2017 elections in India explained
| Election Name: | Elections in India |
| Country: | India |
| Previous Election: | 2016 elections in India |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Election Date: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2018 elections in India |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
The elections in India in 2017 include the seven state legislative assembly elections.[1] [2]
State legislatures
Presidential election
See main article: 2017 Indian 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.[3]
Results of the 2017 Indian presidential election[4] | Candidate | Individual votes | Electoral College votes | % |
|---|
| Ram Nath Kovind | 2,930 | 702,044 | 65.65% |
| Meira Kumar | 1,844 | 367,314 | 34.35% |
| Invalid[5] | 77 | 20,942 | | |
Vice Presidential election
See main article: 2017 Indian 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.[6]
Parliamentary By-election
Legislative assembly elections
Punjab
See main article: 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 75 per cent voter turnout.[9] [10] In Punjab all the 117 assembly constituencies have triangular contests between major parties makes the results uncertain.[11] Result was declared on 11 March 2017.
← Summary of the 4 February 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election results[12] |
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats |
|---|
| Votes | % | | Contested | Won | +/− |
|---|
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 5,945,899 | 38.5 | 1.4 | 117 | 77 | 31 |
| Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) | 3,662,665 | 23.7 | 23.7 | 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 | |
|
| Total | 15,443,466 | 100.00 | | 117 | ±0 | |
Goa
See main article: 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election. Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 83 per cent turnout.[9] The BJP, MGP, GFP and two independents formed an alliance to win the election.[13]
Uttar Pradesh
See main article: 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh were held between 11 February and 9 March 2017 in seven phases. Result was declared on 11 March 2017.[14]
← Summary of the 11 February – 8 March 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election results[15] |
| Party | Popular vote | Seats |
|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 34,403,039 | 39.7 | 24.7 | 384 | 312 | 265 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 19,281,352 | 22.2 | 3.7 | 403 | 19 | 61 |
| Samajwadi Party (SP) | 18,923,689 | 22.0 | 7.7 | 298 | 47 | 177 |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 5,416,324 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 105 | 7 | 21 |
| Independents (IND) | 2,229,448 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1462 | 3 | 11 |
| Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) | 1,545,810 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 131 | 1 | 8 |
| Apna Dal (Sonelal) (ADAL) | 851,336 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) | 607,911 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (NINSHAD) | 540,542 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 100 | 1 | 1 |
| Peace Party of India (PECP) | 227,998 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 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 | 3 |
| None 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
See main article: 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election. 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
See main article: 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election. Assembly elections in Manipur were held on 4 March and 8 March 2017 in two phases. The result was declared on 11 March 2017.
Himachal Pradesh
See main article: 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. Elections for the State assembly was held on 9 November 2017. Voting turnout recorded 74%, which is highest ever in the state.[17] 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.[18]
Gujarat
See main article: 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. Elections for the State Assembly were held on 9 and 14 December 2017.[19] [20] 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
See also
External links
Notes and References
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- Web site: Elections in India – A Comparative Analysis of Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) & State Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election. Electionsinindia.com. June 2, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170602013049/http://www.electionsinindia.com/default.aspx. June 2, 2017. dead.
- News: With 65% votes, Ram Nath Kovind is the next President of India. Rediff News. 20 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170721072012/http://www.rediff.com/news/report/president-of-india-kovind-vs-meira/20170720.htm. 21 July 2017. live.
- News: Live: Ram Nath Kovind is 14th President of India, to take oath on July 25. 20 July 2017. Hindustan Times. 20 July 2017. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20170720055615/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/presidential-election-2017-results-live-ram-nath-kovind-vs-meira-kumar/story-TOjAzvAIBjrSnugtsKpXTN.html. 20 July 2017. live.
- News: Ram Nath Kovind elected as the 14th President of India. 20 July 2017. The News Minute. 20 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170723235534/http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ram-nath-kovind-elected-14th-president-india-65477. 23 July 2017. live.
- News: Debanish Achom . 6 August 2017 . Vice President Election Results: Venkaiah Naidu Elected As Next Vice-President Of India . NDTV . 2018-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180327084904/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/live-vice-presidential-election-2017-m-venkaiah-naidu-vs-gopalkrishna-gandhi-1733803. 2018-03-27. live.
- Web site: 2017-03-11 . Congress wins big in Punjab Amritsar Lok Sabha seat bypoll . 2022-06-10 . mint . en.
- Web site: 2017-10-17 . Gurdaspur bypoll results 2017: Congress breaks all records, wins by 1.93 lakh vote margin . 2022-06-10 . The Indian Express . en.
- News: Abhishek Chakraborty . 5 February 2017 . Record 83% Voter Turnout In Goa, 75% In Punjab And Could Go Up: 10 Points . NDTV . 2017-02-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20170205082220/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/election-day-in-punjab-goa-as-bjp-faces-aap-congress-challenge-10-points-1655916. 2017-02-05. live.
- Web site: Announcement: Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. 4 January 2017. Election Commission of India. 4 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170104163815/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN1_04012017.pdf. 4 January 2017. live.
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- News: Shukla. Shuchi. 'BJP Stealing Elections In Goa, Manipur,' Says Congress' P Chidambaram . 13 March 2017 . NDTV. 13 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170313085548/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-stealing-elections-in-goa-manipur-says-congress-p-chidambaram-1669033. 13 March 2017. live.
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- News: Himachal Pradesh Assembly election results — counting ends as BJP seals majority with 44 seats. The Hindu . 18 December 2017.
- News: Himachal Pradesh records 74% turnout . The Hindu . November 9, 2017 . November 21, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171109165944/http://www.thehindu.com/elections/himachal-pradesh-2017/polling-closes-in-himachal-pradesh-with-74-turnout/article20009265.ece . November 9, 2017 . live .
- News: Tale of two states: Gujarat trumps over Himachal Pradesh on NOTA votes . The Times of India. 2017-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20171219030035/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tale-of-two-states-gujarat-trumps-over-himachal-pradesh-on-nota-votes/articleshow/62122042.cms. 2017-12-19. live.
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