4th Uttarakhand Assembly

Fourth Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Type
Type|

Unicameral

Houses| Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
History
Preceded by| 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly
Succeeded by| 5th Uttarakhand Assembly
Leadership

Speaker

Premchand Aggarwal, BJP

Deputy Speaker

Raghunath Singh Chauhan, BJP

Leader of the House

* Trivendra Singh Rawat (2017–21), BJP
* Tirath Singh Rawat (2021), BJP
* Pushkar Singh Dhami (2021–2022)

, BJP

Leader of the Opposition

* Indira Hridayesh (2017–21), INC
* Pritam Singh (2021–2022)

, INC

Chief Secretary

Utpal Kumar Singh, IAS

Structure
Seats| 70

Political groups

| Government (57)

* BJP (57)

Opposition (11)

* INC (11)

Others (2)

* Independent (2)

Length of term

| 2017–2022
Elections

Voting system

| first-past-the-post

Last election

| 15 February 2017

Next election

| 2022
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan, Bhararisain (summer)
Vidhan Bhavan, Dehradun (winter)
Website
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constitution
Constitution of India
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State of Uttarakhand
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State Government

* Executive

Governor (Head of state)
Chief Minister (Head of government)
Council of Ministers
Chief Secretary

Principal Secretary
Director General of Police
Head of Forest Forces

Field-level officers

Divisional Commissioners
District Magistrates
Sub-Divisional Magistrates
Municipal Commissioners
Civil Services

All India Services (IAS • IFoS • IPS)
State Civil Services (PCS • PFS • PPS)

* Legislature

Assembly

Speaker
Leader of the Opposition

* Judiciary

Uttarakhand High Court

Chief Justice
Judges
Advocate General
Lok Adalat
Lokayukta
District Courts

* Government Structure

Government Departments
Government Agencies

Elections

* General Elections
* Assembly Elections
* Local Elections

Municipal Elections
Panchayat Elections
* State Election Commission

Politics

* National Parties

Bharatiya Janata Party

State Wing
Indian National Congress

State Wing

* State Parties

Uttarakhand Kranti Dal

* National Coalitions

National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA)

* State Coalitions

Progressive Democratic Front (PDF)

Local Government

* Urban

Municipal Corporations
Municipal Councils
Nagar Panchayats
* Rural

District Councils
Block Development Councils
Gram Panchayats

* v
* t
* e

The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the fourth Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state. Elections were held on 15 February 2017 when Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party with 57 seats in the 70-seat legislature and formed the government. The Indian National Congress with 11 seats served as the official opposition.

After discussions it was announced that Trivendra Singh Rawat would be Chief Minister.

## Party position in the Assembly

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Rank  | Party  | Abbr.  | Seats  | Leader in the House

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1 | Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP | 57 | Trivendra Singh Rawat (2017–2021)
Tirath Singh Rawat (2021)
Pushkar Singh Dhami (2021–2022)
2 | Indian National Congress | INC | 11 | Indira Hridayesh (2017–2021)
Pritam Singh (2021–2022)
3 | Independent | Ind. | 02 | N/A
| Total  |  | 70 |

## Key post holders in the Assembly

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* Speaker : Premchand Aggarwal
* Deputy Speaker : Raghunath Singh Chauhan
* Leader of the House: Trivendra Singh Rawat (2017–2021)
Tirath Singh Rawat (2021)
Pushkar Singh Dhami (2021–2022)
* Leader of the Opposition : Indira Hridayesh (2017–2022)
Pritam Singh (2021–2022)
* Chief Secretary : Utpal Kumar Singh

