Uttarakhand Election 2022 Result LIVE: Suresh Singh Chauhan registers a massive win for BJP from Gangotri

BJP's win at the Gangotri constituency has reminded people of the age-old myth that revolves around this constituency since the time of undivided Uttar Pradesh.

READ MORE

Amit Shah: "Thanks to the people of Uttarakhand for giving BJP a chance to serve again. Devbhoomi has expressed its unwavering faith in the development works and public welfare policies of the BJP government led by PM Narendra Modi. Congratulations to Shri Pushkar Dhami, Shri Madan Kaushik and the workers of BJP Uttarakhand."

भाजपा को पुनः सेवा का मौका देने के लिए उत्तराखंड की जनता का आभार।

देवभूमि ने पीएम जी के नेतृत्व वाली भाजपा सरकार के विकास कार्यों और लोक-कल्याणकारी नीतियों पर अपना अटूट विश्वास जताया है।

श्री , श्री व के कार्यकर्ताओं को बधाई।

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah)

CM Pushkar Singh Dhami also replied to Amit Shah's tweet saying: "Thank you very much Home Minister Shri Amit Shah ji. This victory is the result of the public welfare policies of the state government operated under the cooperation and guidance of the central leadership."

बहुत-बहुत धन्यवाद मा. गृहमंत्री श्री जी।

यह विजय केन्द्रीय नेतृत्व के सहयोग एवं मार्गदर्शन में संचालित प्रदेश सरकार की जन कल्याणकारी नीतियों का परिणाम है। https://t.co/aJP6AAfkJz

— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami)

CM Pushkar Singh Dhami: "BJP is forming govt with 2/3 majority. New records are being made since PM Modi became PM. I am thankful to party and central leadership for giving an opportunity to a person like me of a humble background."

"Victory in Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Uttar Pradesh makes it clear that people will make Narendra Modi PM again in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections," BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya

BJP got a big jolt on Thursday when it lost two of its key constituencies, including that of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. Now the question that arises in front of BJP is that who will be its CM candidate?

READ MORE

Harish Rawat: "For me, the results are very surprising. I cannot understand that after such massive inflation if this was the public's mandate, what is the definition of public welfare and social justice? I can't understand people saying 'BJP zindabaad' after this."

"Our campaign strategy was insufficient and I accept it as chairman of Campaign Committee. People worked very well and I'd like to thank them. I couldn't win people's trust but I'd like to congratulate my daughter and all the winning candidates who won," Congress leader Harish Rawat.

Harish Rawat: "Our efforts were a little less to win over the public of Uttarakhand. We were sure that people will vote for a change, there must've been a shortage in our efforts, I accept it & take responsibility for the defeat."

The PWD, Tourism, Cultural and Irrigation Minister, Satmal Maharaj lost his Chaubattakhal constituency to Congress’s Keshar Singh. There was a strong sentiment of anti-incumbency and voters' discontent that played a key role in the minister’s loss.

BJP: 48
INC: 18
AAP: 0
OTH: 4

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has accepted the 'people's verdict' during the 2022 assembly elections in five states including Uttarakhand.

Humbly accept the people’s verdict. Best wishes to those who have won the mandate.

My gratitude to all Congress workers and volunteers for their hard work and dedication.

We will learn from this and keep working for the interests of the people of India.

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi)

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who was trailing by more than 7,000 votes, lost to Congress contender Bhuwan Chanda Kapri. Dhami had been winning from the Khatima constituency for the last two consecutive terms and was eyeing on a hat-trick. However, he lost the seat to the Congress contender by a huge margin.

READ MORE

"Only a formal announcement of my electoral defeat from Lalkuan assembly constituency is yet to be made. I apologize to the people of the Lalkuan area, which includes all areas of Bindukhatta, Bareilly Road; I have not been able to earn their trust and I have lost the opportunity to fulfil the election promises made to them. They have selected a better candidate than me as their representative and many congratulations to them and the candidate selected by them; best wishes for the future," said Harish Rawat in a series of tweets.

