Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2017 Polling Live Updates: Voting underway in 69 of 70 seats barring Karnaprayag
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat (PTI Photo) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat (PTI Photo)
Around 74. 20 lakh voters will decide the fate of 628 candidates as 69 of a total of 70 assembly seats will go to polls in the single phase assembly elections in Uttarakhand on Wednesday. The polling to Karnaprayag constituency of the state was adjourned due to the death of BSP candidate Kuldeep Singh Kanwasi and it will now be held on March 9.
The election in the hill state is considered as a straight contest between the ruling Congress and BJP. However, the presence of about a dozen rebel candidates in the fray as independents may upset the calculations.
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Live Updates:
8:01 am: Voting for 69 of a total of 70 assembly seats in Uttarakhand barring Karnaprayag begins.
6:35 am: Voting in the Karnaprayag seat remains postponed, to be held on March 9 as the BSP candidate Kuldeep Kanvasi was killed in a road accident.
6:30 am: 69 of a total of 70 assembly seats barring Karnaprayag to go to polls in the single phase assembly elections in Uttarakhand today.
#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
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