The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election was the 4th Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 15 February 2017 in a single phase for the 69 seats of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Voting in the Karnaprayag constituency was postponed until 9 March 2017 due to the death of BSP candidate Kuldeep Kanwasi in a road accident. The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party, winning 57 seats in the 70-seat legislature. This marked the first time that a party got a supermajority in Uttarakhand. The Indian National Congress was reduced to 11 seats and became the official opposition.
The voter turnout for the 69 seats of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly that was held on 15 February was 65.64% which is less than the last election's voter turnout of 66.85%.
Schedule and electorate
The schedule for the Uttarakhand Assembly Election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 4 January 2017 and elections took place on 15 February 2017. 69 out of 70 ACs went on to the polls on the same day but the polls were postponed for Karnaprayag Assembly constituency to 9 March. The results were announced on 11 March 2017. Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines were used along with EVM in four assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand.
EventDateDay Date for nominations 20 Jan 2017 Friday Last Date for filing nominations 27 Jan 2017 Friday Date for scrutiny of nominations 30 Jan 2017 Monday Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 1 Feb 2017 Wednesday Date of poll 15 Feb 2017 Wednesday Date of counting 11 Mar 2017 Saturday Date before which the election shall be completed 15 Mar 2017 Wednesday
Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand having VVPAT facility with EVMs. BHEL Ranipur Dharampur Haldwani Rudrapur
Voter statistics
Source Total 75,92,996 Male 39,23,492 Female 35,72,029 Third Gender 151 Service 97,324Total Polling Station10,854
Parties and alliances
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsBharatiya Janata PartyTrivendra Singh Rawat70
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsIndian National CongressHarish Rawat 70
Others Party flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats Bahujan Samaj Party Mayawati 69 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal Kashi Singh Airy 63
Opinion polls Polling firm/Link/Portal Survey Dates INC BJP OthersUttarakhand Post 36 29 5ABP News-Lokniti 22-30 (26) 35-43 (39) -India Today-Axis 18-23 (21) 41-46 (44) 2-6 (4)India Today-Axis 26-31 (29) 38-43 (41) 1-4 (3) Polls Average 28 38 4
Results
Result were declared on 11 March 2017.
PartyBJPINCIndependentBSPOthersLeaderTrivendra Singh RawatHarish RawatN/ANarayan PalN/AVotes46.5%,231425033.5%,166637910.0%,4996747.0%,3475333.0%,147658Seats 57 (81.43%) 11 (15.71%) 2 (2.86%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
+ ← 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 ±0Valid votes49,75,49499.72Invalid votes14,1960.28Votes cast / turnout49,89,69065.60Abstentions 26,16,99834.40Registered voters 76,06,688
Results by division DivisionSeatsBJPINCOthersGarhwal313461Kumaon292351Total7057112
