59.36 % voting in Nainital
PrashantNews
The voting for the five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand remained low on Friday with 54 percent of the electorate casting their franchise.
More than 83 lakh Electorate in Uttarakhand were eligible for the voting which was held in the first of the seven-phased elections culminating on June 1. The results will be declared on June 4.
Barring at couple of booths where long queues were seen, the voting was slow in the morning. However, as the day progressed, the medium to brisk voting was seen in many polling booths in the state. Nainital constituency recorded the highest voting percentage of 59.36 in the state. Haridwar was slightly behind with 59.01 percent voting.
In 2019 elections, the voting percentage was 58.01 percent in Uttarakhand.
The main battle appeared to be in the Pauri-Garhwal constituency where BJP spokesman Anil Baluni is pitted against former Congress state chief Ganesh Godiyal. Both the parties are claiming victories in Pauri.
In Haridwar, former Chief Minister Harish Rawat’s son Virendra, who is making his election debut in this seat having sizeable Muslim population, is facing a stiff challenge from former Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat (BJP) and Umesh Kumar, an MLA.
In rest of the three seats, Tehri, Nainital and Almora – the BJP candidates Mala Raj lakshmi Shah, Ajay Bhatt and Ajay Tamta are having an edge over their rivals.