The elections in India in 2017 include the seven state legislative assembly elections.
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State legislatures
Date(s) State/UTGovernment Before Chief Minister before election Government After Elected Chief Minister 4 February 2017 Punjab Shiromani Akali DalParkash Singh Badal Indian National Congress Amarinder SinghBharatiya Janata Party 4 February 2017 Goa Bharatiya Janata PartyLaxmikant Parsekar Bharatiya Janata Party Manohar ParrikarGoa Forward PartyMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 15 February 2017 Uttarakhand Harish RawatTrivendra Singh Rawat 11 February 2017 to 9 March 2017 Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi PartyAkhilesh Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party Yogi AdityanathApna Dal (Sonelal)Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party 4 March 2017 & 8 March 2017 Manipur Indian National CongressOkram Ibobi Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Nongthombam Biren SinghNational People's PartyNaga People's FrontLok Janshakti Party 9 November 2017 Himachal Pradesh Indian National CongressVirbhadra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Jai Ram Thakur 9 December 2017 & 14 December 2017 Gujarat Bharatiya Janata PartyVijay 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. + Results of the 2017 Indian presidential election Candidate Individual votes Electoral College votes % Ram Nath Kovind 2,930 702,044 65.65% Meira Kumar 1,844 367,314 34.35% Invalid 77 20,942
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. Parliamentary By-election S.NoDateConstituencyState/UTMP before electionParty before electionElected MPParty after election14 February 2017AmritsarPunjabAmarinder SinghIndian National Congress Gurjeet Singh AujlaIndian National Congress411 October 2017GurdaspurVinod KhannaBharatiya Janata Party Sunil JakharIndian National Congress29 April 2017SrinagarJammu and KashmirTariq Hameed KarraJammu and Kashmir People's Democratic PartyFarooq AbdullahJammu & Kashmir National Conference312 April 2017MalappuramKeralaE. AhamedIndian Union Muslim LeagueP.K. KunhalikuttyIndian Union Muslim League
Legislative assembly elections
Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMapsFebruary 2017Punjab Parkash Singh Badal Amarinder Singh 14 February 2017 Goa Laxmikant Parsekar Manohar Parrikar 15 February 2017 Uttarakhand Harish RawatTrivendra Singh Rawat 11 February – 8 March 2017 Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav Yogi Adityanath 4 – 8 March 2017 Manipur Okram Ibobi Singh N. Biren Singh 9 November 2017Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh Jai Ram Thakur 9 and 14 December 2017Gujarat Vijay Rupani Vijay Rupani
Punjab
Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 75 per cent voter turnout. In Punjab all the 117 assembly constituencies have triangular contests between major parties makes the results uncertain.
Result was declared on 11 March 2017. + ← Summary of the 4 February 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election results Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeatsVotes%±pp ContestedWon+/−Indian National Congress (INC) 5,945,899 38.5 1.4 117 77 31Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 3,662,665 23.723.7 112 20 20 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) 3,898,161 25.2 9.4 94 15 41 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 833,092 5.4 1.8 23 3 9 Independents (IND) 323,243 2.1 5.0 303 0 3 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 234,400 1.5 2.8 117 0 Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) 189,228 1.2 1.2 5 2 2 Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) (SAD(M)) 49,260 0.3 54 0 Aapna Punjab Party (APPA) 37,476 0.2 78 0 Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMPOI) 37,243 0.2 13 0 Communist Party of India (CPI) 34,074 0.2 0.6 23 0 None of the above (NOTA) 108,471 0.7 0.7 colspan="2" Total 15,443,466 100.00 117 ±0
Goa
Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 83 per cent turnout. The BJP, MGP, GFP and two independents formed an alliance to win the election.
Uttar Pradesh
Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh were held between 11 February and 9 March 2017 in seven phases. Result was declared on 11 March 2017. + ← Summary of the 11 February – 8 March 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election results PartyPopular voteSeats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 34,403,039 39.7 24.7 384 312 265Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 19,281,352 22.2 3.7 403 19 61Samajwadi Party (SP) 18,923,689 22.0 7.7 298 47 177Indian National Congress (INC) 5,416,324 6.2 5.4 105 7 21Independents (IND) 2,229,448 2.6 1.5 1462 3 11Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) 1,545,810 1.8 0.5 131 1 8Apna Dal (Sonelal) (ADAL) 851,336 1.0 1.0 11 9 9Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) 607,911 0.7 0.7 8 4 4Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (NINSHAD) 540,542 0.6 0.6 100 1 1Peace Party of India (PECP) 227,998 0.32.0 150 0 4 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) 205,232 0.2 38 0 Lok Dal (LD) 181,704 0.2 0.1 81 0 Bahujan Mukti Party (BMUP) 152,844 0.2 0.2 182 0 Communist Party of India (CPI) 138,763 0.2 90 0 Mahan Dal (MD) 96,087 0.1 0.8 14 0 Shiv Sena (SS) 88,595 0.1 0.7 150 0 Other parties 1,080,007 1.2 7.3 1643 0 3None of the above (NOTA) 757,643 0.9 0.9 colspan="3" style="text-align:left" Total 86,728,324 100.00 403 ±0
Uttarakhand
Elections for the State assembly were held on 15 February 2017 with a 65.64 per cent turnout. Result was declared on 11 March 2017.
