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Political map of India

The elections in India in 2017 include the seven state legislative assembly elections.[1] [2]

Maps

04 February 2017
2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election
2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election
2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

State legislatures

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Date State Government before Chief Minister Before Government after Elected leader
4 February 2017 Punjab bgcolor="Template:Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color"| Shiromani Akali Dal+Bharatiya Janata Party Parkash Singh Badal bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| INC Amarinder Singh (INC)
4 February 2017 Goa bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| BJP bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| BJP/GFP/MGP Manohar Parrikar (BJP)
15 February 2017 Uttarakhand bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| INC bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| BJP Trivendra Singh Rawat (BJP)
11 February 2017 to 9 March 2017 Uttar Pradesh bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color"| SP/INC bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| BJP/AD(S)/SBSP Yogi Adityanath (BJP)
4 March 2017 & 8 March 2017 Manipur bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| INC bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| BJP/NPP/NPF/LJP Nongthombam Biren Singh (BJP)
9 November 2017 Himachal Pradesh bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| INC bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| BJP Jai Ram Thakur (BJP)
9 December 2017 & 14 December 2017 Gujarat bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| BJP bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| BJP Vijay Rupani (BJP) [3]

Presidential election

Main article: 2017 Indian presidential election

A presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 before the term of the President Pranab Mukherjee ended. Ram Nath Kovind was declared the winner after the counting of votes which was held on 20 July 2017.[4]

Results of the 2017 Indian presidential election[5]
Candidate Individual votes Electoral College votes %
Ram Nath Kovind 2,930 702,044
65.65%
Meira Kumar 1,844 367,314
34.35%
Invalid[6] 77 20,942

Vice Presidential election

Main article: 2017 Indian vice-presidential election

A Vice Presidential election were held in India on 5 August 2017 before the term of Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari ends. Venkaiah Naidu 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.[7]

Legislative assembly elections

Punjab

Main article: 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
Punjab

Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 75 per cent voter turnout.[8][9] In Punjab all the 117 assembly constituencies have triangular contests between major parties makes the results uncertain.[10]

Result was declared on 11 March 2017.

← Summary of the 4 February 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election results[11]
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| Indian National Congress (INC) 5,945,899 38.5 Decrease1.4 117 77 Increase31
bgcolor="Template:Aam Aadmi Party/meta/color"| Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 3,662,665 23.7 Increase23.7 112 20 Increase20
bgcolor="Template:Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color"| Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) 3,898,161 25.2 Decrease9.4 94 15 Decrease41
bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 833,092 5.4 Decrease1.8 23 3 Decrease9
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Independents (IND) 323,243 2.1 Decrease5.0 303 0 Decrease3
bgcolor="Template:Bahujan Samaj Party/meta/color"| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 234,400 1.5 Decrease2.8 117 0 Steady
bgcolor="Template:Aam Aadmi Party/meta/color"| Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) 189,228 1.2 Increase1.2 5 2 Increase2
bgcolor="Template:Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color"| Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) (SAD(M)) 49,260 0.3 Steady 54 0 Steady
Aapna Punjab Party (APPA) 37,476 0.2 Steady 78 0 Steady
Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMPOI) 37,243 0.2 Steady 13 0 Steady
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color"| Communist Party of India (CPI) 34,074 0.2 Decrease0.6 23 0 Steady
None of the above (NOTA) 108,471 0.7 Increase0.7 — Steady
Total 15,443,466 100.00 117 ±0

Goa

Main article: 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election
Goa

Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 83 per cent turnout.[9][8] The BJP, MGP, GFP and two independents formed an alliance to win the election.[12]

← Summary of the 4 February 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election results[13]
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 297,588 32.5 Decrease2.2 13 Decrease8
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| Indian National Congress (INC) 259,758 28.4 Decrease2.4 17 Increase8
bgcolor="Template:Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party/meta/color"| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG) 103,290 11.3 Increase4.6 3 Steady
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Independents (IND) 101,922 11.1 Decrease5.5 3 Decrease2
bgcolor="Template:Aam Aadmi Party/meta/color"| Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 57,420 6.3 Increase6.3 0 Steady
bgcolor="Template:Goa Forward Party/meta/color"| Goa Forward Party (GFP) 31,900 3.5 Increase3.5 3 Increase3
bgcolor="Template:Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color"| Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 20,916 2.3 Decrease1.8 1 Increase1
Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM) 10,745 1.2 Increase1.2 0 Steady
United Goans Party (UGP) 8,563 0.9 Increase0.9 0 Steady
Goa Vikas Party (GVP) 5,379 0.6 Decrease2.9 0 Decrease2
Others 7,816 0.9 Decrease2.9 0 Steady
None of the Above (NOTA) 10,919 1.2 Increase1.2 —
Total 916,216 100.00 40 ±0

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh
Main article: 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh were held between 11 February and 9 March 2017 in seven phases.[9] Result was declared on 11 March 2017.[14]

