2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

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70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly 36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	66.17% ( 6.72%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Vijay Bahuguna Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Mayawati Party INC BJP BSP Alliance Post-poll alliance with BSP, UKD(P) and Independents Independent Post-poll alliance with INC, UKD(P) and Independents Leader since 2012 2007 2002 Leader's seat Sitarganj (by-election) Kotdwar (lost) Did not contest Last election 21 35 8 Seats won 32 31 3 Seat change 11 4 5 Popular vote 14,36,042 14,08,341 5,18,257 Percentage 33.79% 33.13% 12.19% Swing 4.2% 1.23% 0.43%
Constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Chief Minister before election Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri BJP Elected Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna INC

The 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 3rd Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 30 January 2012 when Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in the 70-seat legislature and formed the government with the help of Progressive Democratic Front alliance (Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) and Independents). The Bharatiya Janata Party with 31 seats served as the official opposition.

Results

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	% Votes	% Votes in Seats Contested	Leader in the House
1	Indian National Congress (INC)	70	32	33.79	33.79	Vijay Bahuguna (2012–2014) Harish Rawat (2014–2017)
3	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	70	03	12.19	12.19	Hari Das
4	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) (UKD(P))	44	01	1.93	3.18	Pritam Singh Panwar
5	Independents	–	03	12.34	12.34	N/A
2	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	70	31	33.13	33.13	Ajay Bhatt
	Total	–	70	–	–

The Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in a house of 70. They were still four short of the majority to form a government. After much wrangling it was announced that the Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) and the three Independents would be supporting the government. The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party Government lost as they had only 31 seats out of 70 seats, lagging just one seat behind Indian National Congress.

After protracted discussions it was announced the Vijay Bahuguna would be Chief Minister and Harish Rawat would continue to serve as the Union Minister for Water Resources in the UPA government at Union level.

List of elected Assembly members

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