Uttarakhand Floor Test Results Live, Harish Rawat CM Wins, INC Congress Proves Majority, Uttarakhand Results today, Uttarakhand Election Political News Update, Harish Rawat News, Uttarakhand News, Uttarakhand Election Results, Uttarakhand Floor Test

Uttarakhand Floor Test Results Live, Harish Rawat CM Wins, INC Congress Proves Majority, Uttarakhand Results today, Uttarakhand Election Political News Update, Harish Rawat News, Uttarakhand News, Uttarakhand Election Results, Uttarakhand Floor Test

Today formal announcement of the floor test which Harish Rawat government had to undergo will be declared. Harish Rawat is confident of having secured the majority but formal announcement is still pending.

Supreme Court announces Uttarakhand floor test result: Congress wins 34 votes, BJP 28

President Rule Lifted, Harish Rawat to Continue as Uttarakhand CM. Major Victory for Congress before Uttarakhand Assembly Election Next Year. Congress planning to prepone assembly elections.

Highlights of Uttarakhand Government crisis

1. There are 70 seats in the assembly but only 61 MLA took part in voting.(9 MLAs from INC turned rebel and were barred from voting).
2. INC has won 32 seats, BJP 31, BSP 3, IND 3, UKDP 1 seats in the 70 member assembly.
3. To win majority atleast 31 seats are required. Harish Rawat Claimed Support from 33 MLAs. (25 MLA of INC, PDF 6, BJP Rebel 1, Nominated 1)

4. The Supreme court will announce the result after watching a 90-minute video recording of Tuesday's Assembly proceedings, presented to it in a sealed envelope.

5. The BJP's Nitin Gadkari said it is "not a setback" for his party. "In a democracy, we have to accept that. It is on the floor of the House as per the decision of the Supreme Court. Uttarakhand Assembly sat and (there is) majority for Congress, so we will co-operate," the union minister said.

6. Mr Kejriwal tweeted. Congress' win is a "huge setback" to the Modi government. "Hope they will stop toppling Govts now (sic),"

7. Congress found support from two Bahujan Samaj Party legislators, three independent lawmakers and one from the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal together called the PDF (Progressive Democratic Front). "All six of us have voted for Harish Rawat," one of them confirmed.

8. Harish Rawat was chief minister of Uttarakhand till the Centre imposed President's Rule on March 27, arguing that he lost his majority when the nine Congress dissidents voted against his government's annual budget.

9. The Supreme Court had confirmed a High Court order on Monday barring the nine Congress rebels from voting in today's trust vote; they had been disqualified by the Speaker a day before the Centre imposed President's Rule in Uttarakhand on March 27.

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