Haridwar Rural in Garhwal against sitting BJP legislator Swami Yatishwaranand, banking on the Muslim and Dalit voters in the city that's one of the largest pilgrim centres of the country. The battle for Mr Rawat is seen as uphill and he is also contesting from Kichcha in Kumaon. The Congress is portraying this as his attempt to reaffirm the party's commitment to both Kumaon and Garhwal. His detractors see this as a last-ditch attempt to save the party in seats where up to 12 leaders have defected, leading to instability and a loss of face for the Congress. The ruling Congress government of Chief Minister Harish Rawat is battling corruption charges.
Uttarakhand Election 2017 LIVE: Chief Minister Harish Rawat will cast his vote shortly (File Photo)
February 15, 2017 - 11:20 am: Uttarakhand Election Live - Voting under way in Haldwani - Congress' Indira Hridayesh, BSP's S Ahmad & BJP's JPS Rautela contesting from this constituency
February 15, 2017 - 11:00 am: Uttarakhand Election Live - 24% voter turnout recorded in Uttarakhand till 11 am, according to the Election Commission of India.
Uttarakhand Election 2017 LIVE: People queue outside a polling booth - 24% voter turnout till 11 AM
February 15, 2017 - 10:35 am: Uttarakhand Election Live - Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev casts his vote at a polling booth in Haridwar.
February 15, 2017 - 10:25 am: Uttarakhand Election Live - Congress' Indira Hridayesh casts her vote in Haldwani. She is contesting against BSP's S Ahmad and BJP's JPS Rautela.
February 15, 2017 - 10:10 am: Uttarakhand Election Live - Here are some interesting facts about the elections in the hill state:
Uttarakhand Election 2017 LIVE: All the numbers - constituencies, candidates, stations
Uttarakhand Election 2017 LIVE: Electorate details - Number of voters by gender
February 15, 2017 - 09:55 am: Uttarakhand Election Live - Radha Raturi, Uttarakhand's Chief Electoral Officer casts her vote at the Government Girls Inter College in Dehradun's Kishanpur.
February 15, 2017 - 09:45 am: Uttarakhand Election Live - 6% voter turnout recorded in Uttarakhand till 9 am, according to the Election Commission of India.
February 15, 2017 - 09:40 am: Uttarakhand Election Live - People cast their vote at a booth in Shrinagar. BSP's Ganesh Prasad, BJP's Dr DS Rawat and Congress' Ganesh Godiyal are contesting from this constituency.
February 15, 2017 - 09:30 am: Uttarakhand Election Live - BJP's Uttarakhand president Ajay Bhatt casts his vote at a polling booth in Ranikhet.
February 15, 2017 - 09:20 am:Uttarakhand Election Live - People come out after voting for their candidate in Uttarakhand
February 15, 2017 - 09:10 am:Uttarakhand Election Live - Here is a list of candidates with criminal cases against them, but standing for the Uttarakhand Assembly election 2017:
Party | Total number of candidates analyzed | Candidates with Declared criminal Cases |
---|---|---|
BJP | 70 | 19 |
Cong | 70 | 17 |
BSP | 69 | 7 |
SP | 20 | 2 |
UKD | 55 | 4 |
CPI(M) | 6 | 1 |
RLD | 6 | 1 |
CPI | 4 | 1 |
IND | 261 | 32 |
Oth | 76 | 7 |
Total | 637 | 91 |
Source: ADR |
February 15, 2017 - 08:50 am:Uttarakhand Election Live - Here is a list of rich candidates standing for the Uttarakhand Assembly election 2017. Rich candidates are candidates whose assets are 1 Cr and above:
Party | Total number of candidates analyzed | No of Rich Candidates |
---|---|---|
BJP | 70 | 48 |
Cong | 70 | 52 |
BSP | 69 | 19 |
SP | 20 | 4 |
UKD | 55 | 13 |
CPI(M) | 6 | 1 |
RLD | 6 | 1 |
SHS | 9 | 1 |
SARV VIKAS PARTY | 6 | 3 |
HAMARI JANMANCH PARTY | 3 | 2 |
INDIAN BUSINESS PARTY | 3 | 1 |
AARAKSHAN VIRODHI PARTY | 1 | 1 |
UTTARAKHAND KRANTI DAL (DEMOCRATIC) | 8 | 1 |
IND | 261 | 53 |
Oth | 50 | 0 |
Total | 637 | 200 |
Note : Rich candidates are candidates whose assets are 1 Cr and above Source: ADR |
February 15, 2017 - 08:40 am: Uttarakhand Election Live - Here is a list of some of the key candidates and heavyweights standing for the Uttarakhand Assembly election 2017:
Const Name | Cand Name | Party | Profile | |
---|---|---|---|---|
52007 | Kedarnath | Shaila Rani Rawat | BJP | MLA from Congress in 2012 now contesting from BJP |
52011 | Narendranagar | Subodh Uniyal | BJP | MLA from Congress in 2012 now contesting from BJP |
52017 | Sahaspur | Kishore Upadhyay | Cong | President Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee |
52030 | Piran Kaliyar | Furkan Ahmad | Cong | Sitting MLA |
52031 | Roorkee | Pradeep Batra | BJP | MLA from Congress in 2012 now contesting from BJP. |
52032 | Khanpur | Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion | BJP | MLA from Congress in 2012 but now contesting from BJP.Former weightlifter who added ‘champion’ to his name. |
52035 | Hardwar Rural | Harish Rawat | Cong | Chief Minister |
52036 | Yamkeshwar | Shailendra Singh Rawat | Cong | BJP rebel because of denied ticket from Kotdwar |
52036 | Yamkeshwar | Ritu Khanduri Bhushan | BJP | Daughter of B.C. Khanduri Former Chief Minister. |
52039 | Chaubattakhal | Satpal Maharaj | BJP | National Executive Member and Former Lok Sabha MP |
52041 | Kotdwar | Dr. Harak Singh Rawat | BJP | Former Minister of Finance and now contesting from BJP. He served as leader of opposition in the state from (2007-12) |
52050 | Ranikhet | Ajay Bhatt | BJP | State BJP President and Former Health Minister |
52058 | Nanital | Sanjeev Arya | BJP | Son of Yashpal Arya Former President of the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee (2007-14).He is one of the prominent Dalit face in the state. Former Minister of Revenue and Irrigation in Harish Rawat's Government |
52059 | Haldwani | Indra Haridayesh | Cong | Minister of Finance,Parliamentary Affairs, Higher Education |
52062 | Jaspur | Shailendra Mohan Singhal | BJP | Three time MLA from Congress (2002,2007,2012) now contesting from BJP |
52064 | Bajpur | Yashpal Arya | BJP | Former President of the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee (2007-14).He is one of the prominent Dalit face in the state. Former Minister of Revenue and Irrigation in Harish Rawat's Government |
52067 | Kichcha | Harish Rawat | Cong | Chief Minister |
52068 | Sitarganj | Saurabh Bahuguna | BJP | Son of Former Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna |
February 15, 2017 - 08:30 am: Uttarakhand Election Live - Voting for 69 of the total 70 assembly seats in Uttarakhand began at 08:00 am today. The constituency of Karnaprayag will vote on March 9 due to the untimely death of BSP candidate Kuldeep Singh Kanwasi.
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