# 2017 elections in India

The elections in India in 2017 include the seven state legislative assembly elections.

## Maps

| 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 |

## State legislatures

| Date(s) | 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 |
| 4 February 2017 | Punjab | Bharatiya Janata Party | Parkash Singh Badal | Indian National Congress | Amarinder Singh |
| 4 February 2017 | Goa | Bharatiya Janata Party | Laxmikant Parsekar | Bharatiya Janata Party | Manohar Parrikar |
| 4 February 2017 | Goa | Bharatiya Janata Party | Laxmikant Parsekar | Goa Forward Party | Manohar Parrikar |
| 4 February 2017 | Goa | Bharatiya Janata Party | Laxmikant Parsekar | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | Manohar Parrikar |
| 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 |
| 11 February 2017 to 9 March 2017 | Uttar Pradesh | Samajwadi Party | Akhilesh Yadav | Apna Dal (Sonelal) | Yogi Adityanath |
| 11 February 2017 to 9 March 2017 | Uttar Pradesh | Samajwadi Party | Akhilesh Yadav | Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party | Yogi Adityanath |
| 4 March 2017 & 8 March 2017 | Manipur | Indian National Congress | Okram Ibobi Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | Nongthombam Biren Singh |
| 4 March 2017 & 8 March 2017 | Manipur | Indian National Congress | Okram Ibobi Singh | National People's Party | Nongthombam Biren Singh |
| 4 March 2017 & 8 March 2017 | Manipur | Indian National Congress | Okram Ibobi Singh | Naga People's Front | Nongthombam Biren Singh |
| 4 March 2017 & 8 March 2017 | Manipur | Indian National Congress | Okram Ibobi Singh | Lok Janshakti Party | Nongthombam Biren Singh |
| 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

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

## Parliamentary By-election

| S.No | Date | Constituency | State/UT | MP before election | Party before election | Elected MP | Party after election |
| 1 | 4 February 2017 | Amritsar | Punjab | Amarinder Singh | Indian National Congress | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | Indian National Congress |
| 4 | 11 October 2017 | Gurdaspur | Punjab | Vinod Khanna | Bharatiya Janata Party | Sunil Jakhar | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | 9 April 2017 | Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir | Tariq Hameed Karra | Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party | Farooq Abdullah | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| 3 | 12 April 2017 | Malappuram | Kerala | E. Ahamed | Indian Union Muslim League | P.K. Kunhalikutty | Indian Union Muslim League |

## Legislative assembly elections
### Punjab

Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 75 per cent voter turnout. In Punjab all the 117 assembly constituencies have triangular contests between major parties makes the results uncertain.
Result was declared on 11 March 2017.
← Summary of the 4 February 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election results :
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | 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 | Total | 15,443,466 | 100.00 | | | 117 | ±0 |

### Goa

Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 83 per cent turnout. The BJP, MGP, GFP and two independents formed an alliance to win the election.
← Summary of the 4 February 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election results :
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | 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 | Total | 9,16,216 | 100.00 | | 40 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 9,16,216 | 99.85 | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,416 | 0.15 | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 9,17,832 | 82.56 | | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 1,93,860 | 17.44 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 11,11,692 | | | | |

### Uttar Pradesh

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh were held between 11 February and 9 March 2017 in seven phases. Result was declared on 11 March 2017.
← Summary of the 11 February – 8 March 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election results :
| Party | Party | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | 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 | Total | 86,728,324 | 100.00 | | | 403 | ±0 |

### Uttarakhand

Elections for the State assembly were held on 15 February 2017 with a 65.64 per cent turnout. Result was declared on 11 March 2017.
← Summary of the 15 February 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election results :
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | 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 | Total | 4,975,494 | 100.00 | | 70 | ±0 |

### Manipur

Assembly elections in Manipur were held on 4 March and 8 March 2017 in two phases. The result was declared on 11 March 2017.
← Summary of the 4–8 March 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election results :
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− |
| | Indian National Congress (INC) | 582,056 | 35.1 | 6.9 | 28 | 19 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 601,539 | 36.3 | 34.2 | 21 | 21 |
| | Naga People's Front (NPF) | 118,850 | 7.2 | 0.3 | 4 | |
| | National People's Party (NPP) | 83,744 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 4 | 4 |
| | Independents (IND) | 83,834 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 1 | 1 |
| | Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) | 42,263 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1 | |
| | All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) | 23,384 | 1.4 | 15.6 | 1 | 4 |
| | None of the Above (NOTA) | 9,062 | 0.6 | 0.6 | — | — |
| Total | Total | | 100.00 | | 60 | ±0 |