+ ← Summary of the 15 February 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election results Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 2,314,250 46.5 13.4 57 26 Indian National Congress (INC) 1,666,379 33.5 0.3 11 21 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 347,533 7.0 5.2 0 3 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) 37,041 0.7 1.2 0 1 Samajwadi Party (SP) 18,202 0.4 1.0 0 Independents (IND) 499,674 10.0 2.3 2 1 None of the Above (NOTA) 50,439 1.0 colspan="3" Total 4,975,494 100.00 70 ±0
Manipur
Assembly elections in Manipur were held on 4 March and 8 March 2017 in two phases. The result was declared on 11 March 2017. + ← Summary of the 4–8 March 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election results Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Indian National Congress (INC) 582,056 35.1 6.9 28 19 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 601,539 36.3 34.2 21 21 Naga People's Front (NPF) 118,850 7.2 0.3 4 National People's Party (NPP) 83,744 5.1 3.9 4 4 Independents (IND) 83,834 5.1 1.8 1 1 Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) 42,263 2.5 1.9 1 All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) 23,384 1.4 15.6 1 4 None of the Above (NOTA) 9,062 0.6 0.6 colspan="2" Total 100.00 60 ±0
Himachal Pradesh
Elections for the State assembly was held on 9 November 2017. Voting turnout recorded 74%, which is highest ever in the state. 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.
+ ← Summary of the 9 November 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election results Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1,846,432 48.8 10.3 44 18 Indian National Congress (INC) 1,577,450 41.7 1.1 21 15 Independents (IND) 239,989 6.3 6.1 2 3 Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) 55,558 1.5 0.1 1 1 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 18,540 0.5 0.7 0 Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP) colspan="2" 2.4 0 1 None of the Above (NOTA) 34,232 0.9 0.9 colspan="2" Total 100.00 68 ±0
Gujarat
Elections for the State Assembly were held on 9 and 14 December 2017. The result was declared on 18 December 2017. + ← Summary of the 9–14 December 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election results Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1,47,24,427 49.1 1.2 99 16 Indian National Congress (INC) 1,24,38,937 41.4 2.5 77 16 Independents (IND) 12,90,278 4.3 1.5 3 2 Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) 2,22,694 0.7 0.7 2 2 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 2,07,007 0.7 0.6 0 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 1,84,815 0.6 0.4 1 1 All India Hindustan Congress Party (AIHCP) 83,922 0.3 0.3 0 Rashtriya Samajwadi Party (Secular) (RSPS) 45,833 0.2 0.2 0 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 24,918 0.1 0.1 0 Janata Dal (United) (JDU) 0 1 Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) colspan="2" 3.6 0 2 None of the Above (NOTA) 5,51,615 1.8 1.8 colspan="2" Total 100.00 182 ±0
Legislative Assembly by-elections Andhra Pradesh S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election13923 August 2017NandyalBhuma Nagi Reddy Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy
Arunachal Pradesh S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election1221 December 2017Pakke-KessangKameng DoloBiyuram Wahge28LikabaliJomde KenaKardo Nayigyor
Assam S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election1139 April 2017DhemajiPradan Baruah Ranoj Pegu
Delhi S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election279 April 2017Rajouri GardenJarnail Singh Manjinder Singh Sirsa723 August 2017BawanaVed Parkash Ram Chander
Goa S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election1123 August 2017PanajiSidharth KuncalienkerManohar Parrikar19ValpoiVishwajit Pratapsingh RaneVishwajit Pratapsingh Rane
Himachal Pradesh S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election369 April 2017BhoranjIshwar Dass Dhiman Dr Anil Dhiman
Jharkhand S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election49 April 2017LitiparaAnil Murmu Simon Marandi
Karnataka S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election2149 April 2017NanjangudSrinivas PrasadKalale N. Keshavamurthy224GundlupetH. S. Mahadeva PrasadM.C. Mohan Kumari
Kerala S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election4111 October 2017VengaraP.K. Kunhalikutty K. N. A. Khader
Madhya Pradesh S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election99 April 2017AterSatyadev KatareHemant Katare89BandhavgarhGyan SinghShiv Narayan Singh619 November 2017ChitrakootPrem SinghNeelanshu Chaturvedi
Nagaland S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election1029 July 2017Northern Angami-IKhriehu Liezietsu Shurhozelie Liezietsu
Rajasthan S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election799 April 2017DholpurB.L. Kushwah Shobha Rani Kushwah
Sikkim S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election2812 April 2017Upper BurtukPrem Singh Tamang Dilli Ram Thapa
Tamil Nadu S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionReasonElected MLAParty after election1121 December 2017Dr. Radhakrishnan NagarJ. JayalalithaaDied on 5 December 2016T. T. V. Dhinakaran
Uttar Pradesh S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election20721 December 2017SikandraMathura Prasad Pal Ajit Singh Pal
West Bengal S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election2169 April 2017Kanthi DakshinDibyendu AdhikariChandrima Bhattacharya22621 December 2017SabangManas BhuniaGeeta Rani Bhunia
See also 2016 elections in India 2018 elections in India
References
External links
Election Commission of India