Assembly election results 2017: How counting day unfolded in Uttarakhand

The Uttarakhand Assembly election saw the BJP achieve a landslide victory, while leaving the incumbent Congress government completely decimated.

 

The India Today-Axis poll and surveys by several media predicted an unprecedented victory for the BJP. The party has won 56 seats in the 70-seat assembly.

 

Analysts view the party's victory as an outcome of the anti-incumbency wave against the Congress government.

 

Voter sentiment towards incumbent Chief Minister Harish Rawat has been negative. The BJP's spokesperson for Uttarakhand was quick to say that Rawat's defeat was the rejection his leadership.

 

Rawat has conceded defeat.