4th Uttarakhand Assembly

Fourth Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Fourth Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
History
Preceded by	3rd Uttarakhand Assembly
Succeeded by	5th Uttarakhand Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Premchand Aggarwal, BJP
Deputy Speaker	Raghunath Singh Chauhan, BJP
Leader of the House	Trivendra Singh Rawat (2017–21), BJP; Tirath Singh Rawat (2021), BJP; Pushkar Singh Dhami (2021–2022); , BJP
Leader of the Opposition	Indira Hridayesh (2017–21), INC; Pritam Singh (2021–2022); , INC
Chief Secretary	Utpal Kumar Singh, IAS
Structure
Seats	70
Political groups	Government (57) BJP (57); Opposition (11) INC (11); Others (2) Independent (2);
Length of term	2017–2022
Elections
Voting system	first-past-the-post
Last election	15 February 2017
Next election	2022
Meeting place
	Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Bhararisain (summer); Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Dehradun (winter)
Website
	Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constitution
	Constitution of India

The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the fourth Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state. Elections were held on 15 February 2017 when Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party with 57 seats in the 70-seat legislature and formed the government. The Indian National Congress with 11 seats served as the official opposition.

After discussions it was announced that Trivendra Singh Rawat would be Chief Minister.

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