Counting is on for Raipur seat, constituency No. 19 of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.
Counting is done for Raipur seat, constituency No. 19 of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Umesh Sharma Kau from BJP wins with 59764 seats.
The main candidates from Raipur were Prabhu Lal (INC), Umesh Sharma Kau (BJP) and Hari Singh Khorwal (BSP).
In 2012, voters in the hill state had returned a hung verdict with the Congress and the BJP winning 32 and 31 seats in the 70-seat Assembly. Infighting in the Congress had forced a trust vote in the state bringing Harish Rawat back to power.
The majority mark in the state, which voted on February 15, is 36.
Exit polls had predicted a win for the BJP in the state with most projecting it just above the majority mark.
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