2017 elections in India

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The elections in India in 2017 include the seven state legislative assembly elections. [1] [2]

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Maps

2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election India PB.svg
2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election India UP.svg
2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election India UK.svg
2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election India MN.svg
2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election
2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election India GA.svg
2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election
2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election India GJ.svg
2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election India HP.svg
2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

State legislatures

Date(s)State/UTGovernment BeforeChief Minister before electionGovernment AfterElected Chief Minister
4 February 2017 Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal Parkash Singh Badal Indian National Congress Amarinder Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
4 February 2017 Goa Bharatiya Janata Party Laxmikant Parsekar Bharatiya Janata Party Manohar Parrikar
Goa Forward Party
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
15 February 2017 Uttarakhand Indian National Congress Harish Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party Trivendra Singh Rawat
11 February 2017 to 9 March 2017 Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party Yogi Adityanath
Apna Dal (Sonelal)
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party
4 March 2017 & 8 March 2017 Manipur Indian National Congress Okram Ibobi Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Nongthombam Biren Singh
National People's Party
Naga People's Front
Lok Janshakti Party
9 November 2017 Himachal Pradesh Indian National Congress Virbhadra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Jai Ram Thakur
9 December 2017 & 14 December 2017 Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party Vijay Rupani Bharatiya Janata Party Vijay Rupani

Presidential election

A presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 before the term of the President Pranab Mukherjee ended. Ram Nath Kovind was declared the winner after the counting of votes which was held on 20 July 2017. [3]

Results of the 2017 Indian presidential election [4]
CandidateIndividual votesElectoral College votes%
Ram Nath Kovind2,930702,044
65.65%
Meira Kumar1,844367,314
34.35%
Invalid [5] 7720,942

Vice Presidential election

A Vice Presidential election were held in India on 5 August 2017 before the term of Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari ends. Venkaiah Naidu was elected as the Vice President of India. Mr Naidu received 516 votes defeating the opposition's candidate, Gopal Krishna Gandhi, who got 244 votes. A total of 771 out of 785 parliamentarians voted in the election. M Venkaiah Naidu's victory margin of 272 votes is the highest in a vice presidential election in the last three decades. [6]

Parliamentary By-election

S.NoDateConstituencyState/UTMP before electionParty before electionElected MPParty after election
14 February 2017 Amritsar [7] Punjab Amarinder Singh Indian National Congress Gurjeet Singh Aujla Indian National Congress
411 October 2017 Gurdaspur [8] Vinod Khanna Bharatiya Janata Party Sunil Jakhar Indian National Congress
2 9 April 2017 Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir Tariq Hameed Karra Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party Farooq Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
312 April 2017 Malappuram Kerala E. Ahamed Indian Union Muslim League P.K. Kunhalikutty Indian Union Muslim League

Legislative assembly elections

Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMaps
4 February 2017 Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal Parkash Singh Badal Indian National Congress Amarinder Singh IN-PB.svg
14 February 2022 Goa Bharatiya Janata Party Laxmikant Parsekar Bharatiya Janata Party Manohar Parrikar IN-GA.svg
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Goa Forward Party
15 February 2017 Uttarakhand Indian National Congress Harish Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party Trivendra Singh Rawat IN-UT.svg
11 February – 8 March 2017 Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party Yogi Adityanath IN-UP.svg
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party
Apna Dal
4 – 8 March 2017 Manipur Indian National Congress Okram Ibobi Singh Bharatiya Janata Party N. Biren Singh IN-MN.svg
National People's Party
Naga People's Front
9 November 2017 Himachal Pradesh Indian National Congress Virbhadra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Jai Ram Thakur IN-HP.svg
9 and 14 December 2017 Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party Vijay Rupani Bharatiya Janata Party Vijay Rupani IN-GJ.svg

Punjab

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Punjab

Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 75 per cent voter turnout. [9] [10] In Punjab all the 117 assembly constituencies have triangular contests between major parties makes the results uncertain. [11]

2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election map.svg

Result was declared on 11 March 2017.

Summary of the 4 February 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election results [12]
Punjab Legislative Assembly Nov 2017.svg
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes%± pp ContestedWon+/−
Indian National Congress (INC)5,945,89938.5Decrease2.svg1.411777Increase2.svg31
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)3,662,66523.7Increase2.svg23.711220Increase2.svg20
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)3,898,16125.2Decrease2.svg9.49415Decrease2.svg41
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)833,0925.4Decrease2.svg1.8233Decrease2.svg9
Independents (IND)323,2432.1Decrease2.svg5.03030Decrease2.svg3
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)234,4001.5Decrease2.svg2.81170Steady2.svg
Lok Insaaf Party (LIP)189,2281.2Increase2.svg1.252Increase2.svg2
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) (SAD(M))49,2600.3Steady2.svg540Steady2.svg
Aapna Punjab Party (APPA)37,4760.2Steady2.svg780Steady2.svg
Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMPOI)37,2430.2Steady2.svg130Steady2.svg
Communist Party of India (CPI)34,0740.2Decrease2.svg0.6230Steady2.svg
None of the above (NOTA)108,4710.7Increase2.svg0.7Steady2.svg
Total15,443,466100.00117±0

