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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| flag_year =
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = 2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 2002
| next_election = 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 2012
| seats_for_election = 70 seats in the [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 36
| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|02|21}}
| turnout = '''59.50%''' ({{increase}} 5.16%)
| image1 = [[File:The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Major General (Retd.) B. C. Khanduri meeting with the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Murli Deora, in New Delhi on December 07, 2007.jpg|100px]]
| leader1 = [[Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri]]
| leader_since1 = 2007
| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance1 = Post-poll alliance with [[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal|UKD]] and [[Independent politician|Independents]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Dhumakot (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dhumakot]]<br />(''[[List of by-elections to the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly|by-election]]'')
| last_election1 = 19
| seats_before1 =
| seats_needed1 =
| seats1 = 35
| seats_after1 =
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 16
| popular_vote1 = 12,03,726
| percentage1 = 31.90%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 6.45%
| image2 = [[File:Hand_INC.svg|100px]]
| leader2 = [[Harak Singh Rawat]]
| leader_since2 = 2007
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| alliance2 = ''<nowiki>none</nowiki>''
| leaders_seat2 = [[Lansdowne (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Lansdowne]]
| last_election2 = 36
| seats_before2 =
| seats_needed2 =
| seats2 = 21
| seats_after2 =
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 15
| popular_vote2 = 7,69,991
| percentage2 = 29.59%
| swing2 = {{increase}} 2.68%
| map_image = Uttarakhand in India.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Uttarakhand]]
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand|Chief Minister]]
| post title =
| before_election = [[Narayan Datt Tiwari]]
| before_colour = [[Indian National Congress]]
| after_election = [[Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri]]
| after_colour = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| result =
| alliance3 = ''None''
| image3 = [[File:Mayawati.jpg|100px]]
| last_election3 = 7
| leader3 = Mayawati
| leader_since3 = 2003
| leaders_seat3 = ''Not Contested''
| party3 = Bahujan Samaj Party
| percentage3 = 11.76%
| popular_vote3 = 3,12,842
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 1
| seats3 = 8
| swing3 = {{increase}} 0.83%
}}
The '''2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election''' were the [[2nd Uttarakhand Assembly|2nd Vidhan Sabha]] ([[State Legislative Assembly (India)|Legislative Assembly]]) election of the state of [[Uttarakhand]] in [[India]]. 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 [[Independent politician|Independents]] to form the government. The [[Indian National Congress]] became the official opposition, holding 21 seats.

==Results==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! align="center" | Rank
! align="center" | Party
! align="center" | Seats Contested
! align="center" | Seats Won
! align="center" | Leader in the House
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|1||align="left"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)||'''70'''||'''35'''||[[Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri]] (2007–2009)<br />[[Ramesh Pokhriyal|Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nihsank']] (2009–2011)<br />[[Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri]] (2011–2012)
|-
|-style="background: #90EE90;"
|4||align="left"|[[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal]] (UKD)||'''61'''||'''03'''||[[Diwakar Bhatt]]
|-style="background: #90EE90;"
|5||align="left"|[[Independent politician|Independents]]||'''–'''||'''03'''||N/A
|-
|2||align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]] (INC)||'''70'''||'''21'''||[[Harak Singh Rawat]]
|-
|3||align="left"|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (BSP)||'''70'''||'''08'''||[[Narayan Pal]]
|-
| ||align="centre"|'''Total '''||'''–'''||'''70'''||
|}

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 [[Independent politician|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.

