2007 elections in India

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The State Assembly elections in India, 2007 took place between 8 February 2007 and 23 February 2007 for Indian States of [Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Elections for Gujarat were held in December 2007. Elections for Goa were held June 2, 2007 to June 5, 2007.

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Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMaps
30 January 2007 Punjab Indian National Congress Amarinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal Parkash Singh Badal IN-PB.svg
Bharatiya Janata Party
28 January 2012 Manipur Indian National Congress Okram Ibobi Singh Indian National Congress Okram Ibobi Singh IN-MN.svg
21 February 2007 Uttarakhand Indian National Congress N. D. Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party B. C. Khanduri IN-UT.svg
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
7 April 2007 – 8 May 2007 Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party Mayawati IN-UP.svg
2 June 2007 Goa Indian National Congress Pratapsingh Rane Indian National Congress Digambar Kamat IN-GA.svg
Nationalist Congress Party
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
14 November and 19 December 2007 Himachal Pradesh Indian National Congress Virbhadra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Prem Kumar Dhumal IN-HP.svg
11 and 16 December 2007 Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi IN-GJ.svg

Counting of votes was done on 27 February 2007 and the results were announced on the same date.

The Indian National Congress, who were the incumbents in Punjab and Uttarakhand lost their majorities in both states.

Goa

RankPartySeats ContestedSeats Won
1 Indian National Congress 3216
3 Nationalist Congress Party 63
4Save Goa Front172
2 Bharatiya Janata Party 3314
4 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak 262
5 United Goans Democratic Party 111
4 Independent 492
Total 40

Congress emerge as single largest party after results.
Congress formed government in alliance with NCP and SGF.
SGF later merged in Congress to raise its tally to 18.

Gujarat

RanksPartySeats ContestedSeats Won % Votes
1 Bharatiya Janata Party 18211749.12
2 Indian National Congress 1735938.00
3 Nationalist Congress Party 1031.05
4 Independent 18226.61
5 Janata Dal (United) 3510.66
6 Bahujan Samaj Party 16602.62
Total 182

Himachal Pradesh

RankPartySeats ContestedSeats won % votes
1 Bharatiya Janata Party 684143.78
2 Indian National Congress 672338.9
3 Independent 6037.97
4 Bahujan Samaj Party 6717.26
Total 68

Jammu and Kashmir

Assembly ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
#kNames%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Poonch Haveli 68.51% Jahangir Hussain Mir INC 20,69731.14%Yash Paul Sharma Independent 16,29924.52%4,398

Manipur

Elections in Manipur were held in three phases on 8 February 14 and 23 February.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 507,51834.3030+10
Manipur Peoples Party 228,67015.455+3
Nationalist Congress Party 127,0058.585+2
Rashtriya Janata Dal 98,6946.673New
Communist Party of India 85,6435.794–1
National People's Party 51,1923.463New
Manipur State Congress Party 27,5051.860–7
Lok Jan Shakti Party 22,2331.500–2
Samajwadi Party 13,3730.900New
Bharatiya Janata Party 12,5360.850-4
Janata Dal (Secular) 7,1440.480New
Janata Dal (United) 4,3330.2900
People's Democratic Alliance 1,5080.100New
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,2320.0800
Samata Party 8610.060–3
Revolutionary Socialist Party 8080.050New
Naga National Party 5620.0400
All India Forward Bloc 1090.010New
Independents288,66119.5110+10
Total1,479,587100.00600
Valid votes1,479,58799.97
Invalid/blank votes3730.03
Total votes1,479,960100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,707,20486.69
Source: ECI [2]

The Indian National Congress won by a simple majority. A Congress-led coalition government was sworn in on 1 March 2007 with Okram Ibobi Singh as the Chief Minister.

Punjab

Elections in Punjab was held on 13 February 2007.

RankPartySeats ContestedSeats Won % Votes
1 Shiromani Akali Dal 934837.09
3 Bharatiya Janata Party 23198.28
2 Indian National Congress 1164440.90
4 Independent 43156.82
5 Bahujan Samaj Party 11504.13
Total 117

A Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government sworn on 2 March 2007 with Parkash Singh Badal as the Chief Minister.

Uttarakhand

Elections in Uttarakhand was held on 21 February 2007.

RankPartySeats ContestedSeats Won % Votes
1 Bharatiya Janata Party 703531.90
4 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal 6135.49
4 Independent 240310.81
2 Indian National Congress 702129.59
3 Bahujan Samaj Party 70811.76
Total 70/70

The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 34 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. Elections to Bajpur are still to take place. 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.

Uttar Pradesh

RankPartySeats ContestedSeats Won % Votes
1 Bahujan Samaj Party 40320630.43
2 Samajwadi Party 3939725.43
3 Bharatiya Janata Party 3505116.97
4 Indian National Congress 393228.61
5 Rashtriya Lok Dal 254103.70
6 Independent 25896.97
7 Rashtriya Parivartan Dal 1420.20
8 Janata Dal (United) 1610.42
8Uttar Pradesh United Democratic Front5410.35
8 Rashtriya Swabhimaan Party 12210.26
8 Jan Morcha 11810.60
8Bharatiya Jan Shakti6610.24
8 Akhil Bhartiya Loktantrik Congress210.18
Total 403

Elections in Uttar Pradesh were held in seven phases during April and May 2007. In the end, Mayawati's B.S.P won this election.

See also

References

  1. "Bye – Election – December, 2007". eci.gov.in. Election Commission Of India. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 16 January 2022.