Elections in Uttarakhand

Elections for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in Uttarakhand state, India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Uttarakhand creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.

Main Political Parties

BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party
INC: Indian National Congress
SP: Samajwadi Party (Supremo: Mulayam Singh Yadav), BSP: Bahujan Samaj Party

Lok Sabha Elections

14th Lok sabha Election, 2004

• Total Seats: 5
• Bharatiya Janata Party: 3/5; Vote share: 40.98% ; (BJP was part of National Democratic Alliance)
• Indian National Congress: 1 seat; Vote share: 38.31% ; (Congress was part of United Progressive Alliance)
• Samajwadi Party: 1 seat; Vote share: 7.93%

15th Lok sabha Election, 2009

• Congress (United Progressive Alliance): 5 out of 5 seats.
• BJP (National Democratic Alliance): Zero

16th Lok sabha Election, 2014

• BJP (National Democratic Alliance): 5 out of 5 seats.
• Congress (United Progressive Alliance): Zero.

Vidhan Sabha Elections

1st Assembly Election 2002

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2002

February 14, 2002

All 70 assembly constituencies 36 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader N. D. Tiwari B. S. Koshyari Party INC BJP Seats won 36 19

Chief Minister before election B. S. Koshyari BJP Elected Chief Minister N. D. Tiwari INC

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2002 were the first Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) elections of the state. When the Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 36 seats in the 70-seat legislature. The Bharatiya Janata Party is the official opposition, holding 19 seats.

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	%of votes	%of votes in seats contested
1	Indian National Congress (INC)	70	36	-	-
2	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	69	19	-	-
3	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	68	8	-	-
4	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD)	62	4	-	-
5	Independents	70	3	-	-
	Total		70

2nd Assembly Election 2007

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2007

February 21, 2007

All 70 assembly constituencies 36 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader B C Khanduri Narayan Dutt Tiwari Party BJP INC Last election 19 36 Seats after 34 21 Seat change 11 15

Chief Minister before election Narayan Dutt Tiwari INC Elected Chief Minister B C Khanduri BJP

Uttarakhand state assembly elections, 2007 were the second Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) of the state.When the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 34 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 is the official opposition, holding 21 seats.

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won
1	Bharatiya Janata Party	69	34
4	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal	61	3
4	Independent	240	3
2	Indian National Congress	69	21
3	Bahujan Samaj Party	69	8
	Total		69/70

After protracted discussions it was announced the B C Khanduri would be Chief Minister and Bhagat Singh Koshiyari was to manage party work.

3rd Assembly Election 2012

Uttarakhand legislative assembly election, 2012

January 30, 2012

All 70 assembly constituencies   Majority party Minority party   Leader Vijay Bahuguna B C Khanduri Party INC BJP Last election 21 34 Seats won 32 31 Seat change 11 3

Chief Minister before election B C Khanduri BJP Elected Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, Harish Rawat, INC

Uttarakhand has turned out incumbent governments in the two elections held since its creation. The Bharatiya Janata Party fought the election under the leadership of its Chief Minister Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri. The main opposition Indian National Congress was led in the assembly by Harak Singh Rawat, but no Chief Ministerial candidate has been proposed. The interim tenure of former Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, which was marked by large-scale corruption accusations, was likely to be the main election issue.

The election took place on 30 January, with the result announced on 6 March. The INC's Vijay Bahuguna was appointed CM despite not having won a vote to be the party's leader in the legislative assembly. This came under criticism over corruption and caste as 24 of the 32 MLAs boycotted the swearing-in in support of the Rajput candidate Harish Rawat (whose caste is now a majority in Uttarakhand) as opposed to the Brahmin CM. Rawat also had the support of the outgoing leader of the opposition Harak Singh Rawat. The detailed result is given below:

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	%of votes	% of votes in seats contested
1	Indian National Congress (INC)	70	32	33.79	33.79
3	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	70	3	12.19	12.19
4	Independents		3	12.34
5	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P)	44	1	1.93	3.18
2	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	70	31	33.13	33.13
	Total		70

Notably the incumbent CM BC Khanduri lost his seat.
Vijay Bahuguna Won Bye-Election held on 8 July from SITARGANJ seat vacated due to resignation of BJP MLA Kiran Mandal.
Thus Increasing Congress Seats to 33
And Reducing BJP strength to 30

References

http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Statistical_Report_UKT2012.pdf parliamentary Lok Sabha elections 2014 in uttarakhand