2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

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2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
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  2012 15 February 2017 2022  

70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.56% (Decrease2.svg 0.61%)
 Majority partyMinority party
  The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat.jpg HarishRawat.jpg
Leader Trivendra Singh Rawat Harish Rawat
Party BJP INC
Leader since20172014
Leader's seat Doiwala Haridwar Rural,
Kichha
(both lost)
Last election3132
Seats won5711
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 26Decrease2.svg 21
Popular vote23,12,91216,65,664
Percentage46.5%33.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg 13.37%Decrease2.svg 0.29%

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election Result Map.svg
Constituency-wise result of the 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

Bharat Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha 2017.svg
Structure of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Harish Rawat
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Trivendra Singh Rawat
BJP

The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election [1] 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.

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The voter turnout for the 69 seats of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly that was held on 15 February was 65.64% [2] which is less than the last election's voter turnout of 66.85%.

Schedule and electorate

The schedule for the Uttarakhand Assembly Election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 4 January 2017 and elections took place on 15 February 2017. 69 out of 70 ACs went on to the polls on the same day but the polls were postponed for Karnaprayag Assembly constituency to 9 March. The results were announced on 11 March 2017. [3] Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines were used along with EVM in four assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand. [4]

EventDateDay
Date for nominations20 Jan 2017Friday
Last Date for filing nominations27 Jan 2017Friday
Date for scrutiny of nominations30 Jan 2017Monday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures1 Feb 2017Wednesday
Date of poll15 Feb 2017Wednesday
Date of counting11 Mar 2017Saturday
Date before which the election shall be completed15 Mar 2017Wednesday
Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand having VVPAT facility with EVMs. [5] [6]
BHEL Ranipur Dharampur Haldwani Rudrapur

Voter statistics

Source [7]
Total75,92,996
Male 39,23,492
Female 35,72,029
Third Gender 151
Service97,324
Total Polling Station
10,854

Opinion polls

Polling firm/Link/PortalSurvey Dates INC BJP Others
Uttarakhand Post [8] 10 January 201736295
ABP News-Lokniti [9] 5 January 201722-30 (26)35-43 (39)-
India Today-Axis [10] 5 January 201718-23 (21)41-46 (44)2-6 (4)
India Today-Axis [11] 14 October 201626-31 (29)38-43 (41)1-4 (3)
Polls Average28384

Results

Result were declared on 11 March 2017. [12] [13]

Party BJP INC Independent BSP Others
Leader Trivendra Singh Rawat Harish Rawat N/A Hari Das N/A
The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat.jpg HarishRawat.jpg
Votes46.5%,231425033.5%,166637910.0%,4996747.0%,3475333.0%,147658
Seats57 (81.43%)11 (15.71%)2 (2.86%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
57 / 70
11 / 70
2 / 70
0 / 70
0 / 70
Summary of the 15 February 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election results
Bharat Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha 2017.svg
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Won+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)2,314,25046.5Increase2.svg13.457Increase2.svg26
Indian National Congress (INC)1,666,37933.5Decrease2.svg0.311Decrease2.svg21
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)347,5337.0Decrease2.svg5.20Decrease2.svg3
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD)37,0410.7Decrease2.svg1.20Decrease2.svg1
Samajwadi Party (SP)18,2020.4Decrease2.svg1.00Steady2.svg
Independents (IND)499,67410.0Decrease2.svg2.32Decrease2.svg1
None of the Above (NOTA)50,4391.0
Total4,975,494100.0070±0
Valid votes49,75,49499.72
Invalid votes14,1960.28
Votes cast / turnout49,89,69065.60
Abstentions26,16,99834.40
Registered voters76,06,688

