"Till 4 pm, overall voting percentage was 56.01 pc": EC Secretary on Uttarakhand civic body polls

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 23 (ANI): Election Commission Secretary Rahul Kumar Goyal stated that by 4 pm on Thursday, the overall voting percentage in the Uttarakhand Municipal Corporation elections was recorded at 56.81 per cent.
"The polling started at 8 in the morning, in all our polling booths. We received reports of polling percentages every 2 hours. Till 4 pm, the overall voting percentage was about 56.81%. In Almora it was 56.01 per cent, Bageshwar- 57.71 per cent, Chamoli-58.92, Champawat- 56.76 per cent, Dehradun- 51.56 and Haridwar- 60.85 per cent. All the voters who came to the polling booth by 5 pm will get the chance to exercise their right to vote," he told ANI.
Goyal also mentioned that no adverse incidents had been reported from any of the booths.
"Till now, we have not received information of any adverse situation from any polling booth. The polling has been conducted smoothly," he added.
Earlier in the day, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami appealed to the people of Uttarakhand to help make all the BJP candidates win in the state's civic body polls.
Referring to the BJP government at the centre and state, he asked voters to help form a triple-engine government.
"I appeal to all the people of Uttarakhand. You have always stood by the BJP and formed a double-engine government. You made PM Modi the Prime Minister again. I appeal to all of you to please make all the BJP candidates win in the state municipal corporation election and help form a triple-engine government," CM Pushkar Singh Dhami told ANI.
Dhami stated that the BJP has fulfilled all its promises, adding that the government is working continuously to make Uttarakhand the best state in India.
"We have fulfilled all the promises and are taking forward our vision. We are working continuously to make Uttarakhand the best state in India, under the leadership of PM Modi," Dhami added.
These elections were held for 11 municipal corporations, 43 municipal councils, and 46 Nagar Panchayats across the state. (ANI)