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The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the fourth
Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislativ ...
( Legislative Assembly) election of the state. Elections were held on 15 February 2017 when
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emerged as the single largest party with 57 seats in the 70-seat legislature and formed the government. The
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with 11 seats served as the official opposition. After discussions it was announced that Trivendra Singh Rawat would be Chief Minister.


Party position in the Assembly


Key post holders in the Assembly

* Speaker :
Premchand Aggarwal Premchand Aggarwal is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Aggarwal is a member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the Rishikesh constituency in Dehradun district where he has a residence. He is originally ...
* Deputy Speaker : Raghunath Singh Chauhan * Leader of the House: Trivendra Singh Rawat (2017–2021)
Tirath Singh Rawat Tirath Singh Rawat (born 9 April 1964) is an Indian politician, a sitting Member of Parliament and former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha from the Garhwal constituency in the 2019 Indian general election as ...
(2021)
Pushkar Singh Dhami Pushkar Singh Dhami (born 16 September 1975) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, serving as the 10