Results by district + Districts SeatsBJPINCOthers Garhwal DivisionUttarkashi3210Chamoli3300Rudraprayag2110Tehri Garhwal6501Dehradun10910Haridwar11830Pauri Garhwal6600 Kumaon DivisionPithoragarh4310Bageshwar2200Almora6420Champawat2200Nainital6411Udham Singh Nagar9810Total7057112
Results by constituency
+ ResultsAssembly ConstituencyTurnout(%)WinnerRunner UpMargin # Name Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes% Uttarkashi District1 Purola 73.38 Rajkumar INC 17,798 36.49 Mal Chand BJP 16,785 34.411,013 2 Yamunotri 66.91 Kedar Singh Rawat BJP 19,800 42.41 Sanjay Dobhal INC 13,840 29.64 5,9603 Gangotri 67.53 Gopal Singh Rawat BJP 25,683 46.93 Vijaypal Singh Sajwan INC 16,073 29.379,610 Chamoli District4 Badrinath 62.32 Mahendra Bhatt BJP 29,676 47.31 Rajendra Singh Bhandari INC 24,042 38.33 5,6345 Tharali 57.17 Magan Lal Shah BJP 25,931 45.37 Prof. Jeet Ram INC 21,073 36.87 4,8646 Karnaprayag 56.57 Surendra Singh Negi BJP 28,159 52.50 Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri INC 20,610 38.42 7,549 Rudraprayag District7 Kedarnath 65.25 Manoj Rawat INC 13,906 25.06 Kuldip Singh Rawat IND 13,037 23.498698 Rudraprayag 58.96 Bharat Singh Chaudhary BJP 29,333 51.54 Lakshmi Singh Rana INC 14,701 25.83 16,632 Tehri Garhwal District9 Ghansali 49.03 Shakti Lal Shah BJP 22,103 50.46 Dhani Lal Shah IND 10,450 23.8611,65310 Devprayag 53.03 Vinod Kandari BJP 13,824 31.97 Diwakar Bhatt IND 10,325 23.97 3,49911 Narendranagar 53.03 Subodh Uniyal BJP 24,104 46.37 Om Gopal Rawat IND 19,132 36.814,97212 Pratapnagar 51.23 Vijay Singh Panwar BJP 15,058 36.93 Vikram Singh Negi INC 13,119 32.171,93913 Tehri 54.65 Dhan Singh Negi BJP 20,896 47.62 Dinesh Dhanai IND 14,056 32.026,84014 Dhanaulti 64.42 Pritam Singh Panwar IND 17,811 36.45 Narayan Singh Rana BJP 16,196 33.141,615 Dehradun District15 Chakrata 72.19 Pritam Singh INC 34,968 48.91 Madhu Chauhan BJP 33,425 46.751,54316 Vikasnagar 70.58 Munna Singh Chauhan BJP 38,895 50.76 Nav Prabhat INC 32,477 42.386,50817 Sahaspur 72.80 Sahdev Singh Pundir BJP 44,055 40.75 Kishore Upadhyaya INC 25,192 23.3018,86318 Dharampur 57.43 Vinod Chamoli BJP 53,828 50.96 Dinesh Agrawal INC 42,875 40.59 10,95319 Raipur 59.64 Umesh Sharma 'Kau' BJP 59,764 61.07 Prabhulal Bahuguna INC 22,993 23.49 36,77120 Rajpur Road 57.97 Khajan Dass BJP 36,601 53.22 Raj Kumar INC 27,969 40.67 8,63221 Dehradun Cantonment 57.07 Harbans Kapoor BJP 41,142 56.98 Suryakant Dhasmana INC 24,472 33.89 16,67022 Mussoorie 57.91 Ganesh Joshi BJP 41,322 55.14 Godavari Thapli INC 29,245 39.02 12,07723 Doiwala 67.83 Trivendra Singh Rawat BJP 58,502 61.08 Hira Singh Bisht INC 33,633 35.1124,86924 Rishikesh 64.70 Premchand Aggarwal BJP 45,082 46.20 Rajpal Kharola INC 30,281 31.0314,801 Haridwar District25 Haridwar 65.18 Madan Kaushik BJP 61,742 66.45 Brahmaswarup Brahmachari INC 25,815 27.7835,92726 BHEL Ranipur 70.65 Adesh Chauhan BJP 56,644 54.84 Ambrish Kumar INC 34,404 33.3122,24027 Jwalapur 66.91 Suresh Rathod BJP 29,513 34.22 S. 