2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

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2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

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70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 66.17% ( 6.72%)
|  | Majority party  | Minority party  | Third party

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Leader  | Vijay Bahuguna | Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri | Hari Das
Party  | INC | BJP | BSP
Alliance  | Post-poll alliance with BSP, UKD(P) and Independents |  | Post-poll alliance with INC, UKD(P) and Independents
Leader since  | 2012  | 2007  | 2012
Leader's seat  | Sitarganj
(by-election)  | Kotdwar
(lost)  | Jhabrera
Last election  | 21  | 35  | 8
Seats won  | 32 | 31  | 3
Seat change  |  11  |  4  |  5
Popular vote  | 14,36,042 | 14,08,341  | 5,18,257
Percentage  | 33.79% | 33.13%  | 12.19%
Swing  |  4.2%  |  1.23%  |  0.43%

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Constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

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| Chief Minister before election

Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
BJP

| Elected Chief Minister

Vijay Bahuguna
INC

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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.

## Results

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Rank  | Party  | Seats Contested  | Seats Won  | % Votes  | % Votes in
Seats Contested  | Leader in the House
1 | Indian National Congress (INC) | 70 | 32 | 33.79 | 33.79 | Vijay Bahuguna (2012–2014)
Harish Rawat (2014–2017)
3 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 70 | 03 | 12.19 | 12.19 | Hari Das
4 | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) (UKD(P)) | 44 | 01 | 1.93 | 3.18 | Pritam Singh Panwar
5 | Independents | – | 03 | 12.34 | 12.34 | N/A
2 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 70 | 31 | 33.13 | 33.13 | Ajay Bhatt
| Total  | – | 70 | – | – |

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

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S. No.  | Constituency  | Elected Member  | Party affiliation

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1 | Purola (SC) | Mal Chand | BJP
2 | Yamunotri | Pritam Singh Panwar | UKD(P)
3  | Gangotri | Vijaypal Singh Sajwan | INC
4 | Badrinath | Rajendra Singh Bhandari | INC
5 | Tharali (SC) | Prof. Jeet Ram | INC
6 | Karnaprayag | Dr. Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri | INC
7 | Kedarnath | Shaila Rani Rawat | INC
8 | Rudraprayag | Dr. Harak Singh Rawat | INC
9 | Ghansali (SC) | Bhim Lal Arya | BJP
10 | Devprayag | Mantri Prasad Naithani | Independent
11 | Narendranagar | Subodh Uniyal | INC
12 | Pratapnagar | Vikram Singh Negi | INC
13 | Tehri | Dinesh Dhanai | Independent
14 | Dhanaulti | Mahavir Singh Rangarh | BJP
15 | Chakrata (ST) | Pritam Singh | INC
16 | Vikasnagar | Nav Prabhat | INC
17 | Sahaspur | Sahdev Singh Pundir | BJP
18 | Dharampur | Dinesh Agrawal | INC
19 | Raipur | Umesh Sharma 'Kau' | INC
20 | Rajpur Road (SC) | Rajkumar | INC
21 | Dehradun Cantonment | Harbans Kapoor | BJP
22 | Mussoorie | Ganesh Joshi | BJP
23 | Doiwala | Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' | BJP
24 | Rishikesh | Premchand Aggarwal | BJP
25 | Haridwar | Madan Kaushik | BJP
26 | BHEL Ranipur | Adesh Chauhan | BJP
27 | Jwalapur (SC) | Chandra Shekhar | BJP
28 | Bhagwanpur (SC) | Surendra Rakesh | BSP
29 | Jhabrera (SC) | Hari Das | BSP
30 | Piran Kaliyar | Furqan Ahmad | INC
31 | Roorkee | Pradip Batra | INC
32 | Khanpur | Pranav Singh 'Champion' | INC
33 | Manglaur | Sarwat Karim Ansari | BSP
34  | Laksar | Sanjay Gupta | BJP
35 | Haridwar Rural | Yatishwaranand | BJP
36 | Yamkeshwar | Vijaya Barthwal | BJP
37 | Pauri (SC) | Sundar Lal Mandrawal | INC
38 | Srinagar | Ganesh Godiyal | INC
39 | Chaubattakhal | Tirath Singh Rawat | BJP
40 | Lansdowne | Dilip Singh Rawat | BJP
41 | Kotdwar | Surendra Singh Negi | INC
42 | Dharchula | Harish Singh Dhami | INC
43 | Didihat | Bishan Singh Chuphal | BJP
44 | Pithoragarh | Mayukh Singh Mahar | INC
45 | Gangolihat (SC) | Narayan Ram Arya | INC
46 | Kapkot | Lalit Pharswan | INC
47 | Bageshwar (SC) | Chandan Ram Das | BJP
48 | Dwarahat | Madan Singh Bisht | INC
49 | Salt | Surendra Singh Jeena | BJP
50 | Ranikhet | Ajay Bhatt | BJP
51 | Someshwar (SC) | Ajay Tamta | BJP
52 | Almora | Manoj Tiwari | INC
53 | Jageshwar | Govind Singh Kunjwal | INC
54 | Lohaghat | Puran Singh Phartyal | BJP
55 | Champawat | Hemesh Kharkwal | INC
56 | Lalkuan | Harish Chandra Durgapal | Independent
57 | Bhimtal | Dan Singh Bhandari | BJP
58 | Nainital (SC) | Sarita Arya | INC
59 | Haldwani | Dr. Indira Hridayesh | INC
60 | Kaladhungi | Banshidhar Bhagat | BJP
61 | Ramnagar | Amrita Rawat | INC
62 | Jaspur | Dr. Shailendra Mohan Singhal | INC
63 | Kashipur | Harbhajan Singh Cheema | BJP
64 | Bajpur (SC) | Yashpal Arya | INC
65 | Gadarpur | Arvind Pandey | BJP
66 | Rudrapur | Rajkumar Thukral | BJP
67 | Kichha | Rajesh Shukla | BJP
68 | Sitarganj | Kiran Mandal | BJP
69 | Nanakmatta (ST) | Dr. Prem Singh Rana | BJP
70 | Khatima | Pushkar Singh Dhami | BJP

## See also

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* 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly
* Bahuguna ministry
* Harish Rawat ministry
* Elections in Uttarakhand
* Politics of Uttarakhand
* 2012 elections in India

## References

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* http://ceo.uk.gov.in/files/Election2012/RESULTS_2012_Uttarakhand_State.pdf

1. ^ The Indian Express (8 March 2017). "Uttarakhand Election Results 2012: Full list of winners of all constituencies and how it can change in 2017". Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

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