DAINIK NATION BUREAU Election commission has decided to conduct repolling of booth no 128 of Lohaghat Assembly seat, which result could not declare because of malfunctioning of EVM, on march 15. As the booth’s EVM could not open at the time of counting so they decided to conduct repolling on that booth. After repolling EC would do counting of the ...

DAINIK NATION  BUREAU Election Commission has declared the results of 69 out of 70 seats on Saturday evening, excluding Lohaghat, where the EVM malfunctioned, resulting in the withholding of the counting.   As per the official declaration, BJP has won 56 seats while the Congress,  11 and two seats has  gone to the  independents. In four districts – Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Negating the view  of most of the political commentators who opined that the  13 Congress turncoats who switched to BJP  few months before the election would prove liabilities for the party, supposedly staring at imminent defeats,  most of the  rebels have registered victories in their respective constituencies by impressive margins. However, two of them tasted defeat. The ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Accepting defeat after the result was declared,  Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat submitted his resignation to the Governor Dr KK Paul at Raj Bhawan on Saturday. Before tendering his resignation, Rawat said that he had accepted the defeat in all humility. “Entrusted with the responsibility in the wake of the disaster 2013, I tried my best to provide ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Soon after the counting was over, the state BJP president Ajay Bhatt thanked the people of Uttarakhand for giving his party a resounding victory in the poll. In a press note released, Bhatt said that the unprecedented mandate for BJP has confirmed the confidence people of the state have reposed in the leadership of both the Prime ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Counting of votes in all the 70 seats of Uttarakhand Assembly election would be held at 15 places across the state on Saturday, said Uttarakhand chief electoral officer Radha Raturi on Friday. She said that all preparations related to counting of votes have been completed. “In all, 15 counting venues have been fixed across 13 districts of the state. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Most of the exit polls aired on several television channels on Thursdayevening, projecting a saffron sweep in Uttarakhand, have enthused the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and workers so much so that they in started distributing sweets among themselves and pasting  thanks-giving posters celebrating the  ‘impending’ victory on the walls of the residential buildings hours before the counting ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Disseminating the results of exit polls conducted by various agencies which lack proper credentials and provide unreliable information exerts detrimental effects not only on the contesting candidates but also puts undue pressure on the government machinery deployed for the counting of votes. Stating this, the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Kishore Upadhyay also questioned the credibility of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Dehradun district election officer Ravinath Raman met the district officials to discuss matters related to the dissolution of the outgoing Vidhan Sabha after the result is declared and the notification is released by the Election Commission of India for the formation of the new House. Besides, matters   related to the oath taking of the new chief minister and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The stage is set for the counting of votes of all the 10 constituencies of Dehradun district to be held at Maharana Pratap Sports College, Raipur on Saturday. The counting of votes will start with the counting of postal ballots from 8 am while counting of polled EVMs will start from 8.30 am at the venue, informed the  district magistrate and district ...