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Singh 'Engineer' INC 24,725 28.674,78828 Bhagwanpur 80.02 Mamta Rakesh INC 44,882 48.36 Subodh Rakesh BJP 42,369 45.662,51329 Jhabrera 76.28 Deshraj Karnwal BJP 32,146 38.25 Rajpal Singh INC 29,893 35.572,25330 Piran Kaliyar 81.52 Furqan Ahmad INC 29,243 32.43 Jai Bhagwan BJP 27,894 30.931,34931 Roorkee 63.84 Pradip Batra BJP 40,000 55.58 Suresh Chand Jain INC 27,458 38.1612,54232 Khanpur 76.28 Kunwar Pranav Singh 'Champion' BJP 53,192 49.89 Riyasat Ali BSP 39,457 37.0113,73533 Manglaur 78.22 Muhammad Nizamuddin INC 31,352 38.75 Sarwat Karim Ansari BSP 28,684 35.452,66834 Laksar 81.94 Sanjay Gupta BJP 25,248 32.46 Taslim Ahmad INC 23,644 30.401,60435 Haridwar Rural 81.71 Yatishwaranand BJP 44,964 46.08 Harish Rawat INC 32,686 33.5012,278 Pauri Garhwal District36 Yamkeshwar 52.70 Ritu Khanduri Bhushan BJP 19,671 43.96 Renu Bisht IND 10,689 23.898,98237 Pauri 51.83 Mukesh Singh Koli BJP 24,469 55.19 Naval Kishor INC 19,439 40.537,03038 Srinagar 57.12 Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat BJP 30,816 51.84 Ganesh Godiyal INC 22,118 37.218,69839 Chaubattakhal 48.16Satpal Maharaj BJP20,93131.23Rajpal Singh BishtINC13,56716.937,35440 Lansdowne 47.87Dilip Singh Rawat BJP22,246 54.78Tejpal Singh RawatINC15,771 38.836,47541 Kotdwar 68.67Harak Singh Rawat BJP39,859 56.06Surendra Singh NegiINC28,541 40.1411,318 Pithoragarh District42 Dharchula 62.63Harish Singh DhamiINC 25,597 47.28Virendra Singh PalBJP22,512 41.583,08543 Didihat 61.11Bishan Singh Chuphal BJP17,392 33.61Kishan BhandariIND15,024 29.042,36844 Pithoragarh 62.41Prakash Pant BJP32,94149.16Mayukh Singh MaharINC30,25745.152,68445 Gangolihat 54.92Meena Gangola BJP20,41837.06Narayan Ram AryaINC19,61335.60805 Bageshwar District46 Kapkot 61.78 Balwant Singh Bhauryal BJP 27,213 46.39 Lalit Pharswan INC 21,231 36.195,98247 Bageshwar 59.86 Chandan Ram Das BJP 33,792 51.24 Bal Krishna INC 19,225 29.1514,567 Almora District48 Dwarahat Mahesh Singh Negi BJP20,221Madan Singh BishtINC13,6286,59349 Salt Surendra Singh Jeena BJP21,581Ganga PancholiINC18,6772,90450 Ranikhet Karan MahraINC 19,035Ajay BhattBJP14,0544,98151 SomeshwarRekha Arya BJP23,107Rajendra BarakotiINC22,39771052 Almora Raghunath Singh Chauhan BJP26,464Manoj TiwariINC21,0855,37953 JageshwarGovind Singh KunjwalINC 24,132Subhash PandeyBJP23,733399 Champawat District54 Lohaghat Puran Singh Phartyal BJP26,468Khushal SinghINC26,32084855 Champawat Kailash Chandra Gahtori BJP36,601Hemesh KharkwalINC19,24117,360 Nainital District56 LalkuanNavin Chandra Dumka BJP44,293Harish Chandra DurgapalINC17,18527,10857 BhimtalRam Singh Kaira IND18,878Govind Singh BishtBJP15,4323,44658 NainitalSanjiv Arya BJP30,036Sarita AryaINC22,7897,24759 Haldwani Indira HridayeshINC 43,786Dr. Jogendra Pal Singh RautelaBJP37,2296,55760 KaladhungiBanshidhar Bhagat BJP45,704Prakash JoshiINC25,10720,59761 Ramnagar Diwan Singh Bisht BJP35,839Ranjit Singh RawatINC27,2288,611 Udham Singh Nagar District62 Jaspur Adesh Singh ChauhanINC 42,551Dr. Shailendra Mohan SinghalBJP38,3474,20463 KashipurHarbhajan Singh Cheema BJP50,156Manoj JoshiINC30,04220,11464 BajpurYashpal Arya BJP54,965Sunita TamtaINC42,32912,63665 Gadarpur Arvind Pandey BJP41,530Rajendra Pal SinghINC27,42414,10666 Rudrapur Rajkumar Thukral BJP68,754Tilak Raj BeharINC43,98324,77167 Kichha Rajesh Shukla BJP40,363Harish RawatINC38,2362,12768 Sitarganj Saurabh Bahuguna BJP50,597Malti BiswasINC22,14728,45069 NanakmattaPrem Singh Rana BJP42,785Gopal Singh RanaINC33,2549,53170 KhatimaPushkar Singh Dhami BJP29,539Bhuwan Chandra KapriINC26,8302,709
List of elected Assembly members
Complete list of winners with the margin of winning votes.