2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

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.

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
30 January 2012 (2012-01-30)
70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.17% ( 6.72%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Vijay Bahuguna Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Mayawati
Party INC BJP BSP
Alliance Post-poll alliance with BSP, UKD(P) and Independents Independent Post-poll alliance with INC, UKD(P) and Independents
Leader since 2012 2007 2002
Leader's seat Sitarganj
(by-election)		 Kotdwar
(lost)		 Did not contest
Last election 21 35 8
Seats won 32 31 3
Seat change 11 4 5
Popular vote 14,36,042 14,08,341 5,18,257
Percentage 33.79% 33.13% 12.19%
Swing 4.2% 1.23% 0.43%
Constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Chief Minister before election

Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
BJP

 Elected Chief Minister

Vijay Bahuguna
INC

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