2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

none September 2014 April 2022 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election India Legislative 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election 2007 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election 2017 70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly 36 yes 2012 01 30 66.17% ( 6.72%) Vijay Bahuguna.jpg 100 80 100 10 10 Vijay Bahuguna 2012 Indian National Congress Post-poll alliance with BSP, UKD(P) and Independents Sitarganj(by-election) 21 32 11 14,36,042 33.79% 4.2% The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Major General (Retd.) B. C. Khanduri meeting with the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Murli Deora, in New Delhi on December 07, 2007.jpg 100 80 100 10 10 Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri 2007 Bharatiya Janata Party Kotdwar(lost) 35 31 4 14,08,341 33.13% 1.23% Post-poll alliance with INC, UKD(P) and Independents Bahujan Samaj Party 100 80 8 100px Hari Das 2012 Jhabrera Bahujan Samaj Party 12.19% 5,18,257 5 3 0.43% 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election Result Map.svg 300px Constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly India Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election 2012.svg Structure of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly after the election 300px Chief Minister Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Vijay Bahuguna Bharatiya Janata Party Indian National Congress The 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 3rd Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 30 January 2012 when Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in the 70-seat legislature and formed the government with the help of Progressive Democratic Front alliance (Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) and Independents). The Bharatiya Janata Party with 31 seats served as the official opposition. , The election was the closest in Uttarakhand's history where the Indian National Congress (INC) emerged as the single largest party by just a one-seat margin over the BJP. In terms of popular vote too, the Congress won a narrow plurality by 33.79% compared to BJP's 33.13%, a difference of just 0.66%. Parties and alliances National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsBharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party50px50pxB. C. Khanduri70 United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsIndian National CongressIndian National Congress50px50pxVijay Bahuguna 70 Others Party flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats Bahujan Samaj Party Bahujan Samaj Party 50px 50x50px|centre Mayawati 70 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) 50px Trivendra Singh Panwar 44 Results PartyINCBJPIndependentsBSPUKD(P)OthersLeaderYashpal AryaB. C. KhanduriN/AHari DasPritam Singh PanwarN/A75px75pxVotes33.79%,143604233.13%,140834112.34%,52454912.19%,5182571.93%,821766.62%,28103933.79 00BFFF33.13 FF993312.34 DDDDDD12.19 0000FF1.93 3366666.62 silverSeats 32 (45.71%) 31 (44.28%) 3 (4.23%) 3 (4.23%) 1 (1.43%) 32 70 #00BFFF31 70 #FF99333 70 #DDDDDD3 70 #0000FF1 70 #3366660 70 silver + ← Summary of the 30 January 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election results center|300px Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Indian National Congress (INC) 1,436,042 33.79 0.3 32 11 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1,408,341 33.13 31 4 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 518,257 12.19 3 4 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKDP) 82,176 1.93 1 1 Independents (IND) 524,549 12.34 3 Others 281,039 6.62 colspan="3" Total 4,975,494 100.00 70 ±0Valid votes42,50,314100.00Votes cast / turnout42,50,31466.65Abstentions 21,27,01633.35Registered voters 63,77,330 Results by division DivisionSeatsBJPINCOthersGarhwal31Kumaon29Total70 The Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in