Uttarakhand Election 2019: All Five Seats to Vote Today
The BJP had won all the five seats going to polls on 11 April, seats in 2014. Prominent candidates from the Congress include Pritam Singh (Tehri), former CM Harish Rawat (Nainital) and senior BJP leader BC Khanduri's son Manish Khanduri from Pauri.
Interesting contests are expected in Tehri, where BJP has pitted twice MP Mala Rajya Lakshmi Shah against Pritam Singh, and in Nanital where its senior leader Ajay Bhatt, who is making his poll debut, is pitted against Harish Rawat.
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Rural Voters Pip Urban in Gautam Buddh Nagar, 62.7% Overall Turnout
Gautam Buddh Nagar witnessed 62.7 percent voter turnout for the Lok Sabha election on Thursday, with electors in rural areas outnumbering those in urban areas, said officials.
Union minister Mahesh Sharma is seeking reelection as a BJP candidate from Gautam Buddh Ngar, citing development work.
The Congress is hoping a young Arvind Kumar Singh regain the seat it had lost in the 1980s, while the BSP's Satveer Nagar, a rural favourite, is being backed by the Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Lok Dal and the Aam Aadmi Party as the coalition candidate.
Gautam Buddh Nagar comprises Noida, Jewar, Dadri, Khurja and Sikandrabad assembly segments, with the latter two being in Bulandshahr district, they said.
Except Noida, other segments are predominantly rural areas.
Lok Sabha Elections: Bihar Records Turnout of 53.06%
An estimated 53.06 percent voter turnout was recorded in four Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar, a top election official said.
Uttarakhand Elections: Constituency-wise Turnout in Uttarakhand
Turnout in the five constituencies in Uttarakhand was as below.
- Tehri Garhwal - 54.38 percent
- Garhwal - 49.89 percent
- Almora - 48.78 percent
- Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar - 66.39 percent
- Haridwar - 66.24 percent
Uttar Pradesh Elections: Constituency-wise Voter Turnout
Poll officials said till 6 pm Saharanpur recorded maximum voter turnout at 70.68 percent, while the least turnout was reported for Ghaziabad Lok Sabha seat where it stood at 57.60 percent.
The polling percentage in Meerut and Baghpat stood at around 63 and 63.90 percent respectively.
The voting percentage in Kairana was 62.10 percent, Muzaffarnagar 65.66 percent, Bijnor 65.40 per cent and 60.15 per cent in Gautam Buddh Nagar, they said.