Dehradun: Ousted Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday claimed to have won a trust vote in the state assembly here.

The Supreme Court, which had ordered the trust vote, will officially declare the result on Wednesday.

The floor test was conducted under the supervision of the Supreme Court. Uttarakhand has been under President’s Rule since March 27 when the Congress government was dismissed by the central government citing mis-governance in the hill state.

The 70-member Uttarakhand assembly has been reduced to only 62 including one nominated member after the Supreme Court upheld the disqualification of nine Congress rebel legislators. The halfway mark to majority is 31. The Congress has 27 members and the BJP 28. There are six from the PDF. Their vote would be crucial for Rawat to win the vote.

Both BJP and Congress claim the support of two BSP legislators. But the party has maintained its suspense over whom to support. Senior Uttar Pradesh leader of the BSP, Naseem-ud-din Siddiqui, was in Uttarakhand on Monday.