विधानसभा क्षेत्र से मेरी चुनावी पराजय की औपचारिक घोषणा ही बाकी है। मैं लालकुआं क्षेत्र के लोगों से जिनमें बिंदुखत्ता, बरेली रोड के सभी क्षेत्र सम्मिलित हैं, क्षमा चाहता हूं कि मैं उनका विश्वास अर्जित नहीं कर पाया और जो चुनावी वादे उनसे मैंने किये,
1/2 pic.twitter.com/Ohz0eKff4G

— Harish Rawat (@harishrawatcmuk)

BJP: 48
INC: 18
AAP: 0
OTH: 4

With a decent margin of votes, Anupama Rawat registered her win for the Grand Old Party. She won her seat from Haridwar rural while her father, former Chief Minister Harish Rawat gave a major setback to the party by losing from Lalkuan constituency. Meanwhile, Congress' s Yahspal also won from the Bazpur constituency.

BJP: 48
INC: 17
AAP: 0
OTH: 05
 

Prem Chand Aggarwal is all set to create a record as he moves towards registering his fourth victory from the Rishikesh constituency. Aggarwal, a three-time sitting MLA, has contested from the same for the fourth consecutive time. As per ECI’s stats, he is leading with over 19,000 votes, leaving behind Jayedra Chand Ramola of the Indian National Congress.

BJP: 48
INC: 18
AAP: 0
OTH: 04

As more and more votes are being counted, the trends show BJP in the lead, beating all other parties. However, BJP is far from the number of seats that it had gained in the 2017 assembly elections.

BJP: 48
INC:  18
AAP:  0
OTH: 4

Former CM and Congress stalwart Harish Rawat has lost from his Lalkuan constituency. Rawat was contesting against BJP’s Mohan Singh Bisht and was trailing by over 16,000 votes. With this, BJP registered its comfortable win over the Lalkuan seat.

READ MORE

Satpal Maharaj who is contesting from the Chaubattakhal constituency has gained a lead of 3,953 votes as per the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s website. He is contested against Congress's Keshar Singh. Chaubattakhal was one of the key constituencies where there was a strong sentiment of anti-incumbency and voter's discontent. Despite that, the BJP candidate has managed to continue its lead as per the latest trends.

Anupama Rawat, daughter of former chief minister of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat, is leading from her constituency as per the latest trends. She is contesting against Bharatiya Janata Party's Yatishwaranad. Anupama had gained a lead of 5,223.

BJP: 46
INC: 21
AAP: 0
OTH: 03

"Under the leadership of PM Modi and CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, we gave welfare policies to the people of Uttarakhand and have got expected results," said Pralhad Joshi, union minister state in-charge. Joshi is presently in Dehradun.

Chief Minister and two-time sitting MLA from Khatima, Pushkar Singh Dhami has been trailing in the latest trends. Congress's Bhuwan Chandra Kapri is leading from the constituency which has been the bastion of the eight-month-old chief minister.

BJP: 47
INC: 20
AAP: 0
OTH: 03

READ MORE

BJP leads in 44 seats

BJP has continued with its lead in the latest trends with 44 seats, crossing the halfway mark. Congress, AAP and others are at 22, zero and four, respectively. As for Congress, Chief Minister Harish Rawat has been trailing from his constituency Lalkuan. His daughter, Anupama Rawat, is also contesting from the Haridwar Rural constituency. Meanwhile, the former CM handmade claims on the day of exit poll results and also in the morning today of Congress winning the elections with a majority.

BJP: 44
INC: 22
AAP: 0
OTH: 4

READ MORE

After Harish Rawat, PCC chief Pritam Singh is confident that the Indian National Congress will win the elections with a clear mandate and will form a government. The state Congress Committee chief said that his party will win the elections and make a government with a full mandate. His estimation of seats is anything between 40 to 45. Earlier in the day, former CM Harish Rawat had also claimed that Congress would win the elections with anything around 48 seats.

BJP: 43
INC: 23
AAP: 0
OTH: 4

READ MORE

The early trends are in favour of the BJP, which shows the party with more than double the lead. Pushkar Singh Dhami-led BJP is presently at 44 while Harish Rawat's Congress has trailed to 22.  

BJP: 44
INC: 20
AAP: 0
OTH: 04

Uttarakhand is witnessing a tough fight between rivals BJP and Congress. What's interesting to see is whether the people of the Himalayan state will continue with their trend of not giving a mandate to the same political party twice or will it vote for BJP and bring it to power. Meanwhile, both BJP and Congress have claimed to form the government in the state with majority seats.

