Political map of India
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 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

State legislatures

Date(s) of Election State/UT Government Before Chief Minister before election Government After Elected Chief Minister
4 February 2017 Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal Parkash Singh Badal Indian National Congress Amarinder Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
4 February 2017 Goa Bharatiya Janata Party Laxmikant Parsekar Bharatiya Janata Party Manohar Parrikar
Goa Forward Party
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
15 February 2017 Uttarakhand Indian National Congress Harish Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party Trivendra Singh Rawat
11 February 2017 to 9 March 2017 Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party Yogi Adityanath
Apna Dal (Sonelal)
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party
4 March 2017 & 8 March 2017 Manipur Indian National Congress Okram Ibobi Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Nongthombam Biren Singh
National People's Party
Naga People's Front
Lok Janshakti Party
9 November 2017 Himachal Pradesh Indian National Congress Virbhadra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Jai Ram Thakur
9 December 2017 & 14 December 2017 Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party Vijay Rupani Bharatiya Janata Party Vijay Rupani

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.[3]

Results of the 2017 Indian presidential election[4]
Candidate Individual votes Electoral College votes %
Ram Nath Kovind 2,930 702,044
65.65%
Meira Kumar 1,844 367,314
34.35%
Invalid[5] 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.[6]

Lok Sabha by-election

Legislative assembly elections

Punjab

Main article: 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
Punjab
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]
Punjab Legislative Assembly Nov 2017.svg
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 15,443,466 100.00 117 ±0

Goa

Main article: 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election
Goa
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 % ± % Won +/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 2,97,588 32.5 Decrease2.2 13 Decrease8
Indian National Congress (INC) 2,59,758 28.4 Decrease2.4 17 Increase8
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG) 1,03,290 11.3 Increase4.6 3 Steady
Independents (IND) 1,01,922 11.1 Decrease5.5 3 Decrease2
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 57,420 6.3 Increase6.3 0 Steady
Goa Forward Party (GFP) 31,900 3.5 Increase3.5 3 Increase3
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 N/A
Total 9,16,216 100.00 40 ±0
Valid votes 9,16,216 99.85
Invalid votes 1,416 0.15
Votes cast / turnout 9,17,832 82.56
Abstentions 1,93,860 17.44
Registered voters 11,11,692

Uttar Pradesh

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]
2017 Uttar Pradesh election result.png
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 86,728,324 100.00 403 ±0

Uttarakhand

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

Manipur

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

Himachal Pradesh

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

Gujarat

Main article: 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
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.[citation needed]

← Summary of the 9–14 December 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election results
Gujarat Legislative Assembly 2017.svg
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1,47,24,427 49.1 Increase1.2 99 Decrease16
Indian National Congress (INC) 1,24,38,937 41.4 Increase2.5 77 Increase16
Independents (IND) 12,90,278 4.3 Decrease1.5 3 Increase2
Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) 2,22,694 0.7 Increase0.7 2 Increase2
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 2,07,007 0.7 Decrease0.6 0 Steady
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
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 24,918 0.1 Increase0.1 0 Steady
Janata Dal (United) (JDU) 0 Decrease1
Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) N/A Decrease3.6 0 Decrease2
None of the Above (NOTA) 5,51,615 1.8 Increase1.8 N/A
Total 100.00 182 ±0

See also

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