## Members of the Fourth Uttarakhand Assembly

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

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1 | Purola (SC) | Raj Kumar | BJP
2 | Yamunotri | Kedar Singh Rawat | BJP
3  | Gangotri | Gopal Singh Rawat† | BJP
4 | Badrinath | Mahendra Bhatt | BJP
5 | Tharali (SC) | Magan Lal Shah† | BJP
6 | Karnaprayag | Surendra Singh Negi | BJP
7 | Kedarnath | Manoj Rawat | INC
8 | Rudraprayag | Bharat Singh Rawat | BJP
9 | Ghansali (SC) | Shakti Lal Shah | BJP
10 | Devprayag | Vinod Kandari | BJP
11 | Narendranagar | Subodh Uniyal | BJP
12 | Pratapnagar | Vijay Singh Panwar | BJP
13 | Tehri | Dhan Singh Negi | BJP
14 | Dhanaulti | Pritam Singh Panwar | BJP
15 | Chakrata (ST) | Pritam Singh | INC
16 | Vikasnagar | Munna Singh Chauhan | BJP
17 | Sahaspur | Sahdev Singh Pundir | BJP
18 | Dharampur | Vinod Chamoli | BJP
19 | Raipur | Umesh Sharma 'Kau' | BJP
20 | Rajpur Road (SC) | Khajan Das | BJP
21 | Dehradun Cantonment | Harbans Kapoor | BJP
22 | Mussoorie | Ganesh Joshi | BJP
23 | Doiwala | Trivendra Singh Rawat | BJP
24 | Rishikesh | Premchand Aggarwal | BJP
25 | Haridwar | Madan Kaushik | BJP
26 | BHEL Ranipur | Adesh Chauhan | BJP
27 | Jwalapur (SC) | Suresh Rathod | BJP
28 | Bhagwanpur (SC) | Mamta Rakesh | INC
29 | Jhabrera (SC) | Deshraj Karnwal | BJP
30 | Piran Kaliyar | Furqan Ahmad | INC
31 | Roorkee | Pradip Batra | BJP
32  | Khanpur | Pranav Singh 'Champion' | BJP
33 | Manglaur | Muhammad Nizamuddin | INC
34  | Laksar | Sanjay Gupta | BJP
35 | Haridwar Rural | Yatishwaranand | BJP
36 | Yamkeshwar | Ritu Khanduri Bhushan | BJP
37 | Pauri (SC) | Mukesh Singh Koli | BJP
38 | Srinagar | Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat | BJP
39 | Chaubattakhal | Satpal Maharaj | BJP
40 | Lansdowne | Dilip Singh Rawat | BJP
41 | Kotdwar | Dr. Harak Singh Rawat | BJP
42 | Dharchula | Harish Singh Dhami | INC
43 | Didihat | Bishan Singh Chuphal | BJP
44 | Pithoragarh | Prakash Pant† | BJP
45 | Gangolihat (SC) | Mina Gangola | BJP
46 | Kapkot | Balwant Singh Bhauryal | BJP
47 | Bageshwar (SC) | Chandan Ram Das | BJP
48 | Dwarahat | Mahesh Singh Negi | BJP
49 | Salt | Surendra Singh Jeena† | BJP
50 | Ranikhet | Karan Mahara | INC
51 | Someshwar (SC) | Rekha Arya | BJP
52 | Almora | Raghunath Singh Chauhan | BJP
53 | Jageshwar | Govind Singh Kunjwal | INC
54 | Lohaghat | Puran Singh Phartyal | BJP
55 | Champawat | Kailash Chandra Gahtori | BJP
56 | Lalkuan | Navin Chandra Dumka | BJP
57 | Bhimtal | Ram Singh Kaira | BJP
58 | Nainital (SC) | Sanjiv Arya | BJP
59 | Haldwani | Dr. Indira Hridayesh† | INC
60 | Kaladhungi | Banshidhar Bhagat | BJP
61 | Ramnagar | Diwan Singh Bisht | BJP
62 | Jaspur | Adesh Singh Chauhan | INC
63 | Kashipur | Harbhajan Singh Cheema | BJP
64 | Bajpur (SC) | Yashpal Arya | BJP
65 | Gadarpur | Arvind Pandey | BJP
66 | Rudrapur | Rajkumar Thukral | BJP
67 | Kichha | Rajesh Shukla | BJP
68 | Sitarganj | Saurabh Bahuguna | BJP
69 | Nanakmatta (ST) | Dr. Prem Singh Rana | BJP
70 | Khatima | Pushkar Singh Dhami | BJP
71 | Anglo-Indian
(till 25 January 2020) | George Ivan Gregory MannA | BJP

### By-elections

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

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5 | Tharali (SC) | Munni Shah | BJP
44 | Pithoragarh | Chandra Pant | BJP
49 | Salt | Mahesh Singh Jeena | BJP

## See also

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* 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
* Trivendra Singh Rawat ministry
* Tirath Singh Rawat ministry
* First Dhami ministry
* Politics of Uttarakhand

## Notes

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* † – Died in office
* A – The reserved seat for the member of Anglo-Indian community was abolished on 25 January 2020 by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019, reducing the strength of Assembly from 71 to 70 seats.

## References

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* v
* t
* e

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Governor|

Governor of Uttarakhand

Vidhan Sabha|

* Speaker
* Leader of the House
* Leader of the Opposition

Members|

* Constituencies
* Former constituencies
* Nominated Members
* MLA
* Current Vidhan Sabha

Members|

* Interim VS
* 1st VS
* 2nd VS
* 3rd VS
* 4th VS
* 5th VS

Elections|

* 2002
* 2007
* 2012
* 2017
* 2022
* By-elections

Legislative
procedures|

* Resolution
* Act of Assembly
* Amendment of Constitution
* List
* Bill
* Appropriation
* Money
* Ordinance
* Private Member
* Budget
* Confidence and supply
* Motion of no confidence
* Loss of supply
* Cross-voting
* Division of the house
* Legislative Party
* Minority government
* Official Opposition
* President's rule
* Question Hour
* Session
* Simple majority
* Special majority
* State of Emergency
* Voice vote

Miscellaneous|

* State Government
* State Council of Ministers
* Delimitation Commission

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