Elections in Uttarakhand – 2014 Results

Uttarakhand is one of the newly formed state in India. There are five parliamentary constituencies. General elections will be conducted on these constituencies on 7th May.
 

About Uttarakhand Elections

 
The state of Uttarakhand has a unicameral legislature with one house of the State Legislative Assembly called Vidhan Sabha. The assembly of Uttarakhand has a total of 70 members elected directly by the people and 1 member nominated from the community of Anglo Indians. The members of the Uttarakhand state assembly are elected every 5 years. There are a total of 70 constituencies in the State. The Legislative Assembly seat of the State at Dehradun is the capital. The state of Uttarakhand is represented in Indian Parliament by 5 elected members of the Lok Sabha and 3 elected members of the Rajya Sabha that are elected indirectly.
 
The First Legislative Assembly elections in Uttarakhand were held in the year 2002. For the first election in Uttarakhand, 28 political parties which included national, state and registered parties participated with 927 contestants. The total electorate count was 52, 70,375, out of which 54.34% voted. Since then, elections in Uttarakhand have been regularly held for the Legislative Assembly.
 
The INC (Indian National Congress) and the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) are the prominent political parties in Uttarakhand. Each of the party has contested elections in Uttarakhand and formed government alternately. The BJP had the seat of power in the year 2007, but was unable retain its position after the 3rd assembly elections in Uttarakhand in the year 2012.
 
Uttrakhand Kranti Dal is among the most important region parties of the State. The UKD party had won 3 constituency seats in the 2007 assembly elections of Uttarakhand and one seat in the 2012 elections. In the year 2007, it sided with BJP to form the Government as none of the two political parties had a majority. Major Geneal B C Khanduri, candidate of the BJP was the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand in 2007.
 
The present CM of Uttarakahnd is Mr. Harish Rawat who is also a former Union Minister. Rawat sworn in as the chief minister of the State after former CM Vijay Bahuguna of the INC resigned. Shri Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna of the INC, father of Vijay Bahuguna was the former CM of Uttar Pradesh and a significant politician of Uttar Pradesh.
 

Uttrakhand Bye Elections assembly 2014 Results

 

S. No	AC name	Name of Winner
1	Doiwala	Hira Singh Bist
2	Dharchula	Harish Chandra Singh Rawat
3	Someshwara(SC)	Rekha Arya

 

Uttarakhand General Elections – 2014

The date and schedule for the General Elections in Uttarakhand are as below:

Phase 8
No of PCs going to poll 5	(PC no. 1 to 5)
Issue of Notification	12 Apr 14 (Sat)
Last Date for filing Nominations	19 Apr 14 (Sat)
Scrutiny of Nominations	21 Apr 14 ( Mon)
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature	23 Apr 14 (Wed)
Date of Poll	07 May 14 (Wed)
Counting of Votes	16 May 14 (Fri)
Date before which the election shall be Completed	28 May 14 (Wed)

 

Political Parties of the state

 
The main political parties in the state are :

• The Bharatiya Janata Party
• The Indian National congress
• The Bahujan Samaj Party
• Uttarakhand Kranti Dal

 

Administration Process

 
The administration process of the state is carried out by the state government. It consists of chief minister and his council of ministers. They run different departments like revenue, finance, IT, etc. The governor of the state is appointed by president of India and his term consists of five years.
 

List of Uttarakhand Chief Ministers

 

Sl. No.	Uttarakhand Chief Ministers	From	To	Party
1	Harish Rawat	Feb 1, 2014	Present	INC
2	Vijay Bahuguna	Mar 13, 2012	Jan 31, 2014	INC
3	B. C. Khanduri	Sep 11, 2011	Mar 13, 2012	BJP
4	Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank	Jun 24, 2009	Sep 10, 2011	BJP
5	B. C. Khanduri	Mar 8, 2007	Jun 23, 2009	BJP
6	N. D. Tiwari	Mar 2, 2002	Mar 7, 2007	INC
7	Bhagat Singh Koshiyari	Oct 30, 2001	Mar 1, 2002	BJP
8	Nityanand Swami	Nov 9, 2000	Oct 29, 2001	BJP

 

History of Lok Sabha General Elections

 

Year of General Elections Uttarakhand	Lok Sabha	Winning Party/Coalition
1951	First Lok Sabha	-
1957	Second Lok Sabha	-
1962	Third Lok Sabha	-
1967	Fourth Lok Sabha	-
1971	Fifth Lok Sabha	-
1977	Sixth Lok Sabha	-
1980	Seventh Lok Sabha	-
1984	Eighth Lok Sabha	-
1989	Ninth Lok Sabha	-
1991	Tenth Lok Sabha	-
1996	Eleventh Lok Sabha	-
1998	Twelfth Lok Sabha	–
1999	Thirteenth Lok Sabha	-
2004	Fourteenth Lok Sabha	BJP (won 3 seats out of 5 seats)
2009	Fifteenth Lok Sabha	INC (as part of United Progressive Alliance)

 

List of Governors of Uttarakhand

 

Sl. No.	Governors of Uttarakhand	From	To
1	Aziz Qureshi	Apr 28, 2012	Present
2	Margaret Alva	Jul 19, 2009	Apr 28, 2012
3	Banwari Lal Joshi	Oct 29, 2007	Jul 18, 2009
4	Sudershan Agarwal	Jan 8, 2003	Oct 22, 2007
5	Surjit Singh Barnala	Nov 9, 2000	Jan 8, 2003

List of winner/runnerup candidates of all parliamentary constituencies of Uttarakhand with their symbol and party name with thier votes by each candidate.

Constituency	Status	Name	Party	Vote
Almora	Winner	Ajay Tamta	BJP	348186
	Runner up	Pradeep Tamta	INC	252496
Garhwal	Winner	B.C. Khanduri	BJP	405690
	Runner up	Dr. Harak Singh Rawat	INC	221164
Tehri Garhwal	Winner	Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah	BJP	446733
	Runner up	Saket Bahuguna	INC	254230
Hardwar	Winner	Ramesh Pokhriyal	BJP	592320
	Runner up	Renuka Rawat	INC	414498
Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar	Winner	Bhagat S. Koshyari	BJP	636769
	Runner up	K.C.Singh Baba	INC	352052

 

History of State Assembly Election

 

Year of Election	Vidhan Sabha	Winning Party	Chief Minister
2000	not yet created	BJP	Shri Nityanand Swami
2001	not yet created	BJP	Shri Bhagat Singh Koshiyari
2002	First	INC	Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari
2007	Second	BJP	Maj General B C Khanduri
2009	Second	BJP	Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
2011	Second	BJP	Maj General B C Khanduri
2012	Third	INC	Vijay Bahuguna
2014	Third	INC	Harish Rawat

 

Members of Rajya Sabha from Uttarakhand

 

Name	Party	Term	Name	Party	Term
Shri Mahendra Singh Mahra	Indian National Congress	03/04/2012 to 02/04/2018	Shri Tarun Vijay	Bharatiya Janata Party	05/07/2010 to 04/07/2016