2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
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The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election[1] was the 4th Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 15 February 2017 in a single phase for the 69 seats of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Voting in the Karnaprayag constituency was postponed until 9 March 2017 due to the death of BSP candidate Kuldeep Kanwasi in a road accident. In the previous election in 2012, none of the parties won a majority but the Indian National Congress formed the government with the help of PDF with the leadership of Vijay Bahuguna.
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70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly 36 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 65.56% ( 0.61%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Constituency-wise result of the 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The voter turnout for the 69 seats of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly that was held on 15 February was 65.64%[2] which is less than the last election's voter turnout of 66.85%.