Assembly Elections 2022: The assembly polls are underway in three states - Goa, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand today. While single-phase voting is being held in Goa and Uttarakhand, the second phase of polls are being held in Uttar Pradesh.
The assembly polls in Goa and Uttar Pradesh started at 7 am on February 14, while it began at 8 am in Uttarakhand. The Bhartiya Janata Party is currently the ruling party in all these states.
Under the second phase of UP elections 2022, 55 assembly seats in 9 districts have gone to the polls. In Goa and Uttarakhand, 40 and 70 assembly constituencies respectively have gone to polls.
Voter turnout till 11 am
Goa Elections 2022- 26.63%
Uttar Pradesh Elections - 23.03%
Uttarakhand Elections 2022 - 18.97%
UP Elections 2022 Phase 2
The UP Assembly Elections 2022 Phase II will be held from 7 am to 6 pm.
The UP phase II assembly polling is being held in 55 seats across nine districts.
The areas going to the polls this time are considered to be the strongholds of the Samajwadi Party.
Last time, BJP had won 38 out of the 55 seats, while SP had won 15 and Congress had won 2.
Key Candidates in Fray in UP
The key candidates in the fray in this phase include Dharam Singh Saini, a BJP state minister who had switched to the SP and SP's Azam Khan, who has been fielded from Rampur. Saini is contesting from Nakud seat.
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi casts his vote at a polling booth in Rampur for the second phase of #UttarPradeshElections2022 pic.twitter.com/52QMHODp8x
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 14, 2022
Goa Elections 2022
Goa Elections 2022 are taking place across 40 assembly seats. There are 301 candidates in the fray and over 11 lakh voters.
The parties contesting the assembly elections include BJP, Congress in pre-poll alliance with Goa Forward Party, AAP and TMC in alliance with Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP).
Key Candidates in Fray in Goa
The key candidates in Goa include Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Opposition leader Digambar Kamat (INC), late CM Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal Parrikar, AAP's CM face Amit Paleker, former Goa CMs Churchill Alemao (TMC), Ravi Naik (BJP) and Laxmikant Parsekar (independent) and former deputy CMs Sudin Dhavalikar (MGP) and Vijai Sardesai (GFP).
Polling process peaceful with 11.04% voter turnout so far. We want more & more people to vote this time, expecting record-breaking voting. 5 Control Units, 11 VVPATs replaced during mock polls, this is a normal procedure: Kunal, Chief Electoral Officer, Goa#GoaElections2022 pic.twitter.com/sZbUVKeAzn
— ANI (@ANI) February 14, 2022
Uttarakhand Elections 2022
The Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022 are underway across 70 constituencies with 632 candidates in the fray including 152 independents. There are over 81 lakh voters in the state.
Key Candidates in Fray in Uttarakhand
The key candidates in the fray in Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022 include current Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, former Chief Minister Harish Rawat (INC), State Cabinet Ministers Rekha Arya, Satpal Maharaj, Arvind Pandey, Subodh Uniyal and Dhan Singh Rawat, BJP state president Madan Kaushik, Congress state president Ganesh Godiyal, former minister Yashpal Arya and Leader of Opposition Pritam Singh.
Uttarakhand CM and BJP candidate from Khatima, Pushkar Singh Dhami casts his vote at a polling booth in the constituency, for #UttarakhandElections2022
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 14, 2022
His mother and wife also cast their votes. pic.twitter.com/aR2aRU8VsV
Background
The Uttar Pradesh assembly polls 2022 will take place in 403 assembly constituencies in seven phases. The first phase of polling was held on February 10th.
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