People in 13 Gram Sabhas of Dhanaulti, Pratapnagar and Ghansali in Tehri district completely boycotted polling to protest against the failure of the authorities to meet their long pending demands for proper roads and resettlement. In Mandar and Myundi, the people abstained from polling to protest against the failure to arrest a school teacher accused of rape.
Koti and Anguda villages in Ghansali assembly constituency are disaster affected with about 540 voters in the two villages. Even now, the villagers lose their sleep if it rains at night. Jalam Singh and Pyar Singh of Anguda said that the villagers have been demanding resettlements since 2002 but their demand has been ignored. The villagers decided to boycott polling due to this. Another villager Surat Singh said that they had been demanding a road for many years but with nothing being done so far in this director, the villagers have to walk about 14 kilometres to the roadhead. In the Pratapnagar assembly constituency, 1,800 voters in Mandar and 250 voters in Myundi boycotted the polls to protest against the delay in arrest of a rape accused teacher.