2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election


The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election was the 4th Vidhan Sabha 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. 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 machines were used along with EVM in four assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand.
EventDateDay
Date for nominations20 Jan 2017Friday
Last Date for filing nominations27 Jan 2017Friday
Date for scrutiny of nominations30 Jan 2017Monday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures1 Feb 2017Wednesday
Date of poll15 Feb 2017Wednesday
Date of counting11 Mar 2017Saturday
Date before which the election shall be completed15 Mar 2017Wednesday

Results

Result were declared on 11 March 2017.
PartyBJPINCIndependentBSPOthers
Party
LeaderTrivendra Singh RawatHarish RawatN/ANarayan PalN/A
Leader
Votes46.5%,231425033.5%,166637910.0%,4996747.0%,3475333.0%,147658
Votes
Seats57 11 2 0 0
Seats

List of elected Assembly members

Complete list of winners with the margin of winning votes.
S. No.ConstituencyElected MemberParty affiliation
1Purola Raj KumarINC
2YamunotriKedar Singh RawatBJP
3GangotriGopal Singh RawatBJP
4BadrinathMahendra BhattBJP
5Tharali Magan Lal ShahBJP
6KarnaprayagSurendra Singh NegiBJP
7KedarnathManoj RawatINC
8RudraprayagBharat Singh ChaudharyBJP
9Ghansali Shakti Lal ShahBJP
10DevprayagVinod KandariBJP
11NarendranagarSubodh UniyalBJP
12PratapnagarVijay Singh PanwarBJP
13TehriDhan Singh NegiBJP
14DhanaultiPritam Singh PanwarIndependent
15Chakrata Pritam SinghINC
16VikasnagarMunna Singh ChauhanBJP
17SahaspurSahdev Singh PundirBJP
18DharampurVinod ChamoliBJP
19RaipurUmesh Sharma 'Kau'BJP
20Rajpur Road Khajan DassBJP
21Dehradun CantonmentHarbans KapoorBJP
22MussoorieGanesh JoshiBJP
23DoiwalaTrivendra Singh RawatBJP
24RishikeshPremchand AggarwalBJP
25HaridwarMadan KaushikBJP
26BHEL RanipurAdesh ChauhanBJP
27Jwalapur Suresh RathodBJP
28Bhagwanpur Mamta RakeshINC
29Jhabrera Deshraj KarnwalBJP
30Piran KaliyarFurqan AhmadINC
31RoorkeePradip BatraBJP
32KhanpurPranav Singh 'Champion'BJP
33ManglaurMuhammad NizamuddinINC
34LaksarSanjay GuptaBJP
35Haridwar RuralYatishwaranandBJP
36YamkeshwarRitu Khanduri BhushanBJP
37Pauri Mukesh Singh KoliBJP
38SrinagarDr. Dhan Singh RawatBJP
39ChaubattakhalSatpal MaharajBJP
40LansdowneDilip Singh RawatBJP
41KotdwarDr. Harak Singh RawatBJP
42DharchulaHarish Singh DhamiINC
43DidihatBishan Singh ChuphalBJP
44PithoragarhPrakash PantBJP
45Gangolihat Mina GangolaBJP
46KapkotBalwant Singh BhauryalBJP
47Bageshwar Chandan Ram DasBJP
48DwarahatMahesh Singh NegiBJP
49SaltSurendra Singh JeenaBJP
50RanikhetKaran MaharaINC
51Someshwar Rekha AryaBJP
52AlmoraRaghunath Singh ChauhanBJP
53JageshwarGovind Singh KunjwalINC
54LohaghatPuran Singh PhartyalBJP
55ChampawatKailash Chandra GahtoriBJP
56LalkuanNavin Chandra DumkaBJP
57BhimtalRam Singh KairaIndependent
58Nainital Sanjiv AryaBJP
59HaldwaniDr. Indira HridayeshINC
60KaladhungiBanshidhar BhagatBJP
61RamnagarDiwan Singh BishtBJP
62JaspurAdesh Singh ChauhanINC
63KashipurHarbhajan Singh CheemaBJP
64Bajpur Yashpal AryaBJP
65GadarpurArvind PandeyBJP
66RudrapurRajkumar ThukralBJP
67KichhaRajesh ShuklaBJP
68SitarganjSaurabh BahugunaBJP
69Nanakmatta Dr. Prem Singh RanaBJP
70KhatimaPushkar Singh DhamiBJP