2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election was the 4th Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 15 February 2017 in a single phase for the 69 seats of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Voting in the Karnaprayag constituency was postponed until 9 March 2017 due to the death of BSP candidate Kuldeep Kanwasi in a road accident. In the previous election in 2012, none of the parties won a majority but the Indian National Congress formed the government with the help of PDF with the leadership of Vijay Bahuguna.

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

15 February 2017

70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.56% ( 0.61%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Trivendra Singh Rawat Harish Rawat Mayawati
Party BJP INC BSP
Alliance NDA UPA -
Leader since 2017 2014 2002
Leader's seat Doiwala Haridwar Rural,
Kichha
(both lost)
Did not contest
Last election 31 32 3
Seats won 57 11 0
Seat change 26 21 3
Popular vote 23,12,912 16,65,664 3,47,533
Percentage 46.5% 33.5% 7%
Swing 13.37% 0.29% 5.21%

Constituency-wise result of the 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

Chief Minister before election

Harish Rawat
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Trivendra Singh Rawat
BJP

The voter turnout for the 69 seats of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly that was held on 15 February was 65.64% which is less than the last election's voter turnout of 66.85%.

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