Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2017

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70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

65.64%

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Trivendra Singh Rawat	Harish Rawat
Party	BJP	INC
Leader since	2017	2014
Leader's seat	Doiwala	Haridwar Rural (lost) Kichha (lost)
Last election	31	32
Seats won	57	11
Seat change	26	21
Popular vote	2,312,912	1,665,664
Percentage	46.5%	33.5%
Swing	13.37	0.29%

BJP: 57 seats

INC: 11 seats

Independents: 2 seats

Chief Minister before election

Harish Rawat
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Trivendra Singh Rawat
BJP

Harish Rawat
INC

Trivendra Singh Rawat
BJP

The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on 15 February 2017 in a single phase for the 69 seats of the Vidhan Sabha in the state of Uttarakhand in India. Voting in the Karnaprayag constituency was postponed until the 9th March 2017 due to the death of BSP Candidate Kuldeep Kanwasi in a road accident. In the previous election in 2012, none of the parties won a majority but the Indian National Congress formed the government with the help of PDF in the leadership of Vijay Bahuguna.

The voter turnout for the 69 seats of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly that held on 15 February was 65.64% which is less than the last election's voter turnout of 67.62%.

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 polls on the same day but 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.

Result were declared on 11 March 2017.

Summary of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2017 result

Complete list of winners with the margin of winning votes.

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