The 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 3rd Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 30 January 2012 when Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in the 70-seat legislature and formed the government with the help of Progressive Democratic Front alliance (Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) and Independents). The Bharatiya Janata Party with 31 seats served as the official opposition. , The election was the closest in Uttarakhand's history where the Indian National Congress (INC) emerged as the single largest party by just a one-seat margin over the BJP. In terms of popular vote too, the Congress won a narrow plurality by 33.79% compared to BJP's 33.13%, a difference of just 0.66%.
Parties and alliances
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsBharatiya Janata PartyB. C. Khanduri70
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsIndian National CongressVijay Bahuguna 70
Others Party flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats Bahujan Samaj Party Mayawati 70 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) Trivendra Singh Panwar 44
Results PartyINCBJPIndependentsBSPUKD(P)OthersLeaderYashpal AryaB. C. KhanduriN/AHari DasPritam Singh PanwarN/AVotes33.79%,143604233.13%,140834112.34%,52454912.19%,5182571.93%,821766.62%,281039Seats 32 (45.71%) 31 (44.28%) 3 (4.23%) 3 (4.23%) 1 (1.43%)
+ ← Summary of the 30 January 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election results Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Indian National Congress (INC) 1,436,042 33.79 0.3 32 11 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1,408,341 33.13 31 4 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 518,257 12.19 3 4 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKDP) 82,176 1.93 1 1 Independents (IND) 524,549 12.34 3 Others 281,039 6.62 colspan="3" Total 4,975,494 100.00 70 ±0Valid votes42,50,314100.00Votes cast / turnout42,50,31466.65Abstentions 21,27,01633.35Registered voters 63,77,330
Results by division DivisionSeatsBJPINCOthersGarhwal31Kumaon29Total70
The Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in a house of 70. They were still four short of the majority to form a government. After much wrangling it was announced that the Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) and the three Independents would be supporting the government. The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party Government lost as they had only 31 seats out of 70 seats, lagging just one seat behind Indian National Congress.
After protracted discussions it was announced the Vijay Bahuguna would be Chief Minister and Harish Rawat would continue to serve as the Union Minister for Water Resources in the UPA government at Union level.
List of elected Assembly members
S. No.ConstituencyElected MemberParty affiliation1Purola (SC)Mal ChandBJP2YamunotriPritam Singh PanwarUKD(P)3GangotriVijaypal Singh SajwanINC4BadrinathRajendra Singh BhandariINC 5Tharali (SC)Prof. Jeet RamINC6KarnaprayagDr. Anusuya Prasad MaikhuriINC7KedarnathShaila Rani RawatINC8RudraprayagDr. Harak Singh RawatINC9Ghansali (SC)Bhim Lal AryaBJP 10DevprayagMantri Prasad NaithaniIndependent 11NarendranagarSubodh UniyalINC 12PratapnagarVikram Singh NegiINC 13TehriDinesh DhanaiIndependent14DhanaultiMahavir Singh RangarhBJP 15Chakrata (ST)Pritam SinghINC 16VikasnagarNav PrabhatINC17SahaspurSahdev Singh PundirBJP 18DharampurDinesh AgrawalINC 19RaipurUmesh Sharma 'Kau'INC20Rajpur Road (SC)RajkumarINC 21Dehradun CantonmentHarbans KapoorBJP 22MussoorieGanesh JoshiBJP 23DoiwalaDr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'BJP24RishikeshPremchand AggarwalBJP25HaridwarMadan KaushikBJP26BHEL RanipurAdesh ChauhanBJP27Jwalapur (SC)Chandra ShekharBJP28Bhagwanpur (SC)Surendra RakeshBSP29Jhabrera (SC)Hari DasBSP 30Piran KaliyarFurqan AhmadINC 31RoorkeePradip BatraINC32KhanpurPranav Singh 'Champion'INC33ManglaurSarwat Karim AnsariBSP34LaksarSanjay GuptaBJP 35Haridwar RuralYatishwaranandBJP 36YamkeshwarVijaya BarthwalBJP 37Pauri (SC)Sundar Lal MandrawalINC 38SrinagarGanesh GodiyalINC 39ChaubattakhalTirath Singh RawatBJP40LansdowneDilip Singh RawatBJP 41KotdwarSurendra Singh NegiINC 42DharchulaHarish Singh DhamiINC 43DidihatBishan Singh ChuphalBJP 44Pithoragarh Mayukh Singh MaharINC 45Gangolihat (SC)Narayan Ram AryaINC46KapkotLalit PharswanINC 47Bageshwar (SC)Chandan Ram DasBJP48DwarahatMadan Singh BishtINC49SaltSurendra Singh JeenaBJP50RanikhetAjay BhattBJP51Someshwar (SC)Ajay TamtaBJP52AlmoraManoj TiwariINC53JageshwarGovind Singh KunjwalINC54LohaghatPuran Singh PhartyalBJP55ChampawatHemesh KharkwalINC56LalkuanHarish Chandra DurgapalIndependent57BhimtalDan Singh BhandariBJP58Nainital (SC)Sarita AryaINC 59HaldwaniDr. Indira HridayeshINC60KaladhungiBanshidhar BhagatBJP61RamnagarAmrita RawatINC62JaspurDr. Shailendra Mohan SinghalINC 63KashipurHarbhajan Singh CheemaBJP64Bajpur (SC)Yashpal AryaINC65GadarpurArvind PandeyBJP66RudrapurRajkumar ThukralBJP67KichhaRajesh ShuklaBJP68SitarganjKiran MandalBJP69Nanakmatta (ST)Dr. Prem Singh RanaBJP70KhatimaPushkar Singh DhamiBJP
See also 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly Bahuguna ministry Harish Rawat ministry Elections in Uttarakhand Politics of Uttarakhand 2012 elections in India
References http://ceo.uk.gov.in/files/Election2012/RESULTS_2012_Uttarakhand_State.pdf