Goa

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Goa

Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 83 per cent turnout. [10] [9] The BJP, MGP, GFP and two independents formed an alliance to win the election. [13]

Summary of the 4 February 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election results [14]
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes%± %Won+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)2,97,58832.5Decrease2.svg2.213Decrease2.svg8
Indian National Congress (INC)2,59,75828.4Decrease2.svg2.417Increase2.svg8
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG)1,03,29011.3Increase2.svg4.63Steady2.svg
Independents (IND)1,01,92211.1Decrease2.svg5.53Decrease2.svg2
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)57,4206.3Increase2.svg6.30Steady2.svg
Goa Forward Party (GFP)31,9003.5Increase2.svg3.53Increase2.svg3
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)20,9162.3Decrease2.svg1.81Increase2.svg1
Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM)10,7451.2Increase2.svg1.20Steady2.svg
United Goans Party (UGP)8,5630.9Increase2.svg0.90Steady2.svg
Goa Vikas Party (GVP)5,3790.6Decrease2.svg2.90Decrease2.svg2
Others7,8160.9Decrease2.svg2.90Steady2.svg
None of the Above (NOTA)10,9191.2Increase2.svg1.2
Total9,16,216100.0040±0
Valid votes9,16,21699.85
Invalid votes1,4160.15
Votes cast / turnout9,17,83282.56
Abstentions1,93,86017.44
Registered voters11,11,692

Uttar Pradesh

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Uttar Pradesh

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh were held between 11 February and 9 March 2017 in seven phases. [10] Result was declared on 11 March 2017. [15]

Summary of the 11 February – 8 March 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election results [16]
2017 Uttar Pradesh election result.png
PartyPopular voteSeats
Votes%± pp ContestedWon+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)34,403,03939.7Increase2.svg24.7384312Increase2.svg265
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)19,281,35222.2Decrease2.svg3.740319Decrease2.svg61
Samajwadi Party (SP)18,923,68922.0Decrease2.svg7.729847Decrease2.svg177
Indian National Congress (INC)5,416,3246.2Decrease2.svg5.41057Decrease2.svg21
Independents (IND)2,229,4482.6Decrease2.svg1.514623Decrease2.svg11
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)1,545,8101.8Decrease2.svg0.51311Decrease2.svg8
Apna Dal (Sonelal) (ADAL)851,3361.0Increase2.svg1.0119Increase2.svg9
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP)607,9110.7Increase2.svg0.784Increase2.svg4
Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (NINSHAD)540,5420.6Increase2.svg0.61001Increase2.svg1
Peace Party of India (PECP)227,9980.3Decrease2.svg2.01500Decrease2.svg4
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)205,2320.2Steady2.svg380Steady2.svg
Lok Dal (LD)181,7040.2Increase2.svg0.1810Steady2.svg
Bahujan Mukti Party (BMUP)152,8440.2Increase2.svg0.21820Steady2.svg
Communist Party of India (CPI)138,7630.2Steady2.svg900Steady2.svg
Mahan Dal (MD)96,0870.1Decrease2.svg0.8140Steady2.svg
Shiv Sena (SS)88,5950.1Increase2.svg0.71500Steady2.svg
Other parties1,080,0071.2Decrease2.svg7.316430Decrease2.svg3
None of the above (NOTA)757,6430.9Increase2.svg 0.9
Total86,728,324100.00403±0

Uttarakhand

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Uttarakhand

Elections for the State assembly were held on 15 February 2017 with a 65.64 per cent turnout. [10] Result was declared on 11 March 2017.

Summary of the 15 February 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election results
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election 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

Manipur

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Manipur

Assembly elections in Manipur were held on 4 March and 8 March 2017 in two phases. [10] The result was declared on 11 March 2017.

Summary of the 4–8 March 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election results [17]
Manipur Legislative Assembly 2017.svg
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes%±pp Won+/−
Indian National Congress (INC)582,05635.1Decrease2.svg6.928Decrease2.svg19
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)601,53936.3Increase2.svg34.221Increase2.svg21
Naga People's Front (NPF)118,8507.2Decrease2.svg0.34Steady2.svg
National People's Party (NPP)83,7445.1Increase2.svg3.94Increase2.svg4
Independents (IND)83,8345.1Increase2.svg1.81Increase2.svg1
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP)42,2632.5Increase2.svg1.91Steady2.svg
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)23,3841.4Decrease2.svg15.61Decrease2.svg4
None of the Above (NOTA)9,0620.6Increase2.svg0.6
Total100.0060±0

Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh India HP.svg
Himachal Pradesh

Elections for the State assembly was held on 9 November 2017. Voting turnout recorded 74%, which is highest ever in the state. [18] The results were declared on 18 December 2017. Over 0.9% of all voters in the election specified the 'None of the Above' option, which amounted to than 33,000 votes. [19]

