Election
State story

Uttarakhand: INC and BJP, and no one else

5 Assembly elections · 2002–2022 · 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 (36 → 21).
  2. 2012INC took the house with 32 of 70, ending BJP’s run (34 → 31).
  3. 2017BJP took the house with 57 of 70, ending INC’s run (32 → 11).

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.