The elections in
India
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in 2017 include the seven
state legislative assembly elections.
Maps
State legislatures
Presidential election
A presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 before the term of the
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Pranab Mukherjee
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee ( ; born, 11 December 1935 – 31 August 2020) was an Indian statesman who served as the president of India from 2012 until 2017. He was the first person from West Bengal to hold the post of President of India. In a pol ...
ended.
Ram Nath Kovind
Ram Nath Kovind ( ; born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the president of India from 2017 to 2022. He is the first person from Uttar Pradesh to serve as the president. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Pa ...
was declared the winner after the counting of votes which was held on 20 July 2017.
Vice Presidential election
A Vice Presidential election were held in India on 5 August 2017 before the term of
Vice President
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Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Mohammad Hamid Ansari (; born 1 April 1937) is an Indian bureaucrat and retired Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer who was the vice president of India from 2007 to 2017.
Ansari joined the IFS in 1961. In a diplomatic career spanning 38 year ...
ends.
Venkaiah Naidu
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu (born 1 July 1949) is an Indian politician who served as the vice president of India from 2017 to 2022. He has also served as the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, minister of Housing and Urban Pover ...
was elected as the Vice President of India. Mr Naidu received 516 votes defeating the opposition's candidate,
Gopal Krishna Gandhi, who got 244 votes. A total of 771 out of 785 parliamentarians voted in the election. M Venkaiah Naidu's victory margin of 272 votes is the highest in a vice presidential election in the last three decades.
Parliamentary By-election
Legislative assembly elections
Punjab

Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 75 per cent voter turnout.
In Punjab all the 117 assembly constituencies have triangular contests between major parties makes the results uncertain.

Result was declared on 11 March 2017.
Goa

Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 83 per cent turnout.
The BJP, MGP, GFP and two independents formed an alliance to win the election.
Uttar Pradesh

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh were held between 11 February and 9 March 2017 in seven phases.
Result was declared on 11 March 2017.
Uttarakhand

Elections for the State assembly were held on 15 February 2017 with a 65.64 per cent turnout.
Result was declared on 11 March 2017.
Manipur

Assembly elections in Manipur were held on 4 March and 8 March 2017 in two phases.
The result was declared on 11 March 2017.
Himachal Pradesh

Elections for the State assembly was held on 9 November 2017. Voting turnout recorded 74%, which is highest ever in the state.
The results were declared on 18 December 2017. Over 0.9% of all voters in the election specified the 'None of the Above' option, which amounted to than 33,000 votes.
Gujarat

Elections for the State Assembly were held on 9 and 14 December 2017.
The result was declared on 18 December 2017.
Legislative Assembly by-elections
Andhra Pradesh
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Arunachal Pradesh
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Assam
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Delhi
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Goa
Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...
Himachal Pradesh
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Jharkhand
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Karnataka
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Kerala
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Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...
Nagaland
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Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...
Sikkim
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Tamil Nadu
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Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
See also
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2016 elections in India
The elections in India in 2016 include the five Legislative Assembly elections in India, state legislative assembly elections. The tenure of the state legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal Legislative A ...
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2018 elections in India
Elections in the Republic of India in 2018 included by-elections to the Lok Sabha, elections to the Rajya Sabha, elections to of eight states and numerous other by-elections to state legislative assemblies, councils and local bodies.
The electio ...
References
External links
Election Commission of IndiaRaajneeti – Election 2017 Updates
{{Legislatures of India
Elections in India by year