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If it decreases on six, then the voting percentage increased in two seats, what are the equations in these eight hot seats of Uttarakhand assembly?

The equations have been entangled with the fluctuations in the voting percentage in the eight hot seats of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. CM Pushkar Singh Dhami Khatima and former Chief Minister Harish Rawat are contesting from Lalkuan assembly seat, making both these seats hot seats. In many of these seats, there has been more turnout than last time. While the vote percentage of some seats has declined. In such a situation, the election results of these seats are sure to be interesting. The defeat and victory of hot seats will not only decide the future of the leaders fighting from here but will also affect the politics of the state to a great extent. In fact, many big faces of BJP and Congress are in the fray in eight seats of the state.

Among them, former Chief Minister Harish Rawat from Lalkuan, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami from Khatima, Madan Kaushik, BJP State President from Haridwar, Congress State President Ganesh Godiyal and Cabinet Minister Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat from Srinagar, Ritu, daughter of former Chief Minister General BC Khanduri from Kotdwar. Khanduri and Surendra Singh Negi, Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial face Colonel Ajay Kothiyal from Gangotri, former president Kishor Upadhyay, who left the Congress from Tehri seat and joined BJP, Premchand Agarwal, Speaker of the Assembly from Rishikesh, is in the fray.

Voting percentage increased in two seats if it decreased on six
Voting percentage has increased in two of the eight hot seats in the state. Down to six. However, the polling percentage in Lalkuan has come down only marginally. In Khatima and Srinagar, the polling percentage has increased as compared to the last time, while in Kotdwar, Rishikesh, Haridwar, Tehri, Gangotri, Lalkuan there has been a decline in the voting percentage.

Voter turnout comparison

Assembly seatVote % of 2017Vote % of 2022
Srinagar57.61 percent58.18 percent
Kotdwar68.67 percent63.50 percent
Lalkuan72.37 percent72.24 percent
Khatima76.48 percent77.02 percent
Haridwar65.27 percent62.30 percent
Tehri54.68 percent53.76 percent
Gangotri67.16 percent66.54 percent
Rishikesh64.79 percent61.58 percent