Summary of the 9 November 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election results [17]
Himachal Pradesh Legislature 2017.svg
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes%±pp Won+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)1,846,43248.8Increase2.svg10.344Increase2.svg18
Indian National Congress (INC)1,577,45041.7Decrease2.svg1.121Decrease2.svg15
Independents (IND)239,9896.3Decrease2.svg6.12Decrease2.svg3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))55,5581.5Decrease2.svg0.11Increase2.svg1
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)18,5400.5Decrease2.svg0.70Steady2.svg
Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP)Decrease2.svg2.40Decrease2.svg1
None of the Above (NOTA)34,2320.9Increase2.svg0.9
Total100.0068±0

Gujarat

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Gujarat

Elections for the State Assembly were held on 9 and 14 December 2017. [20] [21] The result was declared on 18 December 2017.[ citation needed ]

Summary of the 9–14 December 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election results
Gujarat Legislative Assembly 2017.svg
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes%±pp Won+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)1,47,24,42749.1Increase2.svg1.299Decrease2.svg16
Indian National Congress (INC)1,24,38,93741.4Increase2.svg2.577Increase2.svg16
Independents (IND)12,90,2784.3Decrease2.svg1.53Increase2.svg2
Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP)2,22,6940.7Increase2.svg0.72Increase2.svg2
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)2,07,0070.7Decrease2.svg0.60Steady2.svg
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)1,84,8150.6Decrease2.svg0.41Decrease2.svg1
All India Hindustan Congress Party (AIHCP)83,9220.3Increase2.svg0.30Steady2.svg
Rashtriya Samajwadi Party (Secular) (RSPS)45,8330.2Increase2.svg0.20Steady2.svg
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)24,9180.1Increase2.svg0.10Steady2.svg
Janata Dal (United) (JDU)0Decrease2.svg1
Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP)Decrease2.svg3.60Decrease2.svg2
None of the Above (NOTA)5,51,6151.8Increase2.svg1.8
Total100.00182±0

Legislative Assembly by-elections

Andhra Pradesh

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
13923 August 2017 Nandyal Bhuma Nagi Reddy YSR Congress Party Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy Telugu Desam Party

Arunachal Pradesh

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
1221 December 2017 Pakke-Kessang Kameng Dolo Indian National Congress Biyuram Wahge Bharatiya Janata Party
28 Likabali Jomde Kena Indian National Congress Kardo Nayigyor Bharatiya Janata Party

Assam

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
1139 April 2017 Dhemaji Pradan Baruah Bharatiya Janata Party Ranoj Pegu Bharatiya Janata Party

Delhi

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
279 April 2017 Rajouri Garden Jarnail Singh Aam Aadmi Party Manjinder Singh Sirsa Bharatiya Janata Party
723 August 2017 Bawana Ved Parkash Aam Aadmi Party Ram Chander Aam Aadmi Party

Goa

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
1123 August 2017 Panaji Sidharth Kuncalienker Bharatiya Janata Party Manohar Parrikar Bharatiya Janata Party
19 Valpoi Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane Indian National Congress Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane Bharatiya Janata Party

Himachal Pradesh

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
369 April 2017 Bhoranj Ishwar Dass Dhiman Bharatiya Janata Party Dr Anil Dhiman Bharatiya Janata Party

Jharkhand

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
49 April 2017 Litipara Anil Murmu Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Simon

randi

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Karnataka

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
2149 April 2017 Nanjangud Srinivas Prasad Indian National Congress Kalale N. Keshavamurthy Indian National Congress
224 Gundlupet H. S. Mahadeva Prasad Indian National Congress M.C. Mohan Kumari Indian National Congress

Kerala

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
4111 October 2017 Vengara P.K. Kunhalikutty Indian Union Muslim League K. N. A. Khader Indian Union Muslim League

Madhya Pradesh

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
99 April 2017 Ater Satyadev Katare Indian National Congress Hemant Katare Indian National Congress
89 Bandhavgarh Gyan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Shiv Narayan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
619 November 2017 Chitrakoot Prem Singh Indian National Congress Neelanshu Chaturvedi Indian National Congress

Nagaland

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
1029 July 2017 Northern Angami-I Khriehu Liezietsu Naga People's Front Shurhozelie Liezietsu Naga People's Front

Rajasthan

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
799 April 2017 Dholpur B.L. Kushwah Bahujan Samaj Party Shobha Rani Kushwah Bharatiya Janata Party

Sikkim

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
2812 April 2017 Upper Burtuk Prem Singh Tamang Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Dilli Ram Thapa Sikkim Democratic Front

Tamil Nadu

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionReasonElected MLAParty after election
1121 December 2017 Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar J. Jayalalithaa All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Died on 5 December 2016 [22] T. T. V. Dhinakaran Independent politician

Uttar Pradesh

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
20721 December 2017 Sikandra Mathura Prasad Pal Bharatiya Janata Party Ajit Singh Pal Bharatiya Janata Party

West Bengal

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
2169 April 2017 Kanthi Dakshin Dibyendu Adhikari All India Trinamool Congress Chandrima Bhattacharya All India Trinamool Congress
22621 December 2017 Sabang Manas Bhunia Indian National Congress Geeta Rani Bhunia All India Trinamool Congress

See also

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