State Assembly elections in India, 2007

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The State Assembly elections in India, 2007 took place between 08 February 2007 and 23 February 2007. The Indian States of Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand went to the polls.

Counting of votes was done on the 27 February 2007 and the results were announced on the same date.

The Indian National Congress, who were the incumbents in Punjab and Uttarakhand lost their majorities in both states. The poor performance was attributed to the surge in inflation around the same time^{[citation needed]}.

1 Manipur
- 1.1 Results
2 Punjab
- 2.1 Results
3 Uttarakhand
- 3.1 Results
4 External Links

[edit] Manipur

Elections in Manipur were held in three phases on 08 February, 14 February and 23 February.

[edit] Results

Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won
Indian National Congress	59	30
Nationalist Congress Party	27	5
Communist Party of India	24	4
Bharatiya Janata Party	14	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	0
Manipur Peoples Party	36	5
Rashtriya Janata Dal	28	3
National People's Party	5	3
Independent	55	10

An INC-led coalition government was sworn in on 01 March 2007 with Okram Ibobi Singh as the Chief Minister.

[edit] Punjab

Elections in Punjab was held on 13 February [2007].

[edit] Results

	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won

A Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government will be sworn in on 02 March 2007 with Parkash Singh Badal as the Chief Minister.

[edit] Uttarakhand

Elections in Punjab was held on 21 February [2007].

[edit] Results

	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won

The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 34 seats in a house of 69. They were still one short of the majority to form a government. After much wrangling it was announced that the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and the three independents would be supporting the government. Elections to Bazpur are still to take place. After protracted disussions it was announced the BC Khanduri would be Chief Minister and Koshiyari was to manage party work.