← Summary of the 11 February – 8 March 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election results[15]
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 34,403,039 39.7 Increase24.7 384 312 Increase265
bgcolor="Template:Bahujan Samaj Party/meta/color"| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 19,281,352 22.2 Decrease3.7 403 19 Decrease61
bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color"| Samajwadi Party (SP) 18,923,689 22.0 Decrease7.7 298 47 Decrease177
bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| Indian National Congress (INC) 5,416,324 6.2 Decrease5.4 105 7 Decrease21
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Independents (IND) 2,229,448 2.6 Decrease1.5 1462 3 Decrease11
bgcolor="Template:Rashtriya Lok Dal/meta/color"| Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) 1,545,810 1.8 Decrease0.5 131 1 Decrease8
bgcolor="Template:Apna Dal/meta/color"| Apna Dal (Sonelal) (ADAL) 851,336 1.0 Increase1.0 11 9 Increase9
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) 607,911 0.7 Increase0.7 8 4 Increase4
Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (NINSHAD) 540,542 0.6 Increase0.6 100 1 Increase1
Peace Party of India (PECP) 227,998 0.3 Decrease2.0 150 0 Decrease4
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) 205,232 0.2 Steady 38 0 Steady
Lok Dal (LD) 181,704 0.2 Increase0.1 81 0 Steady
Bahujan Mukti Party (BMUP) 152,844 0.2 Increase0.2 182 0 Steady
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color"| Communist Party of India (CPI) 138,763 0.2 Steady 90 0 Steady
Mahan Dal (MD) 96,087 0.1 Decrease0.8 14 0 Steady
bgcolor="Template:Shiv Sena/meta/color"| Shiv Sena (SS) 88,595 0.1 Increase0.7 150 0 Steady
Other parties 1,080,007 1.2 Decrease7.3 1643 0 Decrease3
None of the above (NOTA) 757,643 0.9 Increase 0.9 —
Total 86,728,324 100.00 403 ±0

Uttarakhand

Main article: 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
Uttarakhand

Elections for the State assembly were held on 15 February 2017 with a 65.64 per cent turnout.[9] Result was declared on 11 March 2017.

← Summary of the 15 February 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election results
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 2,314,250 46.5 Increase13.4 57 Increase26
bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| Indian National Congress (INC) 1,666,379 33.5 Decrease0.3 11 Decrease21
bgcolor="Template:Bahujan Samaj Party/meta/color"| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 347,533 7.0 Decrease5.2 0 Decrease3
bgcolor="Template:Uttarakhand Kranti Dal/meta/color"| Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) 37,041 0.7 Decrease1.2 0 Decrease1
bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color"| Samajwadi Party (SP) 18,202 0.4 Decrease1.0 0 Steady
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Independents (IND) 499,674 10.0 Decrease2.3 2 Decrease1
None of the Above (NOTA) 50,439 1.0 —
Total 4,975,494 100.00 70 ±0

Manipur

Main article: 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election
Manipur

Assembly elections in Manipur were held on 4 March and 8 March 2017 in two phases.[9] The result was declared on 11 March 2017.

← Summary of the 4–8 March 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election results[16]
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| Indian National Congress (INC) 582,056 35.1 Decrease6.9 28 Decrease19
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 601,539 36.3 Increase34.2 21 Increase21
bgcolor="Template:Naga People's Front/meta/color"| Naga People's Front (NPF) 118,850 7.2 Decrease0.3 4 Steady
bgcolor="Template:National People's Party (India)/meta/color"| National People's Party (NPP) 83,744 5.1 Increase3.9 4 Increase4
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Independents (IND) 83,834 5.1 Increase1.8 1 Increase1
bgcolor="Template:Lok Janshakti Party/meta/color"| Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) 42,263 2.5 Increase1.9 1 Steady
bgcolor="Template:All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color"| All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) 23,384 1.4 Decrease15.6 1 Decrease4
None of the Above (NOTA) 9,062 0.6 Increase0.6 —
Total 100.00 60 ±0

Himachal Pradesh

Main article: 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Himachal Pradesh

Elections for the State assembly was held on 9 November 2017. Voting turnout recorded 74%, which is highest ever in the state.[17] 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.[18]

← Summary of the 9 November 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election results[16]
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1,846,432 48.8 Increase10.3 44 Increase18
bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| Indian National Congress (INC) 1,577,450 41.7 Decrease1.1 21 Decrease15
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Independents (IND) 239,989 6.3 Decrease6.1 2 Decrease3
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) 55,558 1.5 Decrease0.1 1 Increase1
bgcolor="Template:Bahujan Samaj Party/meta/color"| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 18,540 0.5 Decrease0.7 0 Steady
Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP) — Decrease2.4 0 Decrease1
None of the Above (NOTA) 34,232 0.9 Increase0.9 —
Total 100.00 68 ±0

Gujarat

Main article: 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
Gujarat

Elections for the State Assembly were held on 9 and 14 December 2017.[19][20] The result was declared on 18 December 2017.[citation needed]

← Summary of the 9–14 December 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election results
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1,47,24,427 49.1 Increase1.2 99 Decrease16
bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| Indian National Congress (INC) 1,24,38,937 41.4 Increase2.5 77 Increase16
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Independents (IND) 12,90,278 4.3 Decrease1.5 3 Increase2
bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Tribal Party/meta/color"| Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) 2,22,694 0.7 Increase0.7 2 Increase2
bgcolor="Template:Bahujan Samaj Party/meta/color"| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 2,07,007 0.7 Decrease0.6 0 Steady
bgcolor="Template:Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color"| Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 1,84,815 0.6 Decrease0.4 1 Decrease1
All India Hindustan Congress Party (AIHCP) 83,922 0.3 Increase0.3 0 Steady
Rashtriya Samajwadi Party (Secular) (RSPS) 45,833 0.2 Increase0.2 0 Steady
bgcolor="Template:Aam Aadmi Party/meta/color"| Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 24,918 0.1 Increase0.1 0 Steady
bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal (United)/meta/color"| Janata Dal (United) (JDU) 0 Decrease1
bgcolor="Template:Gujarat Parivartan Party/meta/color"| Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) — Decrease3.6 0 Decrease2
None of the Above (NOTA) 5,51,615 1.8 Increase1.8 —
Total 100.00 182 ±0

See also

References

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