There is a one-on-one battle between the BJP and the Congress in Uttarakhand and exit polls suggest a hung assembly in the state. While exit polls conducted by Jan Ki Baat and Today’s Chanakya predicted a majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Designbox gave the Congress an edge over the saffron party.
Today’s Chanakya gave 43 seats to the BJP and 24 to the Congress, and predicted zero seats for the Aam Aadmi Party and three for the others. Jan Ki Baat also gave BJP an edge by projecting 32 to 41 seats. It gave 27-35 to Congress, 0-1 to AAP and 0-4 to others. On the other hand, ETG Research has given 37-40 seats to BJP and 29-32 to Congress. It predicted 0-1 and 0-2 seats for AAP and others respectively.
Designboxed gave BJP 26-30 seats, Congress 35-40 seats and predicted 0 seats for AAP and 1 for others.
In the elections held on February 14 in Uttarakhand, 59.51 per cent polling was recorded. The fate of 632 candidates contesting from 70 assembly constituencies will be announced during the counting of votes on March 10.
The high voltage campaign in Uttarakhand had ended with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami promising to implement Uniform Civil Code (UCC) after winning the election.
The ruling BJP has sought votes on development and accused the Congress of appeasement politics. Meanwhile, the main opposition has raised issues of inflation, unemployment and leadership in the BJP, resulting in the replacement of two chief ministers within four months.
Prominent candidates from the BJP include Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, his cabinet colleagues Dhan Singh Rawat, Satpal Maharaj, Yatishwarananda, Subodh Uniyal, Ganesh Joshi, Rekha Arya and state BJP president Madan Kaushik. Former Uttarakhand Congress president Kishore Upadhyay has tried his luck this time on a BJP ticket.
Former chief minister Harish Rawat, former minister Yashpal Arya, state unit president Ganesh Godiyal and leader of opposition in the fourth assembly Pritam Singh have tried their luck on Congress ticket.
No political party has been able to return to power in the state for the second time in a row. The main contest in the hill state is between the ruling BJP and the main opposition Congress, but in many seats, the BSP, Aam Aadmi Party and Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) are also in a position to make the election triangular. ,
In the 2017 assembly elections, the BJP won 57 out of 70 seats and the Congress 11. Two independents also entered the assembly.
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