U'khand Assembly polls: Over 81 lakh voters to decide fate of 632 candidates on Monday
India Today
The election will be held on 70 assembly seats across 13 districts in Uttarakhand from 8 am till 6 pm.
Over 81 lakh voters are all set to decide the fate of 632 candidates in Uttarakhand on Monday. It will be the fifth assembly election after the state's creation in 2000.
The election will be held on 70 assembly seats across 13 districts in the state from 8 am till 6 pm.
Electioneering in the state came to an end on Saturday evening. The political parties conducted virtual as well as physical rallies, besides door-to-door campaigns.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, his cabinet colleagues Satpal Maharaj, Subodh Uniyal, Arvind Pandey, Dhan Singh Rawat and Rekha Arya, besides state BJP president Madan Kaushik are among some important candidates whose fate is to be decided in these polls.
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Prominent faces from the Congress in the fray include former chief minister Harish Rawat, former minister Yashpal Arya, state Congress president Ganesh Godiyal and Leader of Opposition in the fourth assembly Pritam Singh.
Star campaigners of BJP, Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and Samajwadi Party held a slew of rallies to seek votes for their candidates during electioneering which was held for the most part amid Covid restrictions.The names include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Gopal Rai and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati.
