Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2007

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2007

21 February 2007 (2007-02-21)
70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly 36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	63.10%
Majority party Minority party   Leader B. C. Khanduri Harak Singh Rawat Party BJP INC Alliance Post-poll alliance with UKD and Independents none Leader since 2007 2007 Leader's seat Dhumakot (by-election) Lansdowne Last election 19 36 Seats won 35 21 Seat change 16 15
Chief Minister before election N. D. Tiwari INC Elected Chief Minister B. C. Khanduri BJP

The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2007 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 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 became 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
• Deputy Speaker : Vacant
• 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
• Principal Secretary : Mahesh Chandra ^[1]

List of 2007-2012 Assembly members^[2]

By-election

See also

• Elections in Uttarakhand
• Politics of Uttarakhand

References

External links

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