Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2007

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2007
India
21 February 2007 (2007-02-21)

70 assembly constituencies
36 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
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 Increase 16 Decrease 15

Chief Minister before election

N. D. Tiwari
INC

Elected Chief Minister

B. C. Khanduri
BJP

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

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won
1Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)7035
4Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD)613
4Independents703
2Indian National Congress (INC)7021
3Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)708
Total 70

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

Sl. No Constituency Elected Member Party Affiliation (if any)
1 Purola (SC) Rajesh Juwantha Indian National Congress
2 Gangotri Gopal Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Yamunotri Kedar Singh Indian National Congress
4 Pratapnagar Vijay Singh (Guddu Panwar) Bharatiya Janata Party
5 Tehri Kishor Upadhyaya Indian National Congress
6 Ghansali Balvir Singh Negi Indian National Congress
7 Devprayag Diwakar Bhatt Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
8 Narendranagar Om Gopal Rawat Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
9 Dhanaulti (SC) Khajan Das Bharatiya Janata Party
10 Chakrata (ST) Pritam Singh Indian National Congress
11 Vikasnagar Kudeep Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
12 Sahaspur (SC) Raj Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
13 Laxman Chowk Dinesh Agrawal Indian National Congress
14 Dehradun Cantt Harbans Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party
15 Rajpur Ganesh Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party
16 Mussoorie Jot Singh Gunsola Indian National Congress
17 Rishikesh Premchand Aggarwal Bharatiya Janata Party
18 Doiwala Trivendra Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party
19 Bhagwanpur (SC) Surendra Rakesh Bahujan Samaj Party
20 Roorkee Suresh Chand Jain Bharatiya Janata Party
21 Iqbalpur Chaudhary Yashveer Singh Bahujan Samaj Party
22 Manglaur Qazi Mohammed Nizamuddeen Bahujan Samaj Party
23 Landhaura (SC) Hari Das Bahujan Samaj Party
24 Laksar Kunwar Pranav Singh 'Champion' Indian National Congress
25 Bahadrabad Mohammed Shahzad Bahujan Samaj Party
26 Haridwar Madan Kaushik Bharatiya Janata Party
27 Laldhang Tasleem Ahmed Bahujan Samaj Party
28 Yamkeshwar Vijaya Barthwal Bharatiya Janata Party
29 Kotdwar Surendra Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party
30 Dhumakot Maj. Gen. (Ret.) B. C. Khanduri Bharatiya Janata Party
31 Bironkhal Amrita Rawat Indian National Congress
32 Lansdowne Dr. Harak Singh Rawat Indian National Congress
33 Pauri Yashpal Benam Independent
34 Srinagar (SC) Brij Mohan Kotwal Bharatiya Janata Party
35 Thalisain Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' Bharatiya Janata Party
36 Rudraprayag Matbar Singh Kandari Bharatiya Janata Party
37 Kedarnath Asha Nautiyal Bharatiya Janata Party
38 Badrinath Kedar Singh Phonia Bharatiya Janata Party
39 Nandprayag Rajendra Singh Bhandari Independent
40 Karanprayag Anil Nautiyal Bharatiya Janata Party
41 Pindar (SC) Govind Lal Bharatiya Janata Party
42 Kapkot Bhagat Singh Koshyari Bharatiya Janata Party
43 Kanda Balwant Singh Bhauryal Bharatiya Janata Party
44 Bageshwar (SC) Chandan Ram Das Bharatiya Janata Party
45 Dwarahat Puspesh Tripathi Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
46 Bhikiyasain Surendra Singh Jeena Bharatiya Janata Party
47 Salt Ranjeet Rawat Indian National Congress
48 Ranikhet Karan Mahra Indian National Congress
49 Someshwar (SC) Ajay Tamta Bharatiya Janata Party
50 Almora Manoj Tiwari Indian National Congress
51 Jageshwar Govind Singh Kunjwal Indian National Congress
52 Mukteshwar (SC) Yashpal Arya Indian National Congress
53 Dhari Govind Singh Bisht Bharatiya Janata Party
54 Haldwani Banshidhar Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party
55 Nainital Kharak Singh Bohra Bharatiya Janata Party
56 Ramnagar Diwan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
57 Jaspur Dr. Shailandra Mohan Singhal Indian National Congress
58 Kashipur Harbhajan Singh Cheema Bharatiya Janata Party
59 Bajpur Arvind Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party
60 Pantnagar-Gadarpur Premanand Mahajan Bahujan Samaj Party
61 Rudrapur-Kichha Tilak Raj Behar Indian National Congress
62 Sitarganj (SC) Narayan Pal Bahujan Samaj Party
63 Khatima (ST) Gopal Singh Indian National Congress
64 Champawat Veena Maharana Bharatiya Janata Party
65 Lohaghat Mahendra Singh Mahra (Mahu Bhai) Indian National Congress
66 Pithoragarh Prakash Pant Bharatiya Janata Party
67 Gangolihat (SC) Jog Ram Tamta Bharatiya Janata Party
68 Didihat Bishan Singh Chuphal Bharatiya Janata Party
69 Kanalichhina Mayukh Singh Mahar Indian National Congress
70 Dharchula (ST) Gagan Singh Independent

See also

Uttarakhand legislative assembly election, 2002

References

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