### Himachal Pradesh

Elections for the State assembly was held on 9 November 2017. Voting turnout recorded 74%, which is highest ever in the state. 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.
← Summary of the 9 November 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election results :
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 1,846,432 | 48.8 | 10.3 | 44 | 18 |
| | Indian National Congress (INC) | 1,577,450 | 41.7 | 1.1 | 21 | 15 |
| | Independents (IND) | 239,989 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) | 55,558 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 |
| | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 18,540 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| | Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP) | — | — | 2.4 | 0 | 1 |
| | None of the Above (NOTA) | 34,232 | 0.9 | 0.9 | — | — |
| Total | Total | | 100.00 | | 68 | ±0 |

### Gujarat

Elections for the State Assembly were held on 9 and 14 December 2017. The result was declared on 18 December 2017.
← Summary of the 9–14 December 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election results :
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | 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 | Total | | 100.00 | | 182 | ±0 |

## Legislative Assembly by-elections
### Andhra Pradesh

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 139 | 23 August 2017 | Nandyal | Bhuma Nagi Reddy | | YSR Congress Party | Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy | | Telugu Desam Party |

### Arunachal Pradesh

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 12 | 21 December 2017 | Pakke-Kessang | Kameng Dolo | | Indian National Congress | Biyuram Wahge | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 28 | 21 December 2017 | Likabali | Jomde Kena | | Indian National Congress | Kardo Nayigyor | | Bharatiya Janata Party |

### Assam

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 113 | 9 April 2017 | Dhemaji | Pradan Baruah | | Bharatiya Janata Party | Ranoj Pegu | | Bharatiya Janata Party |

### Delhi

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 27 | 9 April 2017 | Rajouri Garden | Jarnail Singh | | Aam Aadmi Party | Manjinder Singh Sirsa | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 7 | 23 August 2017 | Bawana | Ved Parkash | | Aam Aadmi Party | Ram Chander | | Aam Aadmi Party |

### Goa

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 11 | 23 August 2017 | Panaji | Sidharth Kuncalienker | | Bharatiya Janata Party | Manohar Parrikar | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 19 | 23 August 2017 | Valpoi | Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane | | Indian National Congress | Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane | | Bharatiya Janata Party |

### Himachal Pradesh

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 36 | 9 April 2017 | Bhoranj | Ishwar Dass Dhiman | | Bharatiya Janata Party | Dr Anil Dhiman | | Bharatiya Janata Party |

### Jharkhand

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 4 | 9 April 2017 | Litipara | Anil Murmu | | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Simon Marandi | | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |

### Karnataka

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 214 | 9 April 2017 | Nanjangud | Srinivas Prasad | | Indian National Congress | Kalale N. Keshavamurthy | | Indian National Congress |
| 224 | 9 April 2017 | Gundlupet | H. S. Mahadeva Prasad | | Indian National Congress | M.C. Mohan Kumari | | Indian National Congress |

### Kerala

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 41 | 11 October 2017 | Vengara | P.K. Kunhalikutty | | Indian Union Muslim League | K. N. A. Khader | | Indian Union Muslim League |

### Madhya Pradesh

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election |
| 9 | 9 April 2017 | Ater | Satyadev Katare | Indian National Congress | Hemant Katare | Indian National Congress |
| 89 | 9 April 2017 | Bandhavgarh | Gyan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | Shiv Narayan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 61 | 9 November 2017 | Chitrakoot | Prem Singh | Indian National Congress | Neelanshu Chaturvedi | Indian National Congress |

### Nagaland

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 10 | 29 July 2017 | Northern Angami-I | Khriehu Liezietsu | | Naga People's Front | Shurhozelie Liezietsu | | Naga People's Front |

### Rajasthan

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 79 | 9 April 2017 | Dholpur | B.L. Kushwah | | Bahujan Samaj Party | Shobha Rani Kushwah | | Bharatiya Janata Party |

### Sikkim

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 28 | 12 April 2017 | Upper Burtuk | Prem Singh Tamang | | Sikkim Krantikari Morcha | Dilli Ram Thapa | | Sikkim Democratic Front |

### Tamil Nadu

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Reason | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 11 | 21 December 2017 | Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar | J. Jayalalithaa | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Died on 5 December 2016 | T. T. V. Dhinakaran | | Independent politician |

### Uttar Pradesh

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 207 | 21 December 2017 | Sikandra | Mathura Prasad Pal | | Bharatiya Janata Party | Ajit Singh Pal | | Bharatiya Janata Party |

### West Bengal

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 216 | 9 April 2017 | Kanthi Dakshin | Dibyendu Adhikari | | All India Trinamool Congress | Chandrima Bhattacharya | | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 226 | 21 December 2017 | Sabang | Manas Bhunia | | Indian National Congress | Geeta Rani Bhunia | | All India Trinamool Congress |