As the counting is underway, the early trends show BJP in a lead over Congress, AAP and other parties and independent candidates. The trends further show Satpal Maharaj leading from his constituency Chaubattakhal while CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and former CM Harish Rawat are both trailing from their respective constituencies.

BJP: 40
INC: 28
AAP: 0
OTH: 2

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is leading from his constituency, Khatima. Dhami has twice won the elections from the constituency and is now eying for a hat-trick. On the other hand, the former CM, Harish Rawat is trailing from his constituency.

Before the counting of assembly elections began at 8 am, chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami took the blessings of his late father. Meanwhile, the latest trends show that Dhami's party is ahead of Congress and other parties.

आज प्रातः पूज्य पिताजी का स्मरण कर उनका आशीर्वाद प्राप्त किया। pic.twitter.com/9vsVUOxfXc

— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami)

As the counting is underway, the battle in Uttarakhand appears to be a close one between BJP and Congress.

BJP: 34
INC: 34
AAP: 02
OTH: 0
 

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami claimed that his party will win with over 60 seats. These claims were made by him soon after the exit polls results were out.

As per the latest trends, BJP is in the lead having an edge over its rival party, Congress. The trends show BJP at 36, Congress at 26 and AAP at one while the other parties and independent candidates are at zero.

Former Chief Minister and Congress stalwart Harish Rawat is sure of winning the 2022 elections. "I am certain about my win as well as the party's win," Rawat said. He further said that his party will be able to get around 48 seats, as he had previously claimed. Meanwhile, Rawat's daughter, Anupama Rawat is also contesting elections from the Haridwar Rural constituency.

The process of counting votes for the assembly elections in 2022 has begun. The assembly elections were contested over 70 constituency seats, of which some of the key constituencies include CM Pushkar Singh Dhami's Khatima constituency and former CM Harish Rawat's Lalkuan.

Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Harish Rawat is contesting from the Lalkuan constituency. The Congress stalwart has claimed that his party will cross the halfway mark and gain the magic number of 36. He said so despite most of exit polls survey showing BJP as the single-largest party. But BJP too has not been shown crossing the mark either, as per the predictions.

READ MORE

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party has chosen its chief ministerial candidate in the face of Col Ajay Kothiyal. The seat of Gangotri has always seen a battle between BJP and Congress. As for the two parties, they have placed their best on Suresh Singh Chauhan and Vijaypal Singh Sajwan, respectively. Previously, BJP's Gopal Singh Rawat had won the seat in the 2017 elections for BJP against Sajwan.

READ MORE

Rishikesh is a bastion of BJP's candidate, Prem Chand Aggarwal. Not once but thrice has Aggarwal won from this seat. It is for the fourth that he is contesting from the Rishikesh constituency. Once the results are declared, it will be known whether the Aggarwal has successfully been managed to continue with his winning streak or some other candidate was able to outthrow him.

READ MORE

Another assembly seat that will witness a lot of drama unfolding, is of Tehri seat. Dhan Singh Negi, who won the previous election also from the same seat, is contesting once again. However, instead of BJP, he is contesting on a Congress ticket. The INNC managed to rope him well in time before the elections were held o February 14. Click here to know more about Tehri consituency.

The Indian National Congress had batted Anukriti Gusian Rawat against BJP's sitting MLA Daleep Singh Rawat. This battle is fairly interesting to watch since Anukriti, a former Miss India Grand 2017 and daughter0in0law of ex-BJP minister Harak Singh Rawat (who joined Congress after he was expelled from BJP), is contesting the elections for the first time. To know more about the constituency, click here.

The counting of results for all five state assembly elections, including Uttarakhand, will begin at 8 AM. All eyes are on chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's Khatima constituency from where he has been elected twice. This is for the third time that Dhami is contesting from this seat; whether will he make it a hat-trick or not, will be clear once the results are out. To read more about Dhami's constituency, click here.

Meanwhile, as per the exit polls results, most surveys showed BJP as the single largest party. However, it has not been predicted to cross the halfway mark of 36. The exit polls predictions further predicted a hung assembly in Uttarakhand.