More than 68% people cast their votes for Uttarakhand's Karnaprayag seat

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NEW DELHI: According to election office, more than 68% of the voters used their votes at 5pm on Wednesday. A part from these voters, many people were still seen in the queues outside the booths for casting their votes. Poll was started only for the Karnaprayag seat in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. This poll had to be revised to March 9 due to the death of Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Kuldeep Singh Kanwasi who had dead in a road accident on Sunday last. Polling began amid high security. Around 30000 security personnel were posted at 10685 booths. At least 460 security personnel were also posted in snowbound areas.
For the first time, Voter-verified paper audit trail machines were used in three constituencies including BHEL Ranipur, Dharampur and Rudrapur. In most of the seats, ruling Congress and BJP are locked in a straight contest. However, mutinous candidates of both the parties are in the contest as independents in several constituencies and may upset the calculations of the official nominees of their respective parties. Among those testing their political luck are 12 former Congress MLAs who are in the contest as Bhartiya Janta Party candidates this time. They include Yashpal Arya (Bajpur), Harak Singh Rawat (Kotdwar), Shailarani Rawat (Kedarnath), Shailendra Mohan Singhal (Jaspur), Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion (Khanpur), Pradeep Batra (Roorkee) and Subodh Uniyal (Narendranagar). Haridwar  and Kichcha in Udhamsingh Nagar district are two high-profile seats to be watched out for as chief minister Harish Rawat is in fray from both. Chaubattakhal is also an important seat from where Satpal Maharaj is contesting besides Ranikhet from where Pradesh BJP president Ajay Bhatt is in the fray.
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