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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = Legislative
| previous_election = 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 2007
| next_election = 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 2017
| seats_for_election = 70 seats in the [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 36
| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|2012|01|30}}
| turnout = '''66.17%''' ({{increase}} 6.72%)
| image1 = [[File:Vijay Bahuguna.jpg|100px]]
| leader1 = [[Vijay Bahuguna]]
| leader_since1 = 2012
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 = Post-poll alliance with [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]], [[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal|UKD(P)]] and [[Independent politician|Independents]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Sitarganj (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Sitarganj]]<br>(''[[List of by-elections to the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly|by-election]]'')
| last_election1 = 21
| seats_before1 =
| seats_needed1 =
| seats1 = '''32'''
| seats_after1 =
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 11
| popular_vote1 = '''14,36,042'''
| percentage1 = '''33.79%'''
| swing1 = {{increase}} 4.2%
| image2 = [[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]]
| leader2 = [[Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri]]
| leader_since2 = 2007
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance2 = Independent politician
| leaders_seat2 = [[Kotdwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kotdwar]]<br>(''lost'')
| last_election2 = 35
| seats_before2 =
| seats_needed2 =
| seats2 = 31
| seats_after2 =
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 4
| popular_vote2 = 14,08,341
| percentage2 = 33.13%
| swing2 = {{increase}} 1.23%
| alliance3 = Post-poll alliance with [[Indian National Congress|INC]], [[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal|UKD(P)]] and [[Independent politician|Independents]]
| image3 = [[File:Mayawati.jpg|100px]]
| last_election3 = 8
| leader3 = [[Mayawati]]
| leader_since3 = 2002
| leaders_seat3 = ''Did not contest''
| party3 = Bahujan Samaj Party
| percentage3 = 12.19%
| popular_vote3 = 5,18,257
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 5
| seats3 = 3
| swing3 = {{increase}} 0.43%
| map_image = File:Uttarakhand Election Results 2012 (Kartik Chauhandehra)(2).svg
| map_size = 400px
| map_caption = Constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri]]
| after_election = [[Vijay Bahuguna]]
| before_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| result =
| ongoing =
}}

The '''2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election''' were the [[3rd Uttarakhand Assembly|3rd Vidhan Sabha]] ([[State Legislative Assembly (India)|Legislative Assembly]]) election of the state of [[Uttarakhand]] in [[India]]. Elections were held on 30 January 2012 when [[Indian National Congress]] emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in the 70-seat legislature and formed the government with the help of [[Progressive Democratic Front (Uttarakhand)|Progressive Democratic Front]] alliance ([[Bahujan Samaj Party]], [[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal|Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P)]] and [[Independent politician|Independents]]). The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] with 31 seats served as the official opposition.

==Results==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=8|[[File:India Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly 2012.svg]]
|-
! align="center" | Rank
! align="center" | Party
! align="center" | Seats Contested
! align="center" | Seats Won
! align="center" | % Votes
! align="center" | % Votes in <br> Seats Contested
! align="center" | Leader in the House
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|1||align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]] (INC)||'''70'''||'''32'''||'''33.79'''||'''33.79'''||[[Vijay Bahuguna]] (2012–2014)<br>[[Harish Rawat]] (2014–2017)
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|3||align="left"|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (BSP)||'''70'''||'''03'''||'''12.19'''||'''12.19'''||[[Hari Das]]
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|4||align="left"|[[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal|Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P)]] (UKD(P))||'''44'''||'''01'''||'''1.93'''||'''3.18'''||[[Pritam Singh Panwar]]
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|5||align="left"|[[Independent politician|Independents]]||'''–'''||'''03'''||'''12.34'''||'''12.34'''||N/A
|-
|2||align="left"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)||'''70'''||'''31'''||'''33.13'''||'''33.13'''||[[Ajay Bhatt (politician)|Ajay Bhatt]]
|-
| ||align="centre"|'''Total '''||'''–'''||'''70'''||'''–'''||'''–'''||
|}

The [[Indian National Congress]] emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in a house of 70. They were still four short of the majority to form a government. After much wrangling it was announced that the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]], [[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal|Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P)]] and the three [[Independent politician|Independents]] would be supporting the government. The incumbent [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] Government lost as they had only 31 seats out of 70 seats, lagging just one seat behind Indian National Congress.

