2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election[1] were the 4th Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) 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.
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly 36 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnout | 65.60% ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The voter turnout for the 69 seats of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly that held on 15 February was 65.64%[2] 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.[3] Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines were used along with EVM in four assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand.[4]
| Event | Date | Day |
| Date for Nominations | 20 Jan 2017 | Friday |
| Last Date for filing Nominations | 27 Jan 2017 | Friday |
| Date for scrutiny of nominations | 30 Jan 2017 | Monday |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 1 Feb 2017 | Wednesday |
| Date of poll | 15 Feb 2017 | Wednesday |
| Date of counting | 11 Mar 2017 | Saturday |
| Date before which the election shall be completed | 15 Mar 2017 | Wednesday |
| Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand having VVPAT facility with EVMs.[5][6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| BHEL Ranipur | Dharampur | Haldwani | Rudrapur |
Opinion polls
| Polling firm/Link/Portal | Survey Dates | INC | BJP | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttarakhand Post [8] | 10 January 2017 | 36 | 29 | 5 |
| ABP News-Lokniti[9] | 5 January 2017 | 22-30 (26) | 35-43 (39) | - |
| India Today-Axis[10] | 5 January 2017 | 18-23 (21) | 41-46 (44) | 2-6 (4) |
| India Today-Axis[11] | 14 October 2016 | 26-31 (29) | 38-43 (41) | 1-4 (3) |
| Polls Average | 28 | 38 | 4 | |
Voting
| S. No. | Constituency | Poll percent [12] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purola (SC) | |
| 2 | Yamunotri | |
| 3 | Gangotri | |
| 4 | Badrinath | |
| 5 | Tharali (SC) | |
| 6 | Karnaprayag | |
| 7 | Kedarnath | |
| 8 | Rudraprayag | |
| 9 | Ghansali (SC) | 48.79% |
| 10 | Devprayag | |
| 11 | Narendranagar | |
| 12 | Pratapnagar | |
| 13 | Tehri | |
| 14 | Dhanaulti | |
| 15 | Chakrata (ST) | |
| 16 | Vikasnagar | |
| 17 | Sahaspur | |
| 18 | Dharampur | |
| 19 | Raipur | |
| 20 | Rajpur Road (SC) | |
| 21 | Dehradun Cantt | |
| 22 | Mussoorie | |
| 23 | Doiwala | |
| 24 | Rishikesh | |
| 25 | Haridwar | |
| 26 | BHEL Ranipur | |
| 27 | Jwalapur (SC) | |
| 28 | Bhagwanpur (SC) | |
| 29 | Jhabrera (SC) | |
| 30 | Piran Kaliyar | 81.43% |
| 31 | Roorkee | |
| 32 | Khanpur | |
| 33 | Manglaur | |
| 34 | Laksar | 81.87% |
| 35 | Haridwar Rural | 81.69% |
| 36 | Yamkeshwar | |
| 37 | Pauri (SC) | |
| 38 | Srinagar | |
| 39 | Chaubattakhal | 46.88% |
| 40 | Lansdowne | 47.95% |
| 41 | Kotdwar | |
| 42 | Dharchula | |
| 43 | Didihat | |
| 44 | Pithoragarh | |
| 45 | Gangolihat (SC) | |
| 46 | Kapkot | |
| 47 | Bageshwar (SC) | |
| 48 | Dwarahat | |
| 49 | Salt | 45.74% |
| 50 | Ranikhet | |
| 51 | Someshwar (SC) | |
| 52 | Almora | |
| 53 | Jageshwar | |
| 54 | Lohaghat | |
| 55 | Champawat | |
| 56 | Lalkuan | |
| 57 | Bhimtal | |
| 58 | Nainital (SC) | |
| 59 | Haldwani | |
| 60 | Kaladhungi | |
| 61 | Ramnagar | |
| 62 | Jaspur | |
| 63 | Kashipur | |
| 64 | Bajpur (SC) | |
| 65 | Gadarpur | 80.71% |
| 66 | Rudrapur | |
| 67 | Kichha | |
| 68 | Sitarganj | 81.21% |
| 69 | Nanakmatta (ST) | |
| 70 | Khatima |
Results
Result were declared on 11 March 2017.[13][14]
| Party | BJP | INC | Independent | BSP | Others |
| Leader | Trivendra Singh Rawat | Harish Rawat | N/A | Hari Das | N/A |
 |
 |
||||
| Votes | 46.5%,2314250 | 33.5%,1666379 | 10.0%,499674 | 7.0%,347533 | 3.0%,147658 |
| Seats | 57 (81.43%) | 11 (15.71%) | 2 (2.86%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
57 / 70 |
11 / 70 |
2 / 70 |
0 / 70 |
0 / 70 | |
 | ||||||||
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 2,314,250 | 46.5 |  |
57 | | |||
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 1,666,379 | 33.5 | |
11 | | |||
| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 347,533 | 7.0 | |
0 | | |||
| Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) | 37,041 | 0.7 | |
0 | | |||
| Samajwadi Party (SP) | 18,202 | 0.4 | |
0 |  | |||
| Independents (IND) | 499,674 | 10.0 | |
2 | | |||
| None of the Above (NOTA) | 50,439 | 1.0 | N/A | |||||
| Total | 4,975,494 | 100.00 | 70 | ±0 | ||||
| Valid votes | 49,75,494 | 99.72 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 14,196 | 0.28 | ||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 49,89,690 | 65.60 | ||||||
| Abstentions | 26,16,998 | 34.40 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 76,06,688 | |||||||
List of elected Assembly members
Complete list of winners with the margin of winning votes.[15]
See also
- 4th Uttarakhand Assembly
- Trivendra Singh Rawat ministry
- Elections in Uttarakhand
- Politics of Uttarakhand
- 2017 elections in India
References
- "Uttarakhand Elections 2017". The Quint. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Announcement: Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- "Uttarakhand Assembly Election 2017". Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- "AnnexureVI VVPAT Page 24" (PDF).
- http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/voter-verifiable-machine-to-be-used-in-select-constituencies.html
- http://ceo.uk.gov.in/files/UK_VS_Election_2017/COMMISTION__ER_REPORT_Final_Pub__(1).pdf
- http://uttarakhandpost.com/good-news-for-congress-in-this-opinion-poll/
- "BJP set to win Uttarakhand, Congress facing anti-incumbency: Lokniti-ABP News survey". ABP News. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- "India Today-Axis Opinion Poll on Uttarakhand: BJP ahead in direct fight with Congress". Indiatoday.in. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-axis-opinion-poll-uttarakhand-elections-bjp/1/787016.html
- http://uttarakhandpost.com/know-highest-and-lowest-percentage-assembly/
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://hindi.news18.com/uttarakhand/almora-news-uttarakhand-election-claims-of-record-breaking-voting-do-not-match-reality-950071.html
- "Complete list of winners".
- http://eciresults.nic.in/statewiseS28.htm?st=S28
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.