2nd Uttarakhand Assembly explained

Second Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Term Length:2007–2012
Leader2 Type:Deputy Speaker
Leader2:Vijaya Barthwal (2008–2009)
Leader3:
Members:71
Political Groups1:Government (42)

Opposition (20)

Others (8)

Nominated (1)

Website:Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constitution:Constitution of India
Footnotes: 70 seats are open for the direct election while 1 seat is reserved for the member of Anglo-Indian community.

The 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the second Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state. The elections were held on 21 February 2007, when the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in the 71-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.

Party position in the Assembly

RankPartyAbbr.Seats Leader in the House
1Bharatiya Janata PartyBJP37Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2007–2009)
Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nihsank' (2009–2011)
Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2011–2012)
2Uttarakhand Kranti DalUKD03Diwakar Bhatt
3IndependentInd.03N/A
4Indian National CongressINC20Harak Singh Rawat
5Bahujan Samaj PartyBSP08Narayan Pal
Total 71

Key post holders in the Assembly

Members of the Second Uttarkhand Assembly

S. No.ConstituencyElected MemberParty affiliation
1Purola (SC)Rajesh JuwanthaINC
2GangotriGopal Singh RawatBJP
3YamunotriKedar Singh RawatINC
4PratapnagarVijay Singh PanwarBJP
5TehriKishore UpadhyayaINC
6GhansaliBalvir Singh NegiINC
7DevprayagDiwakar BhattUKD
8NarendranagarOm Gopal RawatUKD
9Dhanaulti (SC)Khajan DasBJP
10Chakrata (ST)Pritam SinghINC
11VikasnagarKuldip KumarBJP
12Sahaspur (SC)RajkumarBJP
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
25BahadarabadMuhammad ShahzadBSP
26HaridwarMadan KaushikBJP
27LaldhangTaslim AhmadBSP
28YamkeshwarVijaya BarthwalBJP
29KotdwarShailendra Singh RawatBJP
30Lt. 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 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 MahraINC
66PithoragarhPrakash PantBJP
67Gangolihat (SC)Joga Ram TamtaBJP
68DidihatBishan Singh ChuphalBJP
69KanalichhinaMayukh Singh MaharINC
70Dharchula (ST)Gagan Singh RajwarIndependent
71Anglo-IndianKaren Meyer HiltonBJP

By-elections

S. No.ConstituencyElected MemberParty affiliation
11VikasnagarMunna Singh ChauhanBJP
30DhumakotMaj. Gen. Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (Retd.)BJP
42KapkotSher Singh GarhiaBJP
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See also

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly . 2018-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120409004806/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/uttranchal.htm . 2012-04-09 . dead .
  2. Web site: द्वितीय विधान सभा: उत्तराखण्ड विधान सभा.