Uttarakhand Election 2022 Date Announced: See Polling Date, Time, Counting Day — FULL SCHEDULE OUT

Uttarakhand Assembly Election 2022 Date Schedule: The term of the current 70-member Uttarakhand legislative assembly will expire on March 23, 2022.

The term of 70-seat Uttarakhand legislative assembly will expire on March 23, 2022 | Original Photos: Getty

New Delhi: Election to 70 seats in Uttarakhand will be held on February 14, 2022, the Election Commission announced on Saturday. The counting of votes will be done on March 10.

The tenure of the 70-seat Uttarakhand legislative assembly will expire on March 23, 2022. The final voter list for Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election 2022 has already been released by the Election Commission of India (ECI).

Uttarakhand Assembly Election 2022 — Polling Date, Schedule & Counting Day

The Election Commission of India announced the dates for assembly elections in Uttarakhand on Saturday. A total of 70 assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand will be going to the polls to elect MLAs for the next assembly.

The schedule for the 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly Election is mentioned below, as notified by the ECI. 

Issue of notification: January 21
Last date of nomination: January 28
Scrutiny of nomination: January 29
Last date of withdrawal of nomination: January 31
Date of election: February 14
Results: March 10

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election 2017

During the last state Assembly elections that took place in the year 2017, the Bharatiya Janata Party registered its win over 57 out of the 70 assembly seats. Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat had lost one out of the two seats he contested. 

Since 2017, this hill state has had three different chief ministers. Following the party’s victory in 2017, the BJP chose Trivendra Singh Rawat as the Chief Minister of the state on March 18, 2017. But, three years later on March 9, 2021, he stepped down from the post.

After him, Garhwal MP Tirath Singh Rawat was sworn in as the Chief Minister on March 10, 2021. Tirath was a Lok Sabha MP at that time and had to be elected in the state assembly within six months.

Since he could not get elected in the stipulated time, he had to resign from the cabinet on July 2, 2021. He was succeeded by Khatima MLA Pushkar Singh Dhami.

Congress was able to retain only 11 seats while independent candidates had bagged two seats in the 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election.

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election - Pre Poll Alliance

The main contenders in this year’s election have been the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress party. Members of both parties had been targeting each other during their election campaigns. The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party has also been actively campaigning in the state this time.