After protracted discussions it was announced the [[Vijay Bahuguna]] would be Chief Minister and [[Harish Rawat]] would continue to serve as the Union Minister for Water Resources in the UPA government at Union level.

==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)||[[Mal Chand]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|2||[[Yamunotri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Yamunotri]]||[[Pritam Singh Panwar]]||style="background: #336666; color: white"|UKD(P)
|-
|3
||[[Gangotri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Gangotri]]||[[Vijaypal Singh Sajwan]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|4||[[Badrinath (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Badrinath]]||[[Rajendra Singh Bhandari]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|5||[[Tharali (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Tharali]] (SC)||Prof. [[Jeet Ram (Uttarakhand politician)|Jeet Ram]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|6||[[Karnaprayag (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Karnaprayag]]||Dr. [[Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|7||[[Kedarnath (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kedarnath]]||[[Shaila Rani Rawat]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|8||[[Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Rudraprayag]]||Dr. [[Harak Singh Rawat]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|9||[[Ghansali (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Ghansali]] (SC)||[[Bhim Lal Arya]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|10||[[Devprayag (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Devprayag]]||[[Mantri Prasad Naithani]]||bgcolor=#DDDDDD|Independent
|-
|11||[[Narendranagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Narendranagar]]||[[Subodh Uniyal]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|12||[[Pratapnagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pratapnagar]]||[[Vikram Singh Negi]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|13||[[Tehri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Tehri]]||[[Dinesh Dhanai]]||bgcolor=#DDDDDD|Independent
|-
|14||[[Dhanaulti (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dhanaulti]]||[[Mahavir Singh (politician)|Mahavir Singh]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|15||[[Chakrata (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Chakrata]] (ST)||[[Pritam Singh (Uttarakhand politician)|Pritam Singh]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|16||[[Vikasnagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Vikasnagar]]||[[Nav Prabhat]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|17||[[Sahaspur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Sahaspur]]||[[Sahdev Singh Pundir]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|18||[[Dharampur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dharampur]]||[[Dinesh Agrawal]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|19||[[Raipur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Raipur]]||[[Umesh Sharma|Umesh Sharma 'Kau']]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|20||[[Rajpur Road (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Rajpur Road]] (SC)||[[Rajkumar (politician)|Rajkumar]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|21||[[Dehradun Cantonment (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dehradun Cantonment]]||[[Harbans Kapoor]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|22||[[Mussoorie (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Mussoorie]]||[[Ganesh Joshi]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|23||[[Doiwala (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Doiwala]]||Dr. [[Ramesh Pokhriyal|Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank']]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|24||[[Rishikesh (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Rishikesh]]||[[Premchand Aggarwal]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|25||[[Haridwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Haridwar]]||[[Madan Kaushik]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|26||[[BHEL Ranipur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|BHEL Ranipur]]||[[Adesh Chauhan]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|27||[[Jwalapur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Jwalapur]] (SC)||[[Chandra Shekhar (Uttarakhand politician)|Chandra Shekhar]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|28||[[Bhagwanpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bhagwanpur]] (SC)||[[Surendra Rakesh]]||style="background: #0000FF; color: white"|BSP
|-
|29||[[Jhabrera (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Jhabrera]] (SC)||[[Hari Das]]||style="background: #0000FF; color: white"|BSP
|-
|30||[[Piran Kaliyar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Piran Kaliyar]]||[[Furqan Ahmad]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|31||[[Roorkee (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Roorkee]]||[[Pradip Batra]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|32||[[Khanpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Khanpur]]||[[Pranav Singh|Pranav Singh 'Champion']]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|33||[[Manglaur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Manglaur]]||[[Sarwat Karim Ansari]]||style="background: #0000FF; color: white"|BSP
|-
|34