==List of elected Assembly members==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"
!S. No.
!Constituency
!Elected Member
!Party affiliation
|-
|1||[[Purola (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Purola]] (SC)||[[Rajesh Juwantha]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|2||[[Gangotri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Gangotri]]||[[Gopal Singh Rawat (politician)|Gopal Singh Rawat]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|3||[[Yamunotri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Yamunotri]]||[[Kedar Singh Rawat]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|4||[[Pratapnagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pratapnagar]]||[[Vijay Singh Panwar]] (Guddu Panwar)||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|5||[[Tehri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Tehri]]||[[Kishore Upadhyaya]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|6||[[Ghansali (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Ghansali]]||[[Balvir Singh Negi]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|7||[[Devprayag (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Devprayag]]||[[Diwakar Bhatt]]||style="background: #336666; color: white"|UKD
|-
|8||[[Narendranagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Narendranagar]]||[[Om Gopal Rawat]]||style="background: #336666; color: white"|UKD
|-
|9||[[Dhanaulti (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dhanaulti]] (SC)||[[Khajan Das]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|10||[[Chakrata (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Chakrata]] (ST)||[[Pritam Singh (Uttarakhand politician)|Pritam Singh]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|11||[[Vikasnagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Vikasnagar]]||[[Kuldip Kumar]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|12||[[Sahaspur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Sahaspur]] (SC)||[[Raj Kumar (politician)|Raj Kumar]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|13||[[Lakshman Chowk (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Lakshman Chowk]]||[[Dinesh Agrawal]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|14||[[Dehradun (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dehradun]]||[[Harbans Kapoor]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|15||[[Rajpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Rajpur]]||[[Ganesh Joshi]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|16||[[Mussoorie (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Mussoorie]]||[[Jot Singh Gunsola]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|17||[[Rishikesh (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Rishikesh]]||[[Premchand Aggarwal]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|18||[[Doiwala (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Doiwala]]||[[Trivendra Singh Rawat]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|19||[[Bhagwanpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bhagwanpur]] (SC)||[[Surendra Rakesh]]||style="background: #0000FF; color: white"|BSP
|-
|20||[[Roorkee (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Roorkee]]||[[Suresh Chand Jain]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|21||[[Iqbalpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Iqbalpur]]||[[Yashvir Singh (Uttarakhand politician)|Yashvir Singh]]||style="background: #0000FF; color: white"|BSP
|-
|22||[[Manglaur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Manglaur]]||[[Muhammad Nizamuddin]]||style="background: #0000FF; color: white"|BSP
|-
|23||[[Landhaura (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Landhaura]] (SC)||[[Hari Das]]||style="background: #0000FF; color: white"|BSP
|-
|24||[[Laksar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Laksar]]||[[Pranav Singh|Pranav Singh 'Champion']]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|25||[[Bahadarabad (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bahadarabad]]||[[Muhammad Shahzad (politician)|Muhammad Shahzad]]||style="background: #0000FF; color: white"|BSP
|-
|26||[[Haridwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Haridwar]]||[[Madan Kaushik]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|27||[[Laldhang (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Laldhang]]||[[Taslim Ahmad]]||style="background: #0000FF; color: white"|BSP
|-
|28||[[Yamkeshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Yamkeshwar]]||[[Vijaya Barthwal]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|29||[[Kotdwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kotdwar]]||[[Shailendra Singh Rawat]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|30||[[Dhumakot (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dhumakot]] ||Lt. Gen. [[Tejpal Singh Rawat]] (Retd.)||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|31||[[Bironkhal (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bironkhal]]||[[Amrita Rawat]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|32||[[Lansdowne (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Lansdowne]]||Dr. [[Harak Singh Rawat]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|33||[[Pauri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pauri]]||[[Yashpal Benam]]||bgcolor=#DDDDDD|Independent
|-
|34||[[Srinagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Srinagar]] (SC)||[[Brijmohan Kotwal]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|35||[[Thalisain (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Thalisain]]||Dr. [[Ramesh Pokhriyal|Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank']]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|36||[[Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Rudraprayag]]||[[Matbar Singh Kandari]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|37||[[Kedarnath (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kedarnath]]||[[Asha Nautiyal]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|38||[[Badrinath (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Badrinath]]||[[Kedar Singh Phonia]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|39||[[Nandaprayag (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Nandaprayag]]||[[Rajendra Singh Bhandari]]||bgcolor=#DDDDDD|Independent
|-
|40||[[Karnaprayag (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Karnaprayag]]||[[Anil Nautiyal]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|41||[[Pindar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pindar]] (SC)||[[Govind Lal]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|42||[[Kapkot (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kapkot]]||[[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|43||[[Kanda (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kanda]]||[[Balwant Singh Bhauryal]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|44||[[Bageshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bageshwar]] (SC)||[[Chandan Ram Das]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|45||[[Dwarahat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dwarahat]]||[[Pushpesh Tripathi]]||style="background: #336666; color: white"|UKD
|-
|46||[[Bhikiyasain (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bhikiyasain]]||[[Surendra Singh Jeena]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|47||[[Salt (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Salt]]||[[Ranjit Singh Rawat]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|48||[[Ranikhet (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Ranikhet]]||[[Karan Singh Mahra]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|49||[[Someshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Someshwar]] (SC)||[[Ajay Tamta]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|50||[[Almora (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Almora]]||[[Manoj Tiwari (politician)|Manoj Tiwari]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|51||[[Jageshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Jageshwar]]||[[Govind Singh Kunjwal]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|52||[[Mukteshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Mukteshwar]] (SC)||[[Yashpal Arya]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|53||[[Dhari (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dhari]]||[[Govind Singh Bisht]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|54||[[Haldwani (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Haldwani]]||[[Banshidhar Bhagat]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|55||[[Nainital (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Nainital]]||[[Kharak Singh Bohra]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|56||[[Ramnagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Ramnagar]]||[[Diwan Singh Bisht]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|57||[[Jaspur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Jaspur]]||Dr. [[Shailendra Mohan Singhal]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|58||[[Kashipur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kashipur]]||[[Harbhajan Singh Cheema]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|59||[[Bajpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bajpur]]||[[Arvind Pandey]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|60||[[Pantnagar–Gadarpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pantnagar–Gadarpur]]||[[Premanand Mahajan]]||style="background: #0000FF; color: white"| BSP
|-
|61||[[Rudrapur–Kichha (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Rudrapur–Kichha]]||[[Tilak Raj Behar]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|62||[[Sitarganj (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Sitarganj]] (SC)||[[Narayan Pal]]||style="background: #0000FF; color: white"|BSP
|-
|63||[[Khatima (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Khatima]] (ST)||[[Gopal Singh Rana]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|64||[[Champawat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Champawat]]||[[Vina Mahrana]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|65||[[Lohaghat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Lohaghat]]||[[Mahendra Singh Mahra]] (Mahu Bhai)||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|66||[[Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pithoragarh]]||[[Prakash Pant]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|67||[[Gangolihat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Gangolihat]] (SC)||[[Joga Ram Tamta]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|68||[[Didihat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Didihat]]||[[Bishan Singh Chuphal]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|69
||[[Kanalichhina (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kanalichhina]]||[[Mayukh Singh Mahar]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|70||[[Dharchula (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dharchula]] (ST)||[[Gagan Singh Rajwar]]||bgcolor=#DDDDDD|Independent
|}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/pages/display/117-second-vidhan-sabha|title=द्वितीय विधान सभा: उत्तराखण्ड विधान सभा|website=ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[2nd Uttarakhand Assembly]]
* [[First Khanduri ministry]]
* [[Pokhriyal ministry]]
* [[Second Khanduri ministry]]
* [[Elections in Uttarakhand]]
* [[Politics of Uttarakhand]]
* [[2007 elections in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090411091932/http://gov.ua.nic.in/ceouttranchal/Details%20of%20MP_MLA.htm Elected Members of Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand, Official list] [[Govt. of Uttarakhand]].

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