2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election


The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 4th Vidhan Sabha election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 15 February 2017 in a single phase for the 69 seats of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Voting in the Karnaprayag constituency was postponed until 9 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 66.85%.

Schedule and electorate

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 machines were used along with EVM in four assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand.
EventDateDay
Date for Nominations20 Jan 2017Friday
Last Date for filing Nominations27 Jan 2017Friday
Date for scrutiny of nominations30 Jan 2017Monday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures1 Feb 2017Wednesday
Date of poll15 Feb 2017Wednesday
Date of counting11 Mar 2017Saturday
Date before which the election shall be completed15 Mar 2017Wednesday

Voter statistics

Opinion polls

Voting

S. No.ConstituencyPoll percent
1Purola
2Yamunotri
3Gangotri
4Badrinath
5Tharali
6Karnaprayag
7Kedarnath
8Rudraprayag
9Ghansali 48.79%
10Devprayag
11Narendranagar
12Pratapnagar
13Tehri
14Dhanaulti
15Chakrata
16Vikasnagar
17Sahaspur
18Dharampur
19Raipur
20Rajpur Road
21Dehradun Cantt
22Mussoorie
23Doiwala
24Rishikesh
25Haridwar
26BHEL Ranipur
27Jwalapur
28Bhagwanpur
29Jhabrera
30Piran Kaliyar81.43%
31Roorkee
32Khanpur
33Manglaur
34Laksar81.87%
35Haridwar Rural81.69%
36Yamkeshwar
37Pauri
38Srinagar
39Chaubattakhal46.88%
40Lansdowne47.95%
41Kotdwar
42Dharchula
43Didihat
44Pithoragarh
45Gangolihat
46Kapkot
47Bageshwar
48Dwarahat
49Salt45.74%
50Ranikhet
51Someshwar
52Almora
53Jageshwar
54Lohaghat
55Champawat
56Lalkuan
57Bhimtal
58Nainital
59Haldwani
60Kaladhungi
61Ramnagar
62Jaspur
63Kashipur
64Bajpur
65Gadarpur80.71%
66Rudrapur
67Kichha
68Sitarganj81.21%
69Nanakmatta
70Khatima

Results

Result were declared on 11 March 2017.
PartyBJPINCIndependentBSPOthers
Party
LeaderTrivendra Singh RawatHarish RawatN/AHari DasN/A
Leader
Votes46.5%,231425033.5%,166637910.0%,4996747.0%,3475333.0%,147658
Votes
Seats57 11 2 0 0
Seats

List of elected Assembly members

Complete list of winners with the margin of winning votes.
S. No.ConstituencyElected MemberParty affiliation
1Purola Raj KumarINC
2YamunotriKedar Singh RawatBJP
3GangotriGopal Singh RawatBJP
4BadrinathMahendra BhattBJP
5Tharali Magan Lal ShahBJP
6KarnaprayagSurendra Singh NegiBJP
7KedarnathManoj RawatINC
8RudraprayagBharat Singh RawatBJP
9Ghansali Shakti Lal ShahBJP
10DevprayagVinod KandariBJP
11NarendranagarSubodh UniyalBJP
12PratapnagarVijay Singh Panwar BJP
13TehriDhan Singh NegiBJP
14DhanaultiPritam Singh PanwarIndependent
15Chakrata Pritam SinghINC
16VikasnagarMunna Singh ChauhanBJP
17SahaspurSahdev Singh PundirBJP
18DharampurVinod ChamoliBJP
19RaipurUmesh Sharma 'Kau'BJP
20Rajpur Road Khajan DasBJP
21Dehradun CanttHarbans KapoorBJP
22MussoorieGanesh JoshiBJP
23DoiwalaTrivendra Singh RawatBJP
24RishikeshPremchand AggarwalBJP
25HaridwarMadan KaushikBJP
26BHEL RanipurAdesh ChauhanBJP
27Jwalapur Suresh RathorBJP
28Bhagwanpur Mamta RakeshINC
29Jhabrera Deshraj KarnwalBJP
30Piran KaliyarFurqan AhmadINC
31RoorkeePradip BatraBJP
32KhanpurKunwar Pranav Singh 'Champion'BJP
33ManglaurQazi Muhammad NizamuddinINC
34LaksarSanjay GuptaBJP
35Haridwar RuralYatishwaranandBJP
36YamkeshwarRitu Khanduri BhushanBJP
37Pauri Mukesh Singh KoliBJP
38SrinagarDr. Dhan Singh RawatBJP
39ChaubattakhalSatpal MaharajBJP
40LansdowneDilip Singh RawatBJP
41KotdwarDr. Harak Singh RawatBJP
42DharchulaHarish Singh DhamiINC
43DidihatBishan Singh ChuphalBJP
44PithoragarhPrakash PantBJP
45Gangolihat Mina GangolaBJP
46KapkotBalwant Singh BhauryalBJP
47Bageshwar Chandan Ram DasBJP
48DwarahatMahesh Singh NegiBJP
49SaltSurendra Singh JeenaBJP
50RanikhetKaran Singh MahraINC
51Someshwar Rekha AryaBJP
52AlmoraRaghunath Singh ChauhanBJP
53JageshwarGovind Singh KunjwalINC
54LohaghatPuran Singh PhartyalBJP
55ChampawatKailash Chandra GahtoriBJP
56LalkuanNavin Chandra DumkaBJP
57BhimtalRam Singh KairaIndependent
58Nainital Sanjiv AryaBJP
59HaldwaniDr. Indira HridayeshINC
60KaladhungiBanshidhar BhagatBJP
61RamnagarDiwan Singh BishtBJP
62JaspurAdesh Singh ChauhanINC
63KashipurHarbhajan Singh CheemaBJP
64Bajpur Yashpal AryaBJP
65GadarpurArvind PandeyBJP
66RudrapurRajkumar ThukralBJP
67KichhaRajesh ShuklaBJP
68SitarganjSaurabh BahugunaBJP
69Nanakmatta Dr. Prem Singh RanaBJP
70KhatimaPushkar Singh DhamiBJP