Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttarakhand on 14 February 2022 to elect 70 members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.
Background
The tenure of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 23 March 2022. The previous assembly elections were held in February 2017. After the election, Bharatiya Janata Party formed the state government, with Trivendra Singh Rawat becoming Chief Minister.
Political developments
Amidst the internal turmoil in the BJP Uttarakhand unit and the mounting pressure of BJP MLAs against himself, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned on 9 March 2021. Tirath Singh Rawat was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of the state on 10 March 2021.
On 2 July 2021, Tirath Singh Rawat resigned from the Chief Minister's post to avoid constitutional crisis in the state. On 3 July 2021, Pushkar Singh Dhami was sworn-in as the 10th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, assuming office on 4 July 2021.
In January 2021, Arvind Kejriwal announced that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would be contesting in six state elections in 2022 including Uttarakhand. On 17 August 2021, AAP declared Ajay Kothiyal as their Chief Ministerial candidate for the assembly election.
Election schedule
The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 8 January 2022.
Parties and alliances
Others
Candidates
Party manifestos
AAP
AAP asked the residents of Uttarakhand for suggestions for manifesto and received 71,249 replies. In addition to a main manifesto, the party will be releasing separate manifesto for each constituency. On 6 February, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal announced his party's 10-point manifesto for Uttarakhand if the AAP wins the election and forms the government. End corruption 24x7 electricity, free electricity upto 300 units Employment ₹1000/month for women Education revolution, improvement of government schools. Healthcare revolution, improvement in health facilities and building Mohalla Clinics in every village. Revamp roads and build roads to every village Pilgrimage (Teerth Yatra) to the elderly Making Uttarakhand the spiritual capital for Hindus. Govt job for retired soldiers and amount of ₹1 crore paid ex-gratia to family of soldiers after death
BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued the manifesto for the public. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has released the manifesto known as the "drishti patra" in a conference .