Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2007

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21 February 2007 (2007-02-21)

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70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

63.10%

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	B. C. Khanduri	Harak Singh Rawat
Party	BJP	INC
Alliance	Post-poll alliance with UKD and Independents	none
Leader since	2007	2007
Leader's seat	Dhumakot (by-election)	Lansdowne
Last election	19	36
Seats won	35	21
Seat change	16	15

Chief Minister before election

N. D. Tiwari
INC

Elected Chief Minister

B. C. Khanduri
BJP

N. D. Tiwari
INC

B. C. Khanduri
BJP

The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2007 were the second Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state. The elections were held on 21 February 2007, when the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in the 70-seat legislature. One seat short of forming a majority, the BJP have had to rely on support from the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and three Independents to form the government. The Indian National Congress became the official opposition, holding 21 seats.

The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in a house of 70. They were still one short of the majority to form a government. After much wrangling it was announced that the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and the three Independents would be supporting the government. The incumbent Indian National Congress Government lost as they had only 21 seats out of 70 seats.

After protracted discussions it was announced the B. C. Khanduri would be Chief Minister and B. S. Koshyari was to manage party work.

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