a house of 70. They were still four short of the majority to form a government. After much wrangling it was announced that the Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) and the three Independents would be supporting the government. The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party Government lost as they had only 31 seats out of 70 seats, lagging just one seat behind Indian National Congress. After protracted discussions it was announced the Vijay Bahuguna would be Chief Minister and Harish Rawat would continue to serve as the Union Minister for Water Resources in the UPA government at Union level. List of elected Assembly members The Indian Express Uttarakhand Election Results 2012: Full list of winners of all constituencies and how it can change in 2017 https://indianexpress.com/elections/uttarakhand-assembly-elections-2017/uttarakhand-election-results-2012-full-list-of-winners-of-all-constituencies-in-assembly-elections-of-uttarakhand-and-how-it-can-change-in-2017-4560729/ 19 January 2024 8 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20240119065751/https://indianexpress.com/elections/uttarakhand-assembly-elections-2017/uttarakhand-election-results-2012-full-list-of-winners-of-all-constituencies-in-assembly-elections-of-uttarakhand-and-how-it-can-change-in-2017-4560729/ 19 January 2024 en S. No.ConstituencyElected MemberParty affiliation1Purola (SC)Mal ChandBJP2YamunotriPritam Singh PanwarUKD(P)3GangotriVijaypal Singh SajwanINC4BadrinathRajendra Singh BhandariINC 5Tharali (SC)Prof. Jeet RamINC6KarnaprayagDr. Anusuya Prasad MaikhuriINC7KedarnathShaila Rani RawatINC8RudraprayagDr. Harak Singh RawatINC9Ghansali (SC)Bhim Lal AryaBJP 10DevprayagMantri Prasad NaithaniIndependent 11NarendranagarSubodh UniyalINC 12PratapnagarVikram Singh NegiINC 13TehriDinesh DhanaiIndependent14DhanaultiMahavir Singh RangarhBJP 15Chakrata (ST)Pritam SinghINC 16VikasnagarNav PrabhatINC17SahaspurSahdev Singh PundirBJP 18DharampurDinesh AgrawalINC 19RaipurUmesh Sharma 'Kau'INC20Rajpur Road (SC)RajkumarINC 21Dehradun CantonmentHarbans KapoorBJP 22MussoorieGanesh JoshiBJP 23DoiwalaDr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'BJP24RishikeshPremchand AggarwalBJP25HaridwarMadan KaushikBJP26BHEL RanipurAdesh ChauhanBJP27Jwalapur (SC)Chandra ShekharBJP28Bhagwanpur (SC)Surendra RakeshBSP29Jhabrera (SC)Hari DasBSP 30Piran KaliyarFurqan AhmadINC 31RoorkeePradip BatraINC32KhanpurPranav Singh 'Champion'INC33ManglaurSarwat Karim AnsariBSP34LaksarSanjay GuptaBJP 35Haridwar RuralYatishwaranandBJP 36YamkeshwarVijaya BarthwalBJP 37Pauri (SC)Sundar Lal MandrawalINC 38SrinagarGanesh GodiyalINC 39ChaubattakhalTirath Singh RawatBJP40LansdowneDilip Singh RawatBJP 41KotdwarSurendra Singh NegiINC 42DharchulaHarish Singh DhamiINC 43DidihatBishan Singh ChuphalBJP 44Pithoragarh Mayukh Singh MaharINC 45Gangolihat (SC)Narayan Ram AryaINC46KapkotLalit PharswanINC 47Bageshwar (SC)Chandan Ram DasBJP48DwarahatMadan Singh BishtINC49SaltSurendra Singh JeenaBJP50RanikhetAjay BhattBJP51Someshwar (SC)Ajay TamtaBJP52AlmoraManoj TiwariINC53JageshwarGovind Singh KunjwalINC54LohaghatPuran Singh PhartyalBJP55ChampawatHemesh KharkwalINC56LalkuanHarish Chandra DurgapalIndependent57BhimtalDan Singh BhandariBJP58Nainital (SC)Sarita AryaINC 59HaldwaniDr. Indira HridayeshINC60KaladhungiBanshidhar BhagatBJP61RamnagarAmrita RawatINC62JaspurDr. Shailendra Mohan SinghalINC 63KashipurHarbhajan Singh CheemaBJP64Bajpur (SC)Yashpal AryaINC65GadarpurArvind PandeyBJP66RudrapurRajkumar ThukralBJP67KichhaRajesh ShuklaBJP68SitarganjKiran MandalBJP69Nanakmatta (ST)Dr. Prem Singh RanaBJP70KhatimaPushkar Singh DhamiBJP See also 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly Bahuguna ministry Harish Rawat ministry Elections in Uttarakhand Politics of Uttarakhand 2012 elections in India References http://ceo.uk.gov.in/files/Election2012/RESULTS_2012_Uttarakhand_State.pdf Uttarakhand Category:State Assembly elections in Uttarakhand Category:January 2012 in India