New Delhi:
Voting ended at 69 out of 70 constituencies of Uttarakhand assembly and 67 seats in phase 2 of UP Polls on Wednesday.
Uttarakhand is witnessing a direct face-off between Congress and BJP. Both the parties will fight tooth and nails to earn the slight edge in the assembly to form the government.
Western UP is the real litmus test for Akhilesh, Mayawati and Modi, as they fight to win over the Muslim majority region. Incumbent CM has the legacy to maintain as the region traditionally favours SP, but Mayawati has been fighting hard to woo Dalit and Muslim voters of the region. PM Modi-led BJP is banking on the Centre’s performance to garner votes.
Full Coverage: Voting begins in Uttarakhand 69 Assembly constituencies
Full Coverage: Voting begins in UP Polls Phase 2 to elect 67 Assembly members
Here are the highlights:
#6.40PM
65.5% voting recorded in Uttar Pradesh till 5pm.
#5:40PM
68 per cent voting recorded in Uttarakhand till 5 pm
#4:46 PM
Nearly 60 per cent voting was recorded till 4 PM in the second phase polling in 67 Assembly constituencies across 11 districts of Uttar Pradesh.
#3:59 PM
54.27 per cent voter turnout recorded till 3 pm in second phase of polling in UP
#3:46 PM
53% voter turnout recorded till 3 pm in Uttarakhand Assembly Election
#3:20 PM
Over 45 percent voting till 2 PM
#14:15 PM
Election Commission clarifies on voting percentage, Uttarakhand 1 pm voting percentage is 39%
#14:05 PM
Total 42.05% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm in second phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017
#14:00 PM
Voter turnout recorded till 1 pm in 2nd phase of Uttar Pradesh Polls 2017: Amroha-44.75%, Badaun-37.03%, Bareilly-39.06%, Moradabad-40.80%
#14:00 PM
30.12% voting in Uttarakhand till 1 pm
#UPPolls2017: Drone camera being used at a polling booth in Budaun for surveillance. pic.twitter.com/kFb2bPvLkm
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 15, 2017
#UPPolls 2nd phase: 115-year-old Zurriyat Hussain Kazmi, maternal grandfather of Union Min Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, casts his vote in Bareilly. pic.twitter.com/AJ5Ys32lW2
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 15, 2017
#UttarakhandElection2017: CM Harish Rawat casts his vote at booth no 45 in Dehradun. pic.twitter.com/l6lStf2uQ8
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 15, 2017
#12:05 AM
22% voter turnout recorded in Uttarakhand election till 11 AM
#11:49 AM
14% polling recorded till 10 AM in Uttarakhand
#11:40 AM
BJP changes its Varanasi South candidate. Now Neelkanth Tiwari to contest instead of Shyamdev Rai Chaudhary
#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
#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
#UttarPradesh: Urdu poet Wasim Barelvi casts his vote at polling booth no. 24 in Bareilly with his wife pic.twitter.com/8oPU1mAIf6
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 15, 2017
#09:45 PM
10.75% voter turnout recorded in Uttar Pradesh till 9 AM
#UttarPradesh: MoS Finance Santosh Gangwar casts his vote at polling booth no. 60 in Bareilly with wife Saubhagya Gangwar pic.twitter.com/TIRZqe9Ikb
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 15, 2017
#09:30 AM
6% polling percentage recorded in the first hour of the Uttarakhand polls
#UttarakhandElection2017: Polling underway at booth no 8 in Srinagar;BSP's Ganesh Prasad,BJP's Dr DS Rawat &INC's Ganesh Godiyal contesting. pic.twitter.com/vEhDMom5Rp
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 15, 2017
#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
#UPelections2017: Polling underway at booth number 303 in Rampur; SP's Mohd Azam Khan, BJP's Shiv B Saxena & BSP's Dr TA Khan contesting. pic.twitter.com/lLy5vwxiMn
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 15, 2017
#UttarakhandElection2017-Ppl queue up to cast their votes at polling booths 54 & 55 in Bajpur;BSP's Ramavatar,BJP's Yashpal Arya contesting. pic.twitter.com/y3SVJoZ3i2
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 15, 2017
People line up outside polling booth no 223 in Amroha,Mehboob Ali of the Cong-SP alliance,BJP's Dr Kunwer Saini&BSP's Naushad Ali contesting pic.twitter.com/n8EHHDMwIf
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 15, 2017
Sirmaur (HP): Schoolchildren set a world record by flying 7,730 paper planes in 1 minute with messages to shun tobacco at Moginand. pic.twitter.com/bVjlJmm3AP
