Uttarakhand Assembly Elections: As it happened

At least 68% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm as polling for the 69 Vidhan Sabha seats in the hill state of Uttarakhand came to end today.

Pic courtsey: ANI

Dehradun: Amid tight security, polling for the 69 Vidhan Sabha seats in Uttarakhand came to end on Wednesday. 

At least 68% voter turnout was recorded till 5:00 pm in the single-phase Uttarakhand assembly elections. 

Earlier in the day, polling in Karnprayag was suspended due to the death of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate.

Voting will now be held on this seat on March 9, an Election Commission official told media.

 Here are the latest updates of Uttarakhand Elections 2017:

15 February 2017

18:16 IST

At least 68% voter turnout recorded till 5:00 pm in Uttarakhand.

16:05 IST

53 percent voter turnout was recorded till 3 pm.

14:40 IST

Total 42.05%  voter turnout recorded till 1 pm in second phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017.

14:17 IST

The Election Commission clarifies on voting percentage, says 39% voter turnout till 1 pm.

14:02 IST

30.12% voter turnout was recorded till 1 pm.

12:28 IST

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat casts his vote at booth no 45 in Dehradun.

12:08 IST

According to the Election Commission, Champawat saw two percent voting, Haridwar witnessed nine percent and so did the state capital Dehradun.

12:07 IST

Polling in Uttarakhand is going on at a brisk pace with around 24 percent of the electorate exercising their franchise by 11 am. Haridwar district, where a maximum of 11 seats are located, has registered the highest poll percentage of 28 percent, followed by Udhamsingh Nagar district with 27 percent polling.

10:50 IST

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev casts his vote at polling booth no 106 in Haridwar. "I appeal to people to venture out in large numbers and vote. Karo vote par chot, mitao prajatantra ka khot (vote for clean democracy), this is what I say to people," the yoga guru tells reporters after casting his vote.

10:26 IST

14 percent voters exercised their franchise by 10 am.

10:23 IST

Congress' Indira Hridayesh casts her vote at booth no 17 in Haldwani. She is contesting against BSP's S Ahmad and BJP's JPS Rautela.

09:49 IST

Chief Electoral Officer Radha Raturi casts her vote at Government Girls Inter College in Dehradun's Kishanpur.

09:25 IST

Six percent polling percentage recorded in the first hour of the Uttarakhand polls.

09:14 IST

BJP's Uttarakhand president Ajay Bhatt casts his vote at polling booth no 130 in Ranikhet.

08:41 IST

The highest polling station is in Yamunotri at 9,800 feet above sea level. Heavy security deployment has been made at all the polling stations with CRPF being deployed at 1,285 polling stations.

08:32 IST

Videography is being done at 221 places while photography of the poll process is being done at 2,012 polling centres along with webcasting at 197 places.

08:30 IST

A total of 1,409 polling stations have been put in the very sensitive list while 1,424 have been marked as sensitive. 

08:25 IST

Dehradun has the maximum number of polling stations (1,725) while Rudraprayag the least with 312.

08:20 IST

Chief Electoral Officer Radha Raturi informed that there are 10,685 polling stations in the state of which 460 are in the hilly snowy regions while 287 are in shadow areas. 

08:14 IST

Postal ballots will be received till March 11 morning, the day of vote counting.

08:12 IST

Polling in Karnprayag has been suspended for now due to the death of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate. Voting will now be held on this seat on March 9, said an Election Commission official.

08:10 IST

This is the fourth Assembly poll in the hill state where 75,13,547 voters will decide the fate of 628 candidates.

08:05 IST

Voting for the 69 seats of the Uttarakhand state Assembly began at 8 am today amid tight security.