Uttarakhand BJP fighting anti-incumbency ahead of polls

The BJP plans to highlight government policies, infra projects and welfare initiatives while simultaneously undertaking grassroots organisational changes. The party is also assessing the performance of its sitting MLAs.

The BJP has begun preparing its organisational and electoral strategy for the 2027 Uttarakhand Assembly elections, with voter-list verification, possible changes in candidate selection and efforts to address factional differences among its priorities. The party is also reviewing the performance of its sitting legislators and strengthening its presence in constituencies it lost in the previous election.

The BJP is seeking a third consecutive term in Uttarakhand, with a target of winning 60 of the 70 Assembly seats. However, local party leaders privately acknowledge that anti-incumbency, dissatisfaction with sitting legislators and factional differences could pose challenges as the party prepares to seek another mandate.

The party will contest the elections under Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who completed a full five-year term in office. The BJP plans to highlight the government’s policies, infrastructure projects and welfare initiatives while simultaneously undertaking organisational changes at the constituency and booth levels.

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One of the key components of the party’s preparations is a statewide exercise to help eligible voters whose names were removed during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls get them restored. Uttarakhand’s final electoral roll, published on October 3, contains 71,58,949 electors. During the revision, 8,26,977 electors were marked under the ASDD category, covering absent, shifted, dead and duplicate entries. The Election Commission has undertaken a verification exercise to trace eligible voters who may have been left out and facilitate their enrolment through Form 6.