Voter turnout in Uttarakhand is less than the last assembly elections, know what CM Dhami and Harish Rawat said

Uttarakhand Voting percentage: Votes have been cast for the Uttarakhand assembly elections. On February 14, the people cast their votes for 70 assembly seats. But this time the voting percentage was less than last time. Where last time the voting percentage in the state was around 65 percent, this time only 62.5% people took part in this festival of democracy. However, this is the figure released by the Election Commission till 6 pm.

Vote share fell by almost 3 percent
In the last assembly elections, the total voting percentage in Uttarakhand was 64.72. In which 61.11 percent of men exercised their vote, while 68.72% of women exercised their franchise. But this time it has come down to about 3 percent. All the parties are seeing the fall in the voting percentage from their own perspective. Let us tell you that this time the direct contest in Uttarakhand is between BJP and Congress. While BJP had entered the electoral fray with anti-incumbency, Congress has once again tried to return to power.

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CM Dhami expressed his gratitude to the public
After the voting for the election was over, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said, “People here participated in large numbers in voting today and voting has also been enough, so I thank the people of Uttarakhand, all We are grateful to all of you who have voted peacefully. We hope that the future of Uttarakhand will be golden in the new government.”

Harish Rawat eagerly waiting for the results
At the same time, Congress leader Harish Rawat thanked the public after the voting was over and said that everyone is eagerly waiting for the election results. He shared a post on Facebook and Twitter, in which he said, “Dear voters of Uttarakhand, sisters and brothers, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for enthusiastically participating in the entire election process and voting. We believe that Your vote will strengthen democracy in Uttarakhand. Only voting has taken place now, everyone is eagerly waiting for the results.”

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