Elections in India, 2017
Political map of India The elections in India in 2017 include the seven state legislative assembly elections .[1] [2]
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
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]
Legislative assembly elections
Punjab
Punjab Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 75 per cent voter turnout.[9] [10] In Punjab all the 117 assembly constituencies have triangular contests between major parties makes the results uncertain.[11]
Result was declared on 11 March 2017.
← Summary of the 4 February 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election results[12]
Parties and coalitions
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
± pp
Contested
Won
+/−
Indian National Congress (INC)
5,945,899
38.5
1.4
117
77
31
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
3,662,665
23.7
23.7
112
20
20
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
3,898,161
25.2
9.4
94
15
41
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
833,092
5.4
1.8
23
3
9
Independents (IND)
323,243
2.1
5.0
303
0
3
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
234,400
1.5
2.8
117
0
Lok Insaaf Party (LIP)
189,228
1.2
1.2
5
2
2
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) (SAD(M))
49,260
0.3
54
0
Aapna Punjab Party (APPA)
37,476
0.2
78
0
Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMPOI)
37,243
0.2
13
0
Communist Party of India (CPI)
34,074
0.2
0.6
23
0
None of the above (NOTA)
108,471
0.7
0.7
—
Total
15,443,466
100.00
117
±0
Goa
Goa Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 83 per cent turnout.[10] [9] The BJP, MGP, GFP and two independents formed an alliance to win the election.[13]
← Summary of the 4 February 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election results[14]
Parties and coalitions
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
± %
Won
+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
2,97,588
32.5
2.2
13
8
Indian National Congress (INC)
2,59,758
28.4
2.4
17
8
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG)
1,03,290
11.3
4.6
3
Independents (IND)
1,01,922
11.1
5.5
3
2
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
57,420
6.3
6.3
0
Goa Forward Party (GFP)
31,900
3.5
3.5
3
3
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
20,916
2.3
1.8
1
1
Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM)
10,745
1.2
1.2
0
United Goans Party (UGP)
8,563
0.9
0.9
0
Goa Vikas Party (GVP)
5,379
0.6
2.9
0
2
Others
7,816
0.9
2.9
0
None of the Above (NOTA)
10,919
1.2
1.2
—
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
Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh were held between 11 February and 9 March 2017 in seven phases.[10] Result was declared on 11 March 2017.[15]
← Summary of the 11 February – 8 March 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election results[16]
Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
± pp
Contested
Won
+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
34,403,039
39.7
24.7
384
312
265
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
19,281,352
22.2
3.7
403
19
61
Samajwadi Party (SP)
18,923,689
22.0
7.7
298
47
177
Indian National Congress (INC)
5,416,324
6.2
5.4
105
7
21
Independents (IND)
2,229,448
2.6
1.5
1462
3
11
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)
1,545,810
1.8
0.5
131
1
8
Apna Dal (Sonelal) (ADAL)
851,336
1.0
1.0
11
9
9
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP)
607,911
0.7
0.7
8
4
4
Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (NINSHAD)
540,542
0.6
0.6
100
1
1
Peace Party of India (PECP)
227,998
0.3
2.0
150
0
4
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
205,232
0.2
38
0
Lok Dal (LD)
181,704
0.2
0.1
81
0
Bahujan Mukti Party (BMUP)
152,844
0.2
0.2
182
0
Communist Party of India (CPI)
138,763
0.2
90
0
Mahan Dal (MD)
96,087
0.1
0.8
14
0
Shiv Sena (SS)
88,595
0.1
0.7
150
0
Other parties
1,080,007
1.2
7.3
1643
0
3
None of the above (NOTA)
757,643
0.9
0.9
—
Total
86,728,324
100.00
403
±0
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Elections for the State assembly were held on 15 February 2017 with a 65.64 per cent turnout.[10] 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)
2,314,250
46.5
13.4
57
26
Indian National Congress (INC)
1,666,379
33.5
0.3
11
21
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
347,533
7.0
5.2
0
3
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD)
37,041
0.7
1.2
0
1
Samajwadi Party (SP)
18,202
0.4
1.0
0
Independents (IND)
499,674
10.0
2.3
2
1
None of the Above (NOTA)
50,439
1.0
—
Total
4,975,494
100.00
70
±0
Manipur
Manipur Assembly elections in Manipur were held on 4 March and 8 March 2017 in two phases.[10] The result was declared on 11 March 2017.
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.[18]
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.[19]
Gujarat
Gujarat Elections for the State Assembly were held on 9 and 14 December 2017.[20] [21] 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
+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
1,47,24,427
49.1
1.2
99
16
Indian National Congress (INC)
1,24,38,937
41.4
2.5
77
16
Independents (IND)
12,90,278
4.3
1.5
3
2
Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP)
2,22,694
0.7
0.7
2
2
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
2,07,007
0.7
0.6
0
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
1,84,815
0.6
0.4
1
1
All India Hindustan Congress Party (AIHCP)
83,922
0.3
0.3
0
Rashtriya Samajwadi Party (Secular) (RSPS)
45,833
0.2
0.2
0
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
24,918
0.1
0.1
0
Janata Dal (United) (JDU)
0
1
Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP)
—
3.6
0
2
None of the Above (NOTA)
5,51,615
1.8
1.8
—
Total
100.00
182
±0