Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2007

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2007

February 21, 2007 (2007-02-21)

70 assembly constituencies 36 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader B. C. Khanduri N. D. Tiwari Party BJP INC Last election 19 36 Seats after 35 21 Seat change 16 15

Chief Minister before election N. D. Tiwari INC Elected Chief Minister B. C. Khanduri BJP

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2007 were the third Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) of the state. The last elections were held on 21 February 2007, when the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in the 70-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 is the official opposition, holding 21 seats.

Results

The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in a house of 70. 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. The incumbent Indian National Congress Government lost as they had only 21 seats out of 70 seats.

After protracted discussions it was announced the B. C. Khanduri would be Chief Minister and B. S. Koshyari was to manage party work.

Key post holders in the assembly

• Speaker : Harbans Kapoor
• Dy. Speaker : vacant
• Leader of the House: B. C. Khanduri
• Leader of the Opposition : Harak Singh Rawat
• Secretary : Mahesh Chandra ^[1]

List of 2007-2012 assembly members

See also

Uttarakhand legislative assembly election, 2002

References

External links

• Elected Members of Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand, Official list Govt. of Uttarakhand.