2nd Uttarakhand Assembly
# 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly

The 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the second Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state. The elections were held on 21 February 2007, when the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in the 70-seat legislature. One seat short of forming a majority, the BJP have had to rely on support from the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and three Independents to form the government. The Indian National Congress became the official opposition, holding 21 seats.

## Party position in the Assembly

| Rank | Party | Abbr. | Seats | Leader in the House |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP | 36 | Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2007–2009) Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nihsank' (2009–2011) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2011–2012) |
| 2 | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal | UKD | 03 | Diwakar Bhatt |
| 3 | Independent | Ind. | 03 | N/A |
| 4 | Indian National Congress | INC | 20 | Harak Singh Rawat |
| 5 | Bahujan Samaj Party | BSP | 08 | Narayan Pal |
| 6 | Nominated | Nom. | 01 | Karen Mayor |
| | Total | | 71 | |

## Key post holders in the Assembly

* Speaker : Harbans Kapoor
* Deputy Speaker : Vijaya Barthwal (2008–2009)
* Leader of the House: Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2007–2009) Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nihsank' (2009–2011) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2011–2012)
* Leader of the Opposition : Harak Singh Rawat
* Chief Secretary : Mahesh Chandra

## List of the Second Assembly members

| S. No. | Constituency | Elected Member | Party affiliation |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Purola (SC) | Rajesh Juwantha | INC |
| 2 | Gangotri | Gopal Singh Rawat | BJP |
| 3 | Yamunotri | Kedar Singh Rawat | INC |
| 4 | Pratapnagar | Vijay Singh Panwar | BJP |
| 5 | Tehri | Kishore Upadhyaya | INC |
| 6 | Ghansali | Balvir Singh Negi | INC |
| 7 | Devprayag | Diwakar Bhatt | UKD |
| 8 | Narendranagar | Om Gopal Rawat | UKD |
| 9 | Dhanaulti (SC) | Khajan Das | BJP |
| 10 | Chakrata (ST) | Pritam Singh | INC |
| 11 | Vikasnagar | Kuldip $Kumar^‡$ | BJP |
| 12 | Sahaspur (SC) | Rajkumar | BJP |
| 13 | Lakshman Chowk | Dinesh Agrawal | INC |
| 14 | Dehradun | Harbans Kapoor | BJP |
| 15 | Rajpur | Ganesh Joshi | BJP |
| 16 | Mussoorie | Jot Singh Gunsola | INC |
| 17 | Rishikesh | Premchand Aggarwal | BJP |
| 18 | Doiwala | Trivendra Singh Rawat | BJP |
| 19 | Bhagwanpur (SC) | Surendra Rakesh | BSP |
| 20 | Roorkee | Suresh Chand Jain | BJP |
| 21 | Iqbalpur | Yashvir Singh | BSP |
| 22 | Manglaur | Muhammad Nizamuddin | BSP |
| 23 | Landhaura (SC) | Hari Das | BSP |
| 24 | Laksar | Pranav Singh 'Champion' | INC |
| 25 | Bahadarabad | Muhammad Shahzad | BSP |
| 26 | Haridwar | Madan Kaushik | BJP |
| 27 | Laldhang | Taslim Ahmad | BSP |
| 28 | Yamkeshwar | Vijaya Barthwal | BJP |
| 29 | Kotdwar | Shailendra Singh Rawat | BJP |
| 30 | Dhumakot | Lt. Gen. Tejpal Singh Rawat $(Retd.)^‡$ | INC |
| 31 | Bironkhal | Amrita Rawat | INC |
| 32 | Lansdowne | Dr. Harak Singh Rawat | INC |
| 33 | Pauri | Yashpal Benam | Independent |
| 34 | Srinagar (SC) | Brijmohan Kotwal | BJP |
| 35 | Thalisain | Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' | BJP |
| 36 | Rudraprayag | Matbar Singh Kandari | BJP |
| 37 | Kedarnath | Asha Nautiyal | BJP |
| 38 | Badrinath | Kedar Singh Phonia | BJP |
| 39 | Nandaprayag | Rajendra Singh Bhandari | Independent |
| 40 | Karnaprayag | Anil Nautiyal | BJP |
| 41 | Pindar (SC) | Govind Lal | BJP |
| 42 | Kapkot | Bhagat Singh $Koshyari^#$ | BJP |
| 43 | Kanda | Balwant Singh Bhauryal | BJP |
| 44 | Bageshwar (SC) | Chandan Ram Das | BJP |
| 45 | Dwarahat | Pushpesh Tripathi | UKD |
| 46 | Bhikiyasain | Surendra Singh Jeena | BJP |
| 47 | Salt | Ranjit Singh Rawat | INC |
| 48 | Ranikhet | Karan Mahara | INC |
| 49 | Someshwar (SC) | Ajay Tamta | BJP |
| 50 | Almora | Manoj Tiwari | INC |
| 51 | Jageshwar | Govind Singh Kunjwal | INC |
| 52 | Mukteshwar (SC) | Yashpal Arya | INC |
| 53 | Dhari | Govind Singh Bisht | BJP |
| 54 | Haldwani | Banshidhar Bhagat | BJP |
| 55 | Nainital | Kharak Singh Bohra | BJP |
| 56 | Ramnagar | Diwan Singh Bisht | BJP |
| 57 | Jaspur | Dr. Shailendra Mohan Singhal | INC |
| 58 | Kashipur | Harbhajan Singh Cheema | BJP |
| 59 | Bajpur | Arvind Pandey | BJP |
| 60 | Pantnagar–Gadarpur | Premanand Mahajan | BSP |
| 61 | Rudrapur–Kichha | Tilak Raj Behar | INC |
| 62 | Sitarganj (SC) | Narayan Pal | BSP |
| 63 | Khatima (ST) | Gopal Singh Rana | INC |
| 64 | Champawat | Vina Mahrana | BJP |
| 65 | Lohaghat | Mahendra Singh Mahra | INC |
| 66 | Pithoragarh | Prakash Pant | BJP |
| 67 | Gangolihat (SC) | Joga Ram Tamta | BJP |
| 68 | Didihat | Bishan Singh Chuphal | BJP |
| 69 | Kanalichhina | Mayukh Singh Mahar | INC |
| 70 | Dharchula (ST) | Gagan Singh Rajwar | Independent |
| 71 | Anglo-Indian | Karen Mayor | Nominated |

### By-elections

| S. No. | Constituency | Elected Member | Party affiliation |
| - | - | - | - |
| 11 | Vikasnagar | Munna Singh Chauhan | BJP |
| 30 | Dhumakot | Maj. Gen. Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (Retd.) | BJP |
| 42 | Kapkot | Sher Singh Garhia | BJP |
