Election
State story

Uttarakhand: INC and BJP, and no one else

5 Assembly elections · 20022022 · every seat count and share is read from the official record.

Who held the house

bar width = years in charge · tap one for that election
2002INC
2007BJP
2012INC
2017BJP

Bharatiya Janata Party has led 3 of 5 elections; power changed hands 3 times.

Seats over time

the leading parties
BJPpeak 57 · 2017
5720022022
INCpeak 36 · 2002
3620022022
BSPpeak 8 · 2007
820022022
INDpeak 3 · 2002
320022022

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).

Pivotal elections

who held the house, seat by seat
First on record · 2002open →
36INC
  • INC3651%
  • BJP1927%
  • BSP710%
  • UKKD46%
  • Others46%

Indian National Congress · 26.9% of the vote · majority

The wave · 2017open →
57BJP
  • BJP5781%
  • INC1116%
  • IND23%

Bharatiya Janata Party · 46.5% of the vote · majority

Most recent · 2022open →
47BJP
  • BJP4767%
  • INC1927%
  • IND23%
  • BSP23%

Bharatiya Janata Party · 44.3% of the vote · majority

The turn of 2017

2017 seats minus 2012
seats lostseats gained
BJP
31 → 57
+26
INC
32 → 11
−21
IND
3 → 2
−1
BSP
3 → 0
−3
UKDP
1 → 0
−1

Every time power changed hands

  1. 2007BJP took the house with 34 of 69, ending INC’s run (3621).
  2. 2012INC took the house with 32 of 70, ending BJP’s run (3431).
  3. 2017BJP took the house with 57 of 70, ending INC’s run (3211).

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.