2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

The 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 2nd Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. The 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.

This was the first assembly election in Uttarakhand in which a party could not win a majority. This would be the first time that the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal would be in a coalition government. It was the only Uttarakhand state election where a sitting chief minister did not contest or lose his seat because incumbent Narayan Datt Tiwari chose to step down after the election.

Parties and alliances

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsBharatiya Janata PartyB. C. Khanduri70

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsIndian National CongressHarak Singh Rawat 70

Others Party flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats Bahujan Samaj Party Mayawati 70 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal Diwakar Bhatt 61

Results Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won Leader in the House1Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)7035Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2007–2009)Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nihsank' (2009–2011)Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2011–2012)4Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD)6103Diwakar Bhatt5Independents–03N/A2Indian National Congress (INC)7021Harak Singh Rawat3Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)7008Narayan Pal 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.

List of elected Assembly members

S. No.ConstituencyElected MemberParty affiliation1Purola (SC)Rajesh JuwanthaINC2GangotriGopal Singh RawatBJP 3YamunotriKedar Singh RawatINC4PratapnagarVijay Singh PanwarBJP 5TehriKishore UpadhyayaINC6GhansaliBalvir Singh NegiINC7DevprayagDiwakar BhattUKD8NarendranagarOm Gopal RawatUKD9Dhanaulti (SC)Khajan DassBJP 10Chakrata (ST)Pritam SinghINC 11VikasnagarMunna Singh ChauhanBJP 12Sahaspur (SC)RajkumarBJP13Lakshman ChowkDinesh AgrawalINC14DehradunHarbans KapoorBJP 15RajpurGanesh JoshiBJP 16MussoorieJot Singh GunsolaINC17RishikeshPremchand AggarwalBJP 18DoiwalaTrivendra Singh RawatBJP 19Bhagwanpur (SC)Surendra RakeshBSP20RoorkeeSuresh Chand JainBJP 21IqbalpurYashveer SinghBSP 22ManglaurMuhammad NizamuddinBSP 23Landhaura (SC)Hari DasBSP24LaksarPranav Singh 'Champion'INC25BahadarabadMuhammad ShahzadBSP26HaridwarMadan KaushikBJP27LaldhangTaslim AhmadBSP28YamkeshwarVijaya BarthwalBJP29KotdwarShailendra Singh RawatBJP 30Dhumakot Lt. Gen. Tejpal Singh Rawat (Retd.)INC31BironkhalAmrita RawatINC32LansdowneDr. Harak Singh RawatINC33PauriYashpal BenamIndependent34Srinagar (SC)Brijmohan KotwalBJP 35ThalisainDr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'BJP 36RudraprayagMatbar Singh KandariBJP 37KedarnathAsha NautiyalBJP 38BadrinathKedar Singh PhoniaBJP 39NandaprayagRajendra Singh BhandariIndependent40KarnaprayagAnil NautiyalBJP 41Pindar (SC)Govind LalBJP 42KapkotBhagat Singh KoshyariBJP 43KandaBalwant Singh BhauryalBJP 44Bageshwar (SC)Chandan Ram DasBJP 45DwarahatPushpesh TripathiUKD46BhikiyasainSurendra Singh JeenaBJP 47SaltRanjit Singh RawatINC48RanikhetKaran MaharaINC49Someshwar (SC)Ajay TamtaBJP50AlmoraManoj TiwariINC51JageshwarGovind Singh KunjwalINC52Mukteshwar (SC)Yashpal AryaINC53DhariGovind Singh BishtBJP54HaldwaniBanshidhar BhagatBJP55NainitalKharak Singh BohraBJP56RamnagarDiwan Singh BishtBJP57JaspurDr. Shailendra Mohan SinghalINC58KashipurHarbhajan Singh CheemaBJP 59BajpurArvind PandeyBJP60Pantnagar–GadarpurPremanand Mahajan BSP61Rudrapur–KichhaTilak Raj BeharINC 62Sitarganj (SC)Narayan PalBSP 63Khatima (ST)Gopal Singh RanaINC64ChampawatVina MahranaBJP65LohaghatMahendra Singh MahraINC66PithoragarhPrakash PantBJP67Gangolihat (SC)Joga Ram TamtaBJP68DidihatBishan Singh ChuphalBJP69KanalichhinaMayukh Singh MaharINC70Dharchula (ST)Gagan Singh RajwarIndependent

See also 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly First Khanduri ministry Pokhriyal ministry Second Khanduri ministry Elections in Uttarakhand Politics of Uttarakhand 2007 elections in India

References

External links Elected Members of Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand, Official list Govt. of Uttarakhand.