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 15, 2017
#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
#UttarPradesh: Former Union Min Jitin Prasada casts his vote at polling booth no. 162 at Shahjahanpur, Dr. Sudama Prasad Bal Vidya Mandir pic.twitter.com/XNrmtAnWx0
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) 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
UP: People queue up to cast vote in Sambhal:AIMIM's Ziaur Rahman Barq,Iqbal Mehmood of Cong-SP,BJP's Dr. Arvind,BSP's Rafatullah contesting pic.twitter.com/YQ5NYF9HDN
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 15, 2017
#08:00 AM
Voting for 69 of a total of 70 assembly seats in Uttarakhand barring Karnaprayag begins
#07:35 AM
Voting process which had been halted at Badaun Sadar constituency's S.K.Inter College-booth no. 183, now resumes
#07:30 AM
Glitch in EVM machine halts voting process at Badaun Sadar constituency's S.K.Inter College-booth no. 183
I have problem in my leg, its been almost half an hour and I am still waiting,machines not working: Voter at Moradabad polling booth no. 265 pic.twitter.com/r6C6mChNEG
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 15, 2017
Polling had to begin at 7 AM, but they are still in process of setting up machines: Voter at Moradabad polling booth no. 265 #UttarPradesh pic.twitter.com/PXoKR5jhYQ
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 15, 2017
#UttarPradeshpolls2017: Differently abled woman arrives at polling booth 128 in Bijnor to cast her vote in the second phase of the elections pic.twitter.com/7OIdtgumev
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 15, 2017
Visuals from polling booth 128 in Bijnor, Ruchi Vira of the SP-Congress alliance, BJP's Suchi & BSP's Rashid Ahmed contesting from the seat pic.twitter.com/eopobB2bkP
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 15, 2017
#UttarPradeshpolls2017:Visuals from polling station 265-MH Degree College in Moradabad,people queue up to cast their votes as polling begins pic.twitter.com/IyMkTrfVnX
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 15, 2017
#UttarPradeshpolls2017:Security arrangements in place at a polling booth in Moradabad as 67 assembly constituencies will to go polls today pic.twitter.com/ltHHLQp5Qx
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 15, 2017
# Voting begins on 69 out of 70 constituencies in Uttarakhand and on 67 seats in Western UP at 7 am.
Electoral issues in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand is facing a direct battle between Congress and BJP. While incumbent Congress chief minister Harish Rawat holds a lot of political clout in the state, campaign for this election has been rough for him as many of his sitting MLAs revolted after they were not allotted seats or desired seats.
To sway any chances of losing the state, Harish Rawat has gone all out to woo voters by holding several public meetings and roadshows on daily basis in perhaps the most crucial election of his career.
Rahul held two public meetings in Rishikesh and Someshwar besides a 75-km roadshow in Haridwar district which has the maximum number of 11 constituencies in Uttarakhand.
The BJP has been attacking the ruling parties in both the states over corruption. Modi raised the issue of demonetisation and surgical strikes repeatedly at his rallies.
Congress and Samajwadi Party have in turn accused Modi of failing to deliver on his promises and causing suffering to the common man with note ban.
Three-cornered fight in western UP
The 67 constituencies of Western UP going to polls in Phase 2 on Wednesday are witnessing a three-cornered contest between Samajwadi Party, in alliance with Congress, Mayawati’s BSP and Modi-led BJP.
While Akhilesh had registered a sweeping victory in 34 seats in 2012 assembly polls in the region, Mayawati won on 18 seats. But since 2012 NJP has increased its clout in the area, evident by vast improvement in votes during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
The BJP has been attacking the ruling parties in both the states over corruption. Modi raised the issue of demonetisation and surgical strikes repeatedly at his rallies.
Congress and Samajwadi Party have in turn accused Modi of failing to deliver on his promises and causing suffering to the common man with note ban.
Assembly Elections 2017: Full Coverage
