# 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly

The 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the third Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state. Elections were held on 30 January 2012 when Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in the 71-seat legislature and formed the government with the help of Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) and Independents. The Bharatiya Janata Party with 31 seats served as the official opposition.
The Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in a house of 71. 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 71 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.

## Party position in the Assembly

| Rank | Party | Abbr. | Seats | Leader in the House |
| 1 | Indian National Congress | INC | 37 | Vijay Bahuguna (2012–2014) Harish Rawat (2014–2017) |
| 2 | Bahujan Samaj Party | BSP | 02 | Hari Das |
| 3 | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) | UKD(P) | 01 | Pritam Singh Panwar |
| 4 | Independent | Ind. | 03 | N/A |
| 5 | Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP | 28 | Ajay Bhatt |
| | Total | | 71 | |

## Key post holders in the Assembly

* Speaker : Govind Singh Kunjwal
* Deputy Speaker : Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri
* Leader of the House: Vijay Bahuguna (2012–2014) Harish Rawat (2014–2017)
* Leader of the Opposition : Ajay Bhatt
* Chief Secretary : Devi Prasad Gairola

## Members of the Third Uttarakhand Assembly

| S. No. | Constituency | Elected Member | Party affiliation |
| 1 | Purola (SC) | Mal Chand | BJP |
| 2 | Yamunotri | Pritam Singh Panwar | UKD(P) |
| 3 | Gangotri | Vijaypal Singh Sajwan | INC |
| 4 | Badrinath | Rajendra Singh Bhandari | INC |
| 5 | Tharali (SC) | Prof. Jeet Ram | INC |
| 6 | Karnaprayag | Dr. Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri | INC |
| 7 | Kedarnath | Shaila Rani Rawat | INC |
| 8 | Rudraprayag | Dr. Harak Singh Rawat | INC |
| 9 | Ghansali (SC) | Bhim Lal Arya | BJP |
| 10 | Devprayag | Mantri Prasad Naithani | Independent |
| 11 | Narendranagar | Subodh Uniyal | INC |
| 12 | Pratapnagar | Vikram Singh Negi | INC |
| 13 | Tehri | Dinesh Dhanai | Independent |
| 14 | Dhanaulti | Mahavir Singh Rangarh | BJP |
| 15 | Chakrata (ST) | Pritam Singh | INC |
| 16 | Vikasnagar | Nav Prabhat | INC |
| 17 | Sahaspur | Sahdev Singh Pundir | BJP |
| 18 | Dharampur | Dinesh Agrawal | INC |
| 19 | Raipur | Umesh Sharma 'Kau' | INC |
| 20 | Rajpur Road (SC) | Rajkumar | INC |
| 21 | Dehradun Cantonment | Harbans Kapoor | BJP |
| 22 | Mussoorie | Ganesh Joshi | BJP |
| 23 | Doiwala | Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'$^#$ | BJP |
| 24 | Rishikesh | Premchand Aggarwal | BJP |
| 25 | Haridwar | Madan Kaushik | BJP |
| 26 | BHEL Ranipur | Adesh Chauhan | BJP |
| 27 | Jwalapur (SC) | Chandra Shekhar | BJP |
| 28 | Bhagwanpur (SC) | Surendra Rakesh$^†$ | BSP |
| 29 | Jhabrera (SC) | Hari Das | BSP |
| 30 | Piran Kaliyar | Furqan Ahmad | INC |
| 31 | Roorkee | Pradip Batra | INC |
| 32 | Khanpur | Pranav Singh 'Champion' | INC |
| 33 | Manglaur | Sarwat Karim Ansari | BSP |
| 34 | Laksar | Sanjay Gupta | BJP |
| 35 | Haridwar Rural | Yatishwaranand | BJP |
| 36 | Yamkeshwar | Vijaya Barthwal | BJP |
| 37 | Pauri (SC) | Sundar Lal Mandrawal | INC |
| 38 | Srinagar | Ganesh Godiyal | INC |
| 39 | Chaubattakhal | Tirath Singh Rawat | BJP |
| 40 | Lansdowne | Dilip Singh Rawat | BJP |
| 41 | Kotdwar | Surendra Singh Negi | INC |
| 42 | Dharchula | Harish Singh Dhami$^‡$ | INC |
| 43 | Didihat | Bishan Singh Chuphal | BJP |
| 44 | Pithoragarh | Mayukh Singh Mahar | INC |
| 45 | Gangolihat (SC) | Narayan Ram Arya | INC |
| 46 | Kapkot | Lalit Pharswan | INC |
| 47 | Bageshwar (SC) | Chandan Ram Das | BJP |
| 48 | Dwarahat | Madan Singh Bisht | INC |
| 49 | Salt | Surendra Singh Jeena | BJP |
| 50 | Ranikhet | Ajay Bhatt | BJP |
| 51 | Someshwar (SC) | Ajay Tamta$^#$ | BJP |
| 52 | Almora | Manoj Tiwari | INC |
| 53 | Jageshwar | Govind Singh Kunjwal | INC |
| 54 | Lohaghat | Puran Singh Phartyal | BJP |
| 55 | Champawat | Hemesh Kharkwal | INC |
| 56 | Lalkuan | Harish Chandra Durgapal | Independent |
| 57 | Bhimtal | Dan Singh Bhandari | BJP |
| 58 | Nainital (SC) | Sarita Arya | INC |
| 59 | Haldwani | Dr. Indira Hridayesh | INC |
| 60 | Kaladhungi | Banshidhar Bhagat | BJP |
| 61 | Ramnagar | Amrita Rawat | INC |
| 62 | Jaspur | Dr. Shailendra Mohan Singhal | INC |
| 63 | Kashipur | Harbhajan Singh Cheema | BJP |
| 64 | Bajpur (SC) | Yashpal Arya | INC |
| 65 | Gadarpur | Arvind Pandey | BJP |
| 66 | Rudrapur | Rajkumar Thukral | BJP |
| 67 | Kichha | Rajesh Shukla | BJP |
| 68 | Sitarganj | Kiran Mandal$^‡$ | BJP |
| 69 | Nanakmatta (ST) | Dr. Prem Singh Rana | BJP |
| 70 | Khatima | Pushkar Singh Dhami | BJP |
| 71 | Anglo-Indian | Russell Valentine Gardner | INC |

### By-elections

| S. No. | Constituency | Elected Member | Party affiliation |
| 23 | Doiwala | Hira Singh Bisht | INC |
| 28 | Bhagwanpur (SC) | Mamta Rakesh | INC |
| 42 | Dharchula | Harish Rawat | INC |
| 51 | Someshwar (SC) | Rekha Arya | INC |
| 68 | Sitarganj | Vijay Bahuguna | INC |