Uttarakhand: INC and BJP, and no one else
5 Assembly elections · 2002–2022 · every seat count and share is read from the official record.
Uttarakhand has voted in 5 Assembly elections between 2002 and 2022. Bharatiya Janata Party has been the largest party in 3 of them — more than any rival.
Power has changed hands 3 times. The steadiest run was Bharatiya Janata Party's — the top party from 2017 to 2022 across 2 elections.
In 2007, Bharatiya Janata Party broke through — 34 of 69 seats — ending Indian National Congress's hold, which fell from 36 to 21.
In 2012, Indian National Congress broke through — 32 of 70 seats — ending Bharatiya Janata Party's hold, which fell from 34 to 31.
In 2017, Bharatiya Janata Party broke through — 57 of 70 seats — ending Indian National Congress's hold, which fell from 32 to 11.
The sharpest single swing was 2017: Bharatiya Janata Party went from 31 to 57 seats, a gain of 26.
The closest verdict was 2012: Indian National Congress finished just 1 seats ahead of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Most recently, in 2022, Bharatiya Janata Party holds 47 of 70 seats on 44.3% of the vote — a clear majority (36).
Party identity
renames, splits and mergers along the way- Bharatiya Janata Party broke away from Janata Party in 1980.
- Indian National Congress saw All India Trinamool Congress break away in 1998; saw Nationalist Congress Party break away in 1999; saw YSR Congress Party break away in 2011; saw NCO break away in 1969; saw INCU break away in 1979; saw ICS break away in 1978; saw BAC break away in 1966; saw UTC break away in 1969; saw HVP break away in 1996; saw AINRC break away in 2011; took in MSCP in 2014; took in ICS in 1986; took in NNO in 1976; took in HVP in 2004; took in VHP in 1978.