Election Name: | 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election |
Country: | India |
Type: | Legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election |
Previous Year: | 2002 |
Next Election: | 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Seats For Election: | 70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 36 |
Turnout: | 59.45% (5.11%) |
Leader1: | Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri |
Leader Since1: | 2007 |
Party1: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Alliance1: | Post-poll alliance with UKD and Independents |
Leaders Seat1: | Dhumakot (by-election) |
Last Election1: | 19 |
Seats1: | 35 |
Seat Change1: | 16 |
Popular Vote1: | 12,03,726 |
Percentage1: | 31.90% |
Swing1: | 6.45% |
Leader2: | Harak Singh Rawat |
Leader Since2: | 2007 |
Party2: | Indian National Congress |
Leaders Seat2: | Lansdowne |
Last Election2: | 36 |
Seats2: | 21 |
Seat Change2: | 15 |
Popular Vote2: | 7,69,991 |
Percentage2: | 29.59% |
Swing2: | 2.68% |
Map Size: | 200px |
Chief Minister | |
Before Election: | Narayan Datt Tiwari |
After Election: | Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri |
Before Party: | Indian National Congress |
After Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Image3: | Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png |
Last Election3: | 7 |
Leader3: | Narayan Pal |
Leader Since3: | 2002 |
Leaders Seat3: | Sitarganj |
Party3: | Bahujan Samaj Party |
Percentage3: | 11.76% |
Popular Vote3: | 3,12,842 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Seats3: | 8 |
Swing3: | 0.83% |
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.
Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Leader in the House | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 70 | 35 | Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2007–2009) Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nihsank' (2009–2011) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2011–2012) | |||
4 | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) | 61 | 03 | Diwakar Bhatt | |||
5 | Independents | – | 03 | N/A | |||
2 | Indian National Congress (INC) | 70 | 21 | Harak Singh Rawat | |||
3 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 70 | 08 | Narayan 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.