The 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 3rd Vidhan Sabha ( Legislative Assembly) election of the state of

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

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. Elections were held on 30 January 2012 when

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emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in the 70-seat legislature and formed the government with the help of Progressive Democratic Front alliance (

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with Religious ...

, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) and Independents). The

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

with 31 seats served as the official opposition.

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The

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

, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) and the three Independents would be supporting the government. The incumbent

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

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*http://ceo.uk.gov.in/files/Election2012/RESULTS_2012_Uttarakhand_State.pdf {{Uttarakhand elections 2012 State Assembly elections in India

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January 2012 in India

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Results

List of elected Assembly members

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