||[[Laksar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Laksar]]||[[Sanjay Gupta (politician)|Sanjay Gupta]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|35||[[Haridwar Rural (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Haridwar Rural]]||[[Yatishwaranand]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|36||[[Yamkeshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Yamkeshwar]]||[[Vijaya Barthwal]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|37||[[Pauri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pauri]] (SC)||[[Sundar Lal Mandrawal]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|38||[[Srinagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Srinagar]]||[[Ganesh Godiyal]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|39||[[Chaubattakhal (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Chaubattakhal]]||[[Tirath Singh Rawat]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|40||[[Lansdowne (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Lansdowne]]||[[Dilip Singh Rawat]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|41||[[Kotdwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kotdwar]]||[[Surendra Singh Negi]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|42||[[Dharchula (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dharchula]]||[[Harish Singh Dhami]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|43||[[Didihat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Didihat]]||[[Bishan Singh Chuphal]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|44||[[Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pithoragarh]] ||[[Mayukh Mahar|Mayukh Singh Mahar]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|45||[[Gangolihat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Gangolihat]] (SC)||[[Narayan Ram Arya]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|46||[[Kapkot (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kapkot]]||[[Lalit Pharswan]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|47||[[Bageshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bageshwar]] (SC)||[[Chandan Ram Das]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|48||[[Dwarahat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dwarahat]]||[[Madan Singh Bisht]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|49||[[Salt (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Salt]]||[[Surendra Singh Jeena]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|50||[[Ranikhet (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Ranikhet]]||[[Ajay Bhatt (politician)|Ajay Bhatt]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|51||[[Someshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Someshwar]] (SC)||[[Ajay Tamta]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|52||[[Almora (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Almora]]||[[Manoj Tiwari (Uttarakhand politician)|Manoj Tiwari]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|53||[[Jageshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Jageshwar]]||[[Govind Singh Kunjwal]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|54||[[Lohaghat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Lohaghat]]||[[Puran Singh Phartyal]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|55||[[Champawat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Champawat]]||[[Hemesh Kharkwal]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|56||[[Lalkuan (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Lalkuan]]||[[Harish Chandra Durgapal]]||bgcolor=#DDDDDD|Independent
|-
|57||[[Bhimtal (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bhimtal]]||[[Dan Singh Bhandari]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|58||[[Nainital (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Nainital]] (SC)||[[Sarita Arya]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|59||[[Haldwani (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Haldwani]]||Dr. [[Indira Hridayesh]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|60||[[Kaladhungi (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kaladhungi]]||[[Banshidhar Bhagat]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|61||[[Ramnagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Ramnagar]]||[[Amrita Rawat]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|62||[[Jaspur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Jaspur]]||Dr. [[Shailendra Mohan Singhal]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|63||[[Kashipur, Uttarakhand Assembly constituency|Kashipur]]||[[Harbhajan Singh Cheema]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|64||[[Bajpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bajpur]] (SC)||[[Yashpal Arya]]||bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC
|-
|65||[[Gadarpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Gadarpur]]||[[Arvind Pandey]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|66||[[Rudrapur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Rudrapur]]||[[Rajkumar Thukral]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|67||[[Kichha (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kichha]]||[[Rajesh Shukla]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|68||[[Sitarganj (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Sitarganj]]||[[Kiran Mandal]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|69||[[Nanakmatta (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Nanakmatta]] (ST)||Dr. [[Prem Singh Rana]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|-
|70||[[Khatima (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Khatima]]||[[Pushkar Singh Dhami]]||bgcolor=#FF9933|BJP
|}

==See also==
*[[3rd Uttarakhand Assembly]]
*[[Vijay Bahuguna ministry|Bahuguna ministry]]
*[[Harish Rawat ministry]]
*[[Elections in Uttarakhand]]
*[[Politics of Uttarakhand]]
*[[2012 elections in India]]

==References==
*http://ceo.uk.gov.in/files/Election2012/RESULTS_2012_Uttarakhand_State.pdf
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