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70 seats in theUttarakhand Legislative Assembly 36 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Structure of theUttarakhand Legislative Assembly after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the3rd Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state ofUttarakhand inIndia. Elections were held on 30 January 2012 whenIndian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in the 70-seat legislature and formed the government with the help ofProgressive Democratic Front alliance (Bahujan Samaj Party,Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) andIndependents). TheBharatiya Janata Party with 31 seats served as the official opposition.
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |  | B. C. Khanduri | 70 | |
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
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| Indian National Congress |  |  | Vijay Bahuguna | 70 | |
| Party | flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
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| Bahujan Samaj Party |  |  | Mayawati | 70 | |
| Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) |  | Trivendra Singh Panwar | 44 | ||
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| Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | % Votes | % Votes in Seats Contested | Leader in the House | |
| 1 | Indian National Congress (INC) | 70 | 32 | 33.79 | 33.79 | Vijay Bahuguna (2012–2014) Harish Rawat (2014–2017) | |
| 3 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 70 | 03 | 12.19 | 12.19 | Hari Das | |
| 4 | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) (UKD(P)) | 44 | 01 | 1.93 | 3.18 | Pritam Singh Panwar | |
| 5 | Independents | – | 03 | 12.34 | 12.34 | N/A | |
| 2 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 70 | 31 | 33.13 | 33.13 | Ajay Bhatt | |
| Total | – | 70 | – | – | |||
TheIndian 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 theBahujan Samaj Party,Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) and the threeIndependents would be supporting the government. The incumbentBharatiya 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 theVijay Bahuguna would be Chief Minister andHarish Rawat would continue to serve as the Union Minister for Water Resources in the UPA government at Union level.
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