Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2007
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2007
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| 21 February 2007 (2007-02-21) |
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70 assembly constituencies
36 seats needed for a majority |
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Majority party |
Minority party |
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| Leader |
B. C. Khanduri |
N. D. Tiwari |
| Party |
BJP |
INC |
| Alliance |
Post-poll alliance with UKD and Independents |
none |
| Leader since |
2007 |
2002 |
| Leader's seat |
Dhumakot (by-election) |
Kashipur |
| Last election |
19 |
36 |
| Seats won |
35 |
21 |
| Seat change |
 16 |
 15 |
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Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2007 were the third Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) of the state. The last elections were held on 21 February 2007, when the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in the 70-seat legislature. One seat short of forming a majority, the BJP have had to rely on support from the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and three Independents to form the government. The Indian National Congress became the official opposition, holding 21 seats.
Results
The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in a house of 70. They were still one short of the majority to form a government. After much wrangling it was announced that the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and the three Independents would be supporting the government. The incumbent Indian National Congress Government lost as they had only 21 seats out of 70 seats.
After protracted discussions it was announced the B. C. Khanduri would be Chief Minister and B. S. Koshyari was to manage party work.
Key post holders in the assembly
List of 2007-2012 assembly members
See also
Uttarakhand legislative assembly election, 2002
References
External links