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 Rank Party Abbr. Seats Leader in the House1Bharatiya Janata PartyBJP37Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2007–2009)Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nihsank' (2009–2011)Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2011–2012)2Uttarakhand Kranti DalUKD03Diwakar Bhatt3IndependentInd.03N/A4Indian National CongressINC20Harak Singh Rawat5Bahujan Samaj PartyBSP08Narayan Pal Total 71
Key post holders in the Assembly Speaker : Harbans Kapoor Deputy Speaker : Vijaya Barthwal (2008–2009) Leader of the House: Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2007–2009)Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nihsank' (2009–2011)Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2011–2012) Leader of the Opposition : Harak Singh Rawat Chief Secretary : Surjit Kumar Das
Members of the Second Uttarkhand Assembly
S. No.ConstituencyElected MemberParty affiliation1Purola (SC)Rajesh JuwanthaINC2GangotriGopal Singh RawatBJP 3YamunotriKedar Singh RawatINC4PratapnagarVijay Singh PanwarBJP 5TehriKishore UpadhyayaINC6GhansaliBalvir Singh NegiINC7DevprayagDiwakar BhattUKD8NarendranagarOm Gopal RawatUKD9Dhanaulti (SC)Khajan DassBJP 10Chakrata (ST)Pritam SinghINC 11VikasnagarMunna Singh Chauhan‡BJP 12Sahaspur (SC)RajkumarBJP13Lakshman ChowkDinesh AgrawalINC14DehradunHarbans KapoorBJP 15RajpurGanesh JoshiBJP 16MussoorieJot Singh GunsolaINC17RishikeshPremchand AggarwalBJP 18DoiwalaTrivendra Singh RawatBJP 19Bhagwanpur (SC)Surendra RakeshBSP20RoorkeeSuresh Chand JainBJP 21IqbalpurYashveer SinghBSP 22ManglaurMuhammad NizamuddinBSP 23Landhaura (SC)Hari DasBSP24LaksarPranav Singh 'Champion'INC25BahadarabadMuhammad ShahzadBSP26HaridwarMadan KaushikBJP27LaldhangTaslim AhmadBSP28YamkeshwarVijaya BarthwalBJP29KotdwarShailendra Singh RawatBJP 30Dhumakot Lt. Gen. Tejpal Singh Rawat (Retd.)‡INC31BironkhalAmrita RawatINC32LansdowneDr. Harak Singh RawatINC33PauriYashpal BenamIndependent34Srinagar (SC)Brijmohan KotwalBJP 35ThalisainDr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'BJP 36RudraprayagMatbar Singh KandariBJP 37KedarnathAsha NautiyalBJP 38BadrinathKedar Singh PhoniaBJP 39NandaprayagRajendra Singh BhandariIndependent40KarnaprayagAnil NautiyalBJP 41Pindar (SC)Govind LalBJP 42KapkotBhagat Singh Koshyari#BJP 43KandaBalwant Singh BhauryalBJP 44Bageshwar (SC)Chandan Ram DasBJP 45DwarahatPushpesh TripathiUKD46BhikiyasainSurendra Singh JeenaBJP 47SaltRanjit Singh RawatINC48RanikhetKaran MahraINC49Someshwar (SC)Ajay TamtaBJP50AlmoraManoj TiwariINC51JageshwarGovind Singh KunjwalINC52Mukteshwar (SC)Yashpal AryaINC53DhariGovind Singh BishtBJP54HaldwaniBanshidhar BhagatBJP55NainitalKharak Singh BohraBJP56RamnagarDiwan Singh BishtBJP57JaspurDr. Shailendra Mohan SinghalINC58KashipurHarbhajan Singh CheemaBJP 59BajpurArvind PandeyBJP60Pantnagar–GadarpurPremanand Mahajan BSP61Rudrapur–KichhaTilak Raj BeharINC 62Sitarganj (SC)Narayan PalBSP 63Khatima (ST)Gopal Singh RanaINC64ChampawatVina MahranaBJP65LohaghatMahendra Singh MahraINC66PithoragarhPrakash PantBJP67Gangolihat (SC)Joga Ram TamtaBJP68DidihatBishan Singh ChuphalBJP69KanalichhinaMayukh Singh MaharINC70Dharchula (ST)Gagan Singh RajwarIndependent71Anglo-IndianKaren Meyer HiltonBJP
By-elections
S. No.ConstituencyElected MemberParty affiliation11VikasnagarKuldeep KumarBJP30DhumakotMaj. Gen. Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (Retd.)BJP42KapkotSher Singh GarhiaBJP
See also 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election First Khanduri ministry Pokhriyal ministry Second Khanduri ministry Politics of Uttarakhand
Notes ‡ – Resigned from office # – Elected to the Rajya Sabha
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