Uttarakhand Assembly election 2027

The Uttarakhand Assembly election is due in 2027 and the build-up has begun. On 10 November 2026, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said in Rishikesh that the BJP will win a third straight term, ANI reported. The Uttarakhand Congress launched a signature campaign against his government the same day, with signed forms due in Dehradun by 20 November. A row had started on 24 October, when Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav was quoted by IANS as saying most infiltrators in Uttar Pradesh are from Uttarakhand. Dhami called it an insult to the pride of the Devbhoomi. On 11 November, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath answered at the Uttarakhand Mahotsav in Lucknow, calling it a divisive mindset. The same day in Bhopal, Dhami said he would respond to Sonia Gandhi's memoir Belonging only after reading it, and accused the Congress of vote-bank politics, ANI reported. Also on 11 November, PTI reported that the Centre had doubled the death ex-gratia for disasters in Uttarakhand from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 8 lakh per person from 2026-27. The draft voter list was due on 12 November under the Election Commission's special summary revision. Claims and objections can be filed until 11 December, hearings run until 28 December and the final roll is due on 4 January 2027. The reports give no polling date. The next step is the claims window.