Results by constituency

Results
Assembly ConstituencyTurnout
(%)
WinnerRunner UpMargin
#NameCandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
Uttarkashi District
1 Purola 73.38 Raj Kumar Indian National Congress 17,79836.49 Mal Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 16,78534.411,013
2 Yamunotri 66.91 Kedar Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party 19,80042.41 Sanjay Dobhal Indian National Congress 13,84029.645,960
3 Gangotri 67.53 Gopal Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party 25,68346.93 Vijaypal Singh Sajwan Indian National Congress 16,07329.379,610
Chamoli District
4 Badrinath 62.32 Mahendra Bhatt Bharatiya Janata Party 29,67647.31 Rajendra Singh Bhandari Indian National Congress 24,04238.335,634
5 Tharali 57.17 Magan Lal Shah Bharatiya Janata Party 25,93145.37Prof. Jeet Ram Indian National Congress 21,07336.874,864
6 Karnaprayag 56.57 Surendra Singh Negi Bharatiya Janata Party 28,15952.50 Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri Indian National Congress 20,61038.427,549
Rudraprayag District
7 Kedarnath 65.25 Manoj Rawat Indian National Congress 13,90625.06 Kuldip Singh Rawat Independent 13,03723.49869
8 Rudraprayag 58.96 Bharat Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party 29,33351.54Lakshmi Singh Rana Indian National Congress 14,70125.8316,632
Tehri Garhwal District
9 Ghansali 49.03 Shakti Lal Shah Bharatiya Janata Party 22,10350.46Dhani Lal Shah Independent 10,45023.8611,653
10 Devprayag 53.03 Vinod Kandari Bharatiya Janata Party 13,82431.97 Diwakar Bhatt Independent 10,32523.973,499
11 Narendranagar 53.03 Subodh Uniyal Bharatiya Janata Party 24,10446.37 Om Gopal Rawat Independent 19,13236.814,972
12 Pratapnagar 51.23 Vijay Singh Panwar Bharatiya Janata Party 15,05836.93 Vikram Singh Negi Indian National Congress 13,11932.171,939
13 Tehri 54.65 Dhan Singh Negi Bharatiya Janata Party 20,89647.62 Dinesh Dhanai Independent 14,05632.026,840
14 Dhanaulti 64.42 Pritam Singh Panwar Independent 17,81136.45 Narayan Singh Rana Bharatiya Janata Party 16,19633.141,615
Dehradun District
15 Chakrata 72.19 Pritam Singh Indian National Congress 34,96848.91Madhu Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 33,42546.751,543
16 Vikasnagar 70.58 Munna Singh Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 38,89550.76 Nav Prabhat Indian National Congress 32,47742.386,508
17 Sahaspur 72.80 Sahdev Singh Pundir Bharatiya Janata Party 44,05540.75 Kishore Upadhyaya Indian National Congress 25,19223.3018,863
18 Dharampur 57.43 Vinod Chamoli Bharatiya Janata Party 53,82850.96 Dinesh Agrawal Indian National Congress 42,87540.5910,953
19 Raipur 59.64 Umesh Sharma 'Kau' Bharatiya Janata Party 59,76461.07Prabhulal Bahuguna Indian National Congress 22,99323.4936,771
20 Rajpur Road 57.97 Khajan Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 36,60153.22 Raj Kumar Indian National Congress 27,96940.678,632
21 Dehradun Cantonment 57.07 Harbans Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party 41,14256.98 Suryakant Dhasmana Indian National Congress 24,47233.8916,670
22 Mussoorie 57.91 Ganesh Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party 41,32255.14Godavari Thapli Indian National Congress 29,24539.0212,077
23 Doiwala 67.83 Trivendra Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party 58,50261.08 Hira Singh Bisht Indian National Congress 33,63335.1124,869
24 Rishikesh 64.70 Premchand Aggarwal Bharatiya Janata Party 45,08246.20Rajpal Kharola Indian National Congress 30,28131.0314,801
Haridwar District
25 Haridwar 65.18 Madan Kaushik Bharatiya Janata Party 61,74266.45Brahmaswarup Brahmachari Indian National Congress 25,81527.7835,927
26 BHEL Ranipur 70.65 Adesh Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 56,64454.84 Ambrish Kumar Indian National Congress 34,40433.3122,240
27 Jwalapur 66.91 Suresh Rathod Bharatiya Janata Party 29,51334.22S. P. Singh 'Engineer' Indian National Congress 24,72528.674,788
28 Bhagwanpur 80.02 Mamta Rakesh Indian National Congress 44,88248.36Subodh Rakesh Bharatiya Janata Party 42,36945.662,513
29 Jhabrera 76.28 Deshraj Karnwal Bharatiya Janata Party 32,14638.25Rajpal Singh Indian National Congress 29,89335.572,253
30 Piran Kaliyar 81.52 Furqan Ahmad Indian National Congress 29,24332.43Jai Bhagwan Bharatiya Janata Party 27,89430.931,349
31 Roorkee 63.84 Pradip Batra Bharatiya Janata Party 40,00055.58 Suresh Chand Jain Indian National Congress 27,45838.1612,542
32 Khanpur 76.28 Kunwar Pranav Singh 'Champion' Bharatiya Janata Party 53,19249.89Riyasat Ali Bahujan Samaj Party 39,45737.0113,735
33 Manglaur 78.22 Muhammad Nizamuddin Indian National Congress 31,35238.75 Sarwat Karim Ansari Bahujan Samaj Party 28,68435.452,668
