2017 elections in India

Political map of India

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

Maps

04 February 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, 2017

Election List

Start List End date Election Winning party Elected leader
4 February 2017 4 February 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2017 INC Amarinder Singh
4 February 2017 4 February 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 BJP Manohar Parrikar
15 February 2017 15 February 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2017 BJP Trivendra Singh Rawat
11 February 2017 9 March 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 BJP Yogi Adityanath
4 March 2017 8 March 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election, 2017 BJP Nongthombam Biren Singh
17 July 2017 17 July 2017 Indian presidential election, 2017 NDA Ram Nath Kovind
5 August 2017 5 August 2017 Indian vice-presidential election, 2017 NDA Venkaiah Naidu
9 November 2017 9 November 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 BJP Jai Ram Thakur
9 December 2017 14 December 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, 2017 BJP Vijay Rupani [3]

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]
CandidateIndividual votesElectoral College votes%
Ram Nath Kovind2,930702,044
65.65%
Meira Kumar1,844367,314
34.35%
Invalid[6]7720,942

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

Punjab

Elections for the State assembly were held on February 4, 2017 with 75% 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 +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 5,945,899 38.5 Decrease1.4 117 77 Increase31
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 3,662,665 23.7 Increase23.7 112 20 Increase20
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) 3,898,161 25.2 Decrease9.4 94 15 Decrease41
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 833,092 5.4 Decrease1.8 23 3 Decrease9
Independents (IND) 323,243 2.1 Decrease5.0 303 0 Decrease3
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 234,400 1.5 Decrease2.8 117 0 Steady
Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) 189,228 1.2 Increase1.2 5 2 Increase2
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
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 N/A Steady
Total 15,443,466100.00 117±0

Goa

Goa

Elections for the State assembly were held on February 4, 2017 with 83% 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 +/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 297,58832.5Decrease2.2 13Decrease8
Indian National Congress (INC) 259,75828.4Decrease2.4 17Increase8
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG) 103,29011.3Increase4.6 3Steady
Independents (IND) 101,92211.1Decrease5.5 3Decrease2
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 57,4206.3Increase6.3 0Steady
Goa Forward Party (GFP) 31,9003.5Increase3.5 3Increase3
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 20,9162.3Decrease1.8 1Increase1
Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM) 10,7451.2Increase1.2 0Steady
United Goans Party (UGP) 8,5630.9Increase0.9 0Steady
Goa Vikas Party (GVP) 5,3790.6Decrease2.9 0Decrease2
Others 7,8160.9Decrease2.9 0Steady
None of the Above (NOTA) 10,9191.2Increase1.2 N/A
Total 916,216100.00 40±0

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh were held between 11 February to 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 +/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 34,403,039 39.7 Increase24.7 384 312 Increase265
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 19,281,352 22.2 Decrease3.7 403 19 Decrease61
Samajwadi Party (SP) 18,923,689 22.0 Decrease7.7 298 47 Decrease177
Indian National Congress (INC) 5,416,324 6.2 Decrease5.4 105 7 Decrease21
Independents (IND) 2,229,448 2.6 Decrease1.5 1462 3 Decrease11
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) 1,545,810 1.8 Decrease0.5 131 1 Decrease8
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
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
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 N/A
Total 86,728,324100.00 403±0

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand

Elections for the State assembly were held on February 15, 2017 with a 65.64% 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 +/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 2,314,25046.5Increase13.4 57Increase26
Indian National Congress (INC) 1,666,37933.5Decrease0.3 11Decrease21
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 347,5337.0Decrease5.2 0Decrease3
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKKD) 37,0410.7Decrease1.2 0Decrease1
Samajwadi Party (SP) 18,2020.4Decrease1.0 0Steady
Independents (IND) 499,67410.0Decrease2.3 2Decrease1
None of the Above (NOTA) 50,4391.0 N/A
Total 4,975,494100.00 70±0

Manipur

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 +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 582,05635.1Decrease6.9 28Decrease19
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 601,53936.3Increase34.2 21Increase21
Naga People's Front (NPF) 118,8507.2Decrease0.3 4Steady
National People's Party (NPP) 83,7445.1Increase3.9 4Increase4
Independents (IND) 83,8345.1Increase1.8 1Increase1
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) 42,2632.5Increase1.9 1Steady
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) 23,3841.4Decrease15.6 1Decrease4
None of the Above (NOTA) 9,0620.6Increase0.6 N/A
Total 100.00 60±0

Himachal Pradesh

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 +/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1,846,43248.8Increase10.3 44Increase18
Indian National Congress (INC) 1,577,45041.7Decrease1.1 21Decrease15
Independents (IND) 239,9896.3Decrease6.1 2Decrease3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) 55,5581.5Decrease0.1 1Increase1
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 18,5400.5Decrease0.7 0Steady
Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP) N/ADecrease2.4 0Decrease1
None of the Above (NOTA) 34,2320.9Increase0.9 N/A
Total 100.00 68±0

Gujarat

Gujarat

Elections for the State Assembly were held on 9 and 14 December 2017.[19][20] The result was declared on 18 December 2017.[21]

← Summary of the 9-14 December 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election results
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1,47,24,42749.1Increase1.2 99Decrease16
Indian National Congress (INC) 1,24,38,93741.4Increase2.5 77Increase16
Independents (IND) 12,90,2784.3Decrease1.5 3Increase2
Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) 2,22,6940.7Increase0.7 2Increase2
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 2,07,0070.7Decrease0.6 0Steady
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 1,84,8150.6Decrease0.4 1Decrease1
All India Hindustan Congress Party (AIHCP) 83,9220.3Increase0.3 0Steady
Rashtriya Samajwadi Party (Secular) (RSPS) 45,8330.2Increase0.2 0Steady
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 24,9180.1Increase0.1 0Steady
Janata Dal (United) (JDU) 0Decrease1
Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) N/ADecrease3.6 0Decrease2
None of the Above (NOTA) 5,51,6151.8Increase1.8 N/A
Total 100.00 182±0

References

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  2. ↑ "Elections in India – A Comparative Analysis of Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) & State Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election". Electionsinindia.com. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Vijay Rupani retained as BJP's Gujarat chief minister, Nitin Patel his deputy". 22 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "With 65% votes, Ram Nath Kovind is the next President of India". Rediff News. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Live: Ram Nath Kovind is 14th President of India, to take oath on July 25". Hindustan Times. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
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  7. ↑ "Vice President Election Results: Venkaiah Naidu Elected As Next Vice-President Of India".
  8. 1 2 "Record 83% Voter Turnout In Goa, 75% In Punjab And Could Go Up: 10 Points".
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Announcement: Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
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