Dehradun, April 23 -- The polling for the first phase of the ongoing General Elections was completed yesterday. Uttarakhand voted in the first phase in all its 5 constituencies. However, lower than expected voter turnout has perplexed not only the poll pundits but also the political parties in the fray. In this phase, there was a contest on all the five seats of Uttarakhand.
Political parties are also complaining that, because of the polling in the first phase itself, a conducive environment and tempo could not gather steam by the time of voting and it was one reason why voters did not turn out in expected numbers to exercise their franchise. However, many reasons and implications are being discussed regarding possible outcome of the resul...