2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

21 February 2007 (2007-02-21)
70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly 36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	59.45% ( 5.11%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Harak Singh Rawat Mayawati Party BJP INC BSP Alliance Post-poll alliance with UKD and Independents UPA - Leader since 2007 2007 2002 Leader's seat Dhumakot (by-election) Lansdowne Did not contest Last election 19 36 7 Seats won 35 21 8 Seat change 16 15 1 Popular vote 12,03,726 7,69,991 3,12,842 Percentage 31.90% 29.59% 11.76% Swing 6.45% 2.68% 0.83%
Uttarakhand
Chief Minister before election Narayan Datt Tiwari INC Elected Chief Minister Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri BJP

The 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 2nd Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. 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

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Leader in the House
1	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	70	35	Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2007–2009) Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nihsank' (2009–2011) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2011–2012)
4	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD)	61	03	Diwakar Bhatt
5	Independents	–	03	N/A
2	Indian National Congress (INC)	70	21	Harak Singh Rawat
3	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	70	08	Narayan Pal
	Total	–	70

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.

List of elected Assembly members

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See also

• 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly
• First Khanduri ministry
• Pokhriyal ministry
• Second Khanduri ministry
• Elections in Uttarakhand
• Politics of Uttarakhand
• 2007 elections in India

References

External links

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