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Legislative Assembly elections will be held in Uttarakhand on 14 February 2022 to elect 70 members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. The term of current assembly elected in 2017 will expire on 23 March 2022.[1]
Campaign
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INC
Chief Minister Harish Rawat said that the party would provide a home to every poor by 2022. The party also promised to provide 50,000 jobs to youths in the next five years.
Indian National Congress in Uttarakhand announced 250 units of free electricity and 250 litres of water free of cost if the party comes to power in 2022.
Background
Amidst the internal turmoil of the state BJP, and the mounting pressure of BJP MLAs against himself, the sitting Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, BJP resigned on 9 March 2021.[2] Tirath Singh Rawat was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of the state on 10 March 2021.[3]
On 2 July 2021, Tirath Singh Rawat resigned from the Chief Minister's post to avoid constitutional crisis in the state.[4] On 3 July 2021, Pushkar Singh Dhami was sworn-in as the 10th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, assuming office on 4 July 2021.[5]
In January 2021, Arvind Kejriwal announced that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would be contesting in six state elections in 2022 including Uttarakhand.[6] On 17 August 2021, AAP declared Col. Ajay Kothiyal as their Chief Ministerial candidate for the assembly election.[7]
Schedule
The schedule will be announced by the Election Commission on 8th January 2022.
| Poll Event | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Notification Date | TBA |
| Last Date for filing nomination | TBA |
| Scrutiny of nomination | TBA |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | TBA |
| Date of Poll | 14 Feb |
| Date of Counting of Votes | 10 March 2022 |
Parties and alliances
National Democratic Alliance
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested | Male Candidates | Female Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | File:BJP flag.svg | 
|
Pushkar Singh Dhami | 70 | TBD | TBD |
United Progressive Alliance
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested | Male Candidates | Female Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Indian National Congress | 
|
|
Harish Rawat | 
|
70 | TBD | TBD |
Aam Aadmi Party
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested | Male Candidates | Female Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aam Aadmi Party | .svg){kind=logo}
|
|
Col. Ajay Kothiyal | 
|
70[8] | TBD | TBD |
Left Front
| No. | Party[9][10] | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats contested | Male candidates | Female candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | _Flag.jpg){kind=small}
|
|
Rajendra Singh Negi | 
|
TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2. | Communist Party of India | 
|
|
Samar Bhandari |
|
TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 3. | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) | 
|
|
Raja Bahuguna |
|
TBD | TBD | TBD |
Others
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested | Male Candidates | Female Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | All India Trinamool Congress | 
|
 |
|
70 | TBD | TBD | |
| 3. | Bahujan Samaj Party | 
|
|
Naresh Gautam |
|
70[11] | TBD | TBD |
| 4. | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal | 
|
|
Diwakar Bhatt |
|
70 | TBD | TBD |
| 5. | Samajwadi Party | File:Samajwadi Party Flag.jpg | 
|
Satyanarayan Sachan |
|
70[12] | TBD | TBD |
| 6. | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 
|
|
Nayyar Kazmi[13] |
|
70 | TBD | TBD |
Candidates
Predictions
Opinion polls
| Date | Polling agency | Lead | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | BJP | AAP | Others | |||
| 22 December 2021 | NewsX - Pollstrat[14] | 25-30 | 36-41 | 2-4 | 0 |
6-16 |
| 34.2% |
40.5% |
10.4% | 14.9% | 6.3% | ||
| 11 December 2021 | ABP News - C-Voter[15] | 29-35 | 33-39 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-10 |
| 35.7% |
39.8% |
12.6% | 11.9% | 4.1% | ||
| 12 November 2021 | ABP News - C-Voter[16] | 30-34 | 36-40 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
2-10 |
| 36.3% |
41.4% |
11.8% | 10.5% | 5.1% | ||
| 8 October 2021 | ABP News - C-Voter[17] | 21-25 |
42-46 |
0-4 | 0-2 |
17-25 |
| 34.0% |
44.6% |
14.7% | 6.7% | 10.6% | ||
| 3 September 2021 | ABP News - C-Voter[18] | 19-23 |
44-48 |
0-4 | 0-2 |
21-29 |
| 32.6% |
43.1% |
14.6% | 9.7% | 10.5% | ||
| 18 March 2021 | ABP News - C-Voter[19] |
32-38 |
24-30 | 2-8 | 0-9 |
2-14 |
|
40.8% |
38.3% | 9.2% | 11.7% | 2.5% |
References
- ↑ "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "Trivendra Singh Rawat resigns, new CM to be decided on Wednesday in Dehradun". The Economic Times. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ↑ "Tirath Singh Rawat sworn in as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand". The Hindu. 10 March 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ↑ "Tirath Singh Rawat resigns as Uttarakhand CM, BJP MLAs' meet today in Dehradun at 3pm". India Today. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Pushkar Singh Dhami to be the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand". The Hindu. 3 July 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ↑ "AAP to contest polls in 6 states, including Himachal Pradesh, UP, Gujarat". Hindustan Times. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ↑ "Ajay Kothiyal, ex-Army man, to be AAP's CM candidate in Uttarakhand: Kejriwal". Hindustan Times. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ↑ "AAP Will Contest All 70 Seats In 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly Polls: Manish Sisodia". NDTV.com. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ↑ "Left Unity In Uttarakhand". Deshabhimani. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ↑ "उत्तराखंड: 'भाजपा हराओ,वाम विपक्ष का निर्माण करो' नारे के साथ चुनाव में उतरेंगी वामपंथी पार्टियां". जनचौक. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ↑ "BSP to fight UP, Uttarakhand polls alone, announces Mayawati". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ↑ "SP to contest all 70 seats in Uttarakhand". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ↑ "Owaisi's AIMIM considers Uttarakhand debut in 2022, says Nayyar Kazmi". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ↑ "Polstrat-NewsX Pre-Poll Survey: Who's winning Uttarakhand?". www.newsx.com. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ↑ "ABP News-CVoter Survey: BJP Could Retain Uttarakhand Despite Anti-Incumbency". news.abplive.com. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "ABP-CVoter 2022 Uttarakhand Election Survey: BJP Ahead In Hill State But Congress Closing Gap". news.abplive.com. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "ABP-CVoter Survey: Will BJP Maintain Stronghold in Uttarakhand Under CM Dhami's Leadership?". 8 October 2021.
- ↑ Bureau, ABP News (3 September 2021). "ABP - Cvoter 2022 Election Survey: BJP Yet Again In The Driver's Seat In Uttarakhand". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ Bureau, ABP News (18 March 2021). "ABP-CVoter Uttarakhand Predictions: BJP's Loss Likely To Be Congress' Gain; Will Anti-Incumbency Set In?". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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