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.

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
21 February 2007 (2007-02-21)
70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59.50% ( 5.16%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Harak Singh Rawat
Party BJP INC
Alliance Post-poll alliance with UKD and Independents none
Leader since 2007 2007
Leader's seat Dhumakot
(by-election)		 Lansdowne
Last election 19 36
Seats won 35 21
Seat change 16 15
Chief Minister before election

Narayan Datt Tiwari
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
BJP

Results
Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won Leader in the House
1Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)7035Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2007–2009)
Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nihsank' (2009–2011)
Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2011–2012)
4Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD)6103Diwakar Bhatt
5Independents–03N/A
2Indian National Congress (INC)7021Harak Singh Rawat
3Bahujan 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. Constituency Elected Member Party affiliation
1Purola (SC)Rajesh JuwanthaINC
2GangotriGopal Singh RawatBJP
3YamunotriKedar Singh RawatINC
4PratapnagarVijay Singh Panwar (Guddu Panwar)BJP
5TehriKishore UpadhyayaINC
6GhansaliBalvir Singh NegiINC
7DevprayagDiwakar BhattUKD
8NarendranagarOm Gopal RawatUKD
9Dhanaulti (SC)Khajan DasBJP
10Chakrata (ST)Pritam SinghINC
11VikasnagarKuldip KumarBJP
12Sahaspur (SC)Raj KumarBJP
13Lakshman ChowkDinesh AgrawalINC
14DehradunHarbans KapoorBJP
15RajpurGanesh JoshiBJP
16MussoorieJot Singh GunsolaINC
17RishikeshPremchand AggarwalBJP
18DoiwalaTrivendra Singh RawatBJP
19Bhagwanpur (SC)Surendra RakeshBSP
20RoorkeeSuresh Chand JainBJP
21IqbalpurYashvir SinghBSP
22ManglaurMuhammad NizamuddinBSP
23Landhaura (SC)Hari DasBSP
24LaksarPranav Singh 'Champion'INC
25BahadrabadMuhammad ShahzadBSP
26HaridwarMadan KaushikBJP
27LaldhangTaslim AhmadBSP
28YamkeshwarVijaya BarthwalBJP
29KotdwarShailendra Singh RawatBJP
30DhumakotLt. Gen. Tejpal Singh Rawat (Retd.)INC
31BironkhalAmrita RawatINC
32LansdowneDr. Harak Singh RawatINC
33PauriYashpal BenamIndependent
34Srinagar (SC)Brijmohan KotwalBJP
35ThalisainDr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'BJP
36RudraprayagMatbar Singh KandariBJP
37KedarnathAsha NautiyalBJP
38BadrinathKedar Singh PhoniaBJP
39NandaprayagRajendra Singh BhandariIndependent
40KarnaprayagAnil NautiyalBJP
41Pindar (SC)Govind LalBJP
42KapkotBhagat Singh KoshyariBJP
43KandaBalwant Singh BhauryalBJP
44Bageshwar (SC)Chandan Ram DasBJP
45DwarahatPushpesh TripathiUKD
46BhikiyasainSurendra Singh JeenaBJP
47SaltRanjit Singh RawatINC
48RanikhetKaran Singh MahraINC
49Someshwar (SC)Ajay TamtaBJP
50AlmoraManoj TiwariINC
51JageshwarGovind Singh KunjwalINC
52Mukteshwar (SC)Yashpal AryaINC
53DhariGovind Singh BishtBJP
54HaldwaniBanshidhar BhagatBJP
55NainitalKharak Singh BohraBJP
56RamnagarDiwan Singh BishtBJP
57JaspurDr. Shailendra Mohan SinghalINC
58KashipurHarbhajan Singh CheemaBJP
59BajpurArvind PandeyBJP
60Pantnagar–GadarpurPremanand MahajanBSP
61Rudrapur–KichhaTilak Raj BeharINC
62Sitarganj (SC)Narayan PalBSP
63Khatima (ST)Gopal Singh RanaINC
64ChampawatVina MahranaBJP
65LohaghatMahendra Singh Mahra (Mahu Bhai)INC
66PithoragarhPrakash PantBJP
67Gangolihat (SC)Joga Ram TamtaBJP
68DidihatBishan Singh ChuphalBJP
69 KanalichhinaMayukh Singh MaharINC
70Dharchula (ST)Gagan Singh RajwarIndependent

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See also

References
  1. http://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/pages/display/117-second-vidhan-sabha
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