34 Laksar 81.94 Sanjay Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 25,24832.46 Taslim Ahmad Indian National Congress 23,64430.401,604
35 Haridwar Rural 81.71 Yatishwaranand Bharatiya Janata Party 44,96446.08 Harish Rawat Indian National Congress 32,68633.5012,278
Pauri Garhwal District
36 Yamkeshwar 52.70 Ritu Khanduri Bhushan Bharatiya Janata Party 19,67143.96 Renu Bisht Independent 10,68923.898,982
37 Pauri 51.83 Mukesh Singh Koli Bharatiya Janata Party 24,46955.19Naval Kishor Indian National Congress 19,43940.537,030
38 Srinagar 57.12Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party 30,81651.84 Ganesh Godiyal Indian National Congress 22,11837.218,698
39 Chaubattakhal 48.16 Satpal Maharaj Bharatiya Janata Party 20,93131.23Rajpal Singh Bisht Indian National Congress 13,56716.937,354
40 Lansdowne Dilip Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party 22,246 Tejpal Singh Rawat Indian National Congress 15,7716,475
41 Kotdwar Harak Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party 39,859 Surendra Singh Negi Indian National Congress 28,54111,318
Pithoragarh District
42 Dharchula Harish Singh Dhami Indian National Congress 25,597Virendra Singh Pal Bharatiya Janata Party 22,5123,085
43 Didihat Bishan Singh Chuphal Bharatiya Janata Party 17,392Kishan Bhandari Independent 15,0242,368
44 Pithoragarh Prakash Pant Bharatiya Janata Party 32,941 Mayukh Singh Mahar Indian National Congress 30,2572,684
45 Gangolihat Meena Gangola Bharatiya Janata Party 20,418 Narayan Ram Arya Indian National Congress 19,613805
Bageshwar District
46 Kapkot 61.78 Balwant Singh Bhauryal Bharatiya Janata Party 27,21346.39 Lalit Pharswan Indian National Congress 21,23136.195,982
47 Bageshwar 59.86 Chandan Ram Das Bharatiya Janata Party 33,79251.24Bal Krishna Indian National Congress 19,22529.1514,567
Almora District
48 Dwarahat Mahesh Singh Negi Bharatiya Janata Party 20,221 Madan Singh Bisht Indian National Congress 13,6286,593
49 Salt Surendra Singh Jeena Bharatiya Janata Party 21,581Ganga Pancholi Indian National Congress 18,6772,904
50 Ranikhet Karan Mahra Indian National Congress 19,035 Ajay Bhatt Bharatiya Janata Party 14,0544,981
51 Someshwar Rekha Arya Bharatiya Janata Party 23,107Rajendra Barakoti Indian National Congress 22,397710
52 Almora Raghunath Singh Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 26,464 Manoj Tiwari Indian National Congress 21,0855,379
53 Jageshwar Govind Singh Kunjwal Indian National Congress 24,132Subhash Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party 23,733399
Champawat District
54 Lohaghat Puran Singh Phartyal Bharatiya Janata Party 26,468Khushal Singh Indian National Congress 26,320848
55 Champawat Kailash Chandra Gahtori Bharatiya Janata Party 36,601 Hemesh Kharkwal Indian National Congress 19,24117,360
Nainital District
56 Lalkuan Navin Chandra Dumka Bharatiya Janata Party 44,293 Harish Chandra Durgapal Indian National Congress 17,18527,108
57 Bhimtal Ram Singh Kaira Independent 18,878 Govind Singh Bisht Bharatiya Janata Party 15,4323,446
58 Nainital Sanjiv Arya Bharatiya Janata Party 30,036 Sarita Arya Indian National Congress 22,7897,247
59 Haldwani Indira Hridayesh Indian National Congress 43,786Dr. Jogendra Pal Singh Rautela Bharatiya Janata Party 37,2296,557
60 Kaladhungi Banshidhar Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party 45,704Prakash Joshi Indian National Congress 25,10720,597
61 Ramnagar Diwan Singh Bisht Bharatiya Janata Party 35,839 Ranjit Singh Rawat Indian National Congress 27,2288,611
Udham Singh Nagar District
62 Jaspur Adesh Singh Chauhan Indian National Congress 42,551Dr. Shailendra Mohan Singhal Bharatiya Janata Party 38,3474,204
63 Kashipur Harbhajan Singh Cheema Bharatiya Janata Party 50,156Manoj Joshi Indian National Congress 30,04220,114
64 Bajpur Yashpal Arya Bharatiya Janata Party 54,965Sunita Tamta Indian National Congress 42,32912,636
65 Gadarpur Arvind Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party 41,530Rajendra Pal Singh Indian National Congress 27,42414,106
66 Rudrapur Rajkumar Thukral Bharatiya Janata Party 68,754 Tilak Raj Behar Indian National Congress 43,98324,771
67 Kichha Rajesh Shukla Bharatiya Janata Party 40,363 Harish Rawat Indian National Congress 38,2362,127
68 Sitarganj Saurabh Bahuguna Bharatiya Janata Party 50,597Malti Biswas Indian National Congress 22,14728,450
69 Nanakmatta Prem Singh Rana Bharatiya Janata Party 42,785 Gopal Singh Rana Indian National Congress 33,2549,531
70 Khatima Pushkar Singh Dhami Bharatiya Janata Party 29,539 Bhuwan Chandra Kapri Indian National Congress 26,8302,709

