2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

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70 seats in theUttarakhand Legislative Assembly 36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	59.45% ( 5.11%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   BSP Leader Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Harak Singh Rawat Narayan Pal Party BJP INC BSP Alliance Post-poll alliance withUKD andIndependents Leader since 2007 2007 2002 Leader's seat Dhumakot (by-election) Lansdowne Sitarganj 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 ElectedChief Minister Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri BJP

The2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the2nd Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state ofUttarakhand inIndia. The elections were held on 21 February 2007, when theBharatiya 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 theUttarakhand Kranti Dal and threeIndependents to form the government. TheIndian National Congress became the official opposition, holding 21 seats.

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			B. C. Khanduri	70

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Harak Singh Rawat	70

Party		flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bahujan Samaj Party			Mayawati	70
	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal			Diwakar Bhatt	61

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

TheBharatiya 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 theUttarakhand Kranti Dal and the threeIndependents would be supporting the government. The incumbentIndian National Congress Government lost as they had only 21 seats out of 70 seats.

After protracted discussions it was announced theB. C. Khanduri would be Chief Minister andB. S. Koshyari was to manage party work.

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

• Elected Members of Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand, Official listGovt. of Uttarakhand.

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