List of elected Assembly members

Complete list of winners with the margin of winning votes. [14]

S. No.ConstituencyElected MemberParty affiliation
1 Purola (SC) Raj Kumar INC
2 Yamunotri Kedar Singh Rawat BJP
3 Gangotri Gopal Singh Rawat BJP
4 Badrinath Mahendra Bhatt BJP
5 Tharali (SC) Magan Lal Shah BJP
6 Karnaprayag Surendra Singh Negi BJP
7 Kedarnath Manoj Rawat INC
8 Rudraprayag Bharat Singh Rawat BJP
9 Ghansali (SC) Shakti Lal Shah BJP
10 Devprayag Vinod Kandari BJP
11 Narendranagar Subodh Uniyal BJP
12 Pratapnagar Vijay Singh Panwar BJP
13 Tehri Dhan Singh Negi BJP
14 Dhanaulti Pritam Singh Panwar Independent
15 Chakrata (ST) Pritam Singh INC
16 Vikasnagar Munna Singh Chauhan BJP
17 Sahaspur Sahdev Singh Pundir BJP
18 Dharampur Vinod Chamoli BJP
19 Raipur Umesh Sharma 'Kau' BJP
20 Rajpur Road (SC) Khajan Dass BJP
21 Dehradun Cantonment Harbans Kapoor BJP
22 Mussoorie Ganesh Joshi BJP
23 Doiwala Trivendra Singh Rawat BJP
24 Rishikesh Premchand Aggarwal BJP
25 Haridwar Madan Kaushik BJP
26 BHEL Ranipur Adesh Chauhan BJP
27 Jwalapur (SC) Suresh Rathod BJP
28 Bhagwanpur (SC) Mamta Rakesh INC
29 Jhabrera (SC) Deshraj Karnwal BJP
30 Piran Kaliyar Furqan Ahmad INC
31 Roorkee Pradip Batra BJP
32 Khanpur Pranav Singh 'Champion' BJP
33 Manglaur Muhammad Nizamuddin INC
34 Laksar Sanjay Gupta BJP
35 Haridwar Rural Yatishwaranand BJP
36 Yamkeshwar Ritu Khanduri Bhushan BJP
37 Pauri (SC) Mukesh Singh Koli BJP
38 Srinagar Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat BJP
39 Chaubattakhal Satpal Maharaj BJP
40 Lansdowne Dilip Singh Rawat BJP
41 Kotdwar Dr. Harak Singh Rawat BJP
42 Dharchula Harish Singh Dhami INC
43 Didihat Bishan Singh Chuphal BJP
44 Pithoragarh Prakash Pant BJP
45 Gangolihat (SC) Mina Gangola BJP
46 Kapkot Balwant Singh Bhauryal BJP
47 Bageshwar (SC) Chandan Ram Das BJP
48 Dwarahat Mahesh Singh Negi BJP
49 Salt Surendra Singh Jeena BJP
50 Ranikhet Karan Mahara INC
51 Someshwar (SC) Rekha Arya BJP
52 Almora Raghunath Singh Chauhan BJP
53 Jageshwar Govind Singh Kunjwal INC
54 Lohaghat Puran Singh Phartyal BJP
55 Champawat Kailash Chandra Gahtori BJP
56 Lalkuan Navin Chandra Dumka BJP
57 Bhimtal Ram Singh Kaira Independent
58 Nainital (SC) Sanjiv Arya BJP
59 Haldwani Dr. Indira Hridayesh INC
60 Kaladhungi Banshidhar Bhagat BJP
61 Ramnagar Diwan Singh Bisht BJP
62 Jaspur Adesh Singh Chauhan INC
63 Kashipur Harbhajan Singh Cheema BJP
64 Bajpur (SC) Yashpal Arya BJP
65 Gadarpur Arvind Pandey BJP
66 Rudrapur Rajkumar Thukral BJP
67 Kichha Rajesh Shukla BJP
68 Sitarganj Saurabh Bahuguna BJP
69 Nanakmatta (ST)Dr. Prem Singh Rana BJP
70 Khatima Pushkar Singh Dhami BJP

[15]

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