2007 elections in India

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Elections in India
2007

The State Assembly elections in India, 2007 took place between 8 February 2007 and 23 February 2007 for Indian States of [Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Elections for Gujarat were held in December 2007. Elections for Goa were held June 2, 2007 to June 5, 2007.

Results

Date(s) State Government before election Chief Minister before election Government after election Chief Minister after election Maps
30 January 2007 Punjab Indian National Congress Amarinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal Parkash Singh Badal
Bharatiya Janata Party
28 January 2012 Manipur Indian National Congress Okram Ibobi Singh Indian National Congress Okram Ibobi Singh
21 February 2007 Uttarakhand Indian National Congress N. D. Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party B. C. Khanduri
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
7 April 2007 – 8 May 2007 Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party Mayawati
2 June 2007 Goa Indian National Congress Pratapsingh Rane Indian National Congress Digambar Kamat
Nationalist Congress Party
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
14 November and 19 December 2007 Himachal Pradesh Indian National Congress Virbhadra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Prem Kumar Dhumal
11 and 16 December 2007 Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi

Counting of votes was done on 27 February 2007 and the results were announced on the same date.

The Indian National Congress, who were the incumbents in Punjab and Uttarakhand lost their majorities in both states.

Goa

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won
1Indian National Congress3216
3Nationalist Congress Party63
4Save Goa Front172
2Bharatiya Janata Party3314
4Maharashtrawadi Gomantak262
5United Goans Democratic Party111
4Independent492
Total 40

Congress emerge as single largest party after results.
Congress formed government in alliance with NCP and SGF.
SGF later merged in Congress to raise its tally to 18.

Gujarat

Ranks Party Seats Contested Seats Won % Votes
1Bharatiya Janata Party18211749.12
2Indian National Congress1735938.00
3Nationalist Congress Party1031.05
4Independent18226.61
5Janata Dal (United)3510.66
6Bahujan Samaj Party16602.62
Total 182

Himachal Pradesh

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats won % votes
1Bharatiya Janata Party684143.78
2Indian National Congress672338.9
3Independent6037.97
4Bahujan Samaj Party6717.26
Total 68

Jammu and Kashmir

Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1Poonch Haveli68.51%Jahangir Hussain MirINC20,69731.14%Yash Paul SharmaIndependent16,29924.52%4,398

Manipur

Elections in Manipur were held in three phases on 8 February 14 and 23 February.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress507,51834.3030+10
Manipur Peoples Party228,67015.455+3
Nationalist Congress Party127,0058.585+2
Rashtriya Janata Dal98,6946.673New
Communist Party of India85,6435.794–1
National People's Party51,1923.463New
Manipur State Congress Party27,5051.860–7
Lok Jan Shakti Party22,2331.500–2
Samajwadi Party13,3730.900New
Bharatiya Janata Party12,5360.850-4
Janata Dal (Secular)7,1440.480New
Janata Dal (United)4,3330.2900
People's Democratic Alliance1,5080.100New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)1,2320.0800
Samata Party8610.060–3
Revolutionary Socialist Party8080.050New
Naga National Party5620.0400
All India Forward Bloc1090.010New
Independents288,66119.5110+10
Total1,479,587100.00600
Valid votes1,479,58799.97
Invalid/blank votes3730.03
Total votes1,479,960100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,707,20486.69
Source: ECI[2]

The Indian National Congress won by a simple majority. A Congress-led coalition government was sworn in on 1 March 2007 with Okram Ibobi Singh as the Chief Minister.

Punjab

Elections in Punjab was held on 13 February 2007.

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won % Votes
1Shiromani Akali Dal934837.09
3Bharatiya Janata Party23198.28
2Indian National Congress1164440.90
4Independent43156.82
5Bahujan Samaj Party11504.13
Total 117

A Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government sworn on 2 March 2007 with Parkash Singh Badal as the Chief Minister.

Uttarakhand

Elections in Uttarakhand was held on 21 February 2007.

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won % Votes
1Bharatiya Janata Party703531.90
4Uttarakhand Kranti Dal6135.49
4Independent240310.81
2Indian National Congress702129.59
3Bahujan Samaj Party70811.76
Total 70/70

The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in a house of 70. They were still one short of the majority to form a government. After much wrangling it was announced that the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and the three independents would be supporting the government. Elections to Bajpur are still to take place. The incumbent Indian National Congress Government lost as they had only 21 seats out of 70 seats.

After protracted discussions it was announced the B. C. Khanduri would be Chief Minister and B. S. Koshyari was to manage party work.

Uttar Pradesh

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won % Votes
1Bahujan Samaj Party40320630.43
2Samajwadi Party3939725.43
3Bharatiya Janata Party3505116.97
4Indian National Congress393228.61
5Rashtriya Lok Dal254103.70
6Independent25896.97
7Rashtriya Parivartan Dal1420.20
8Janata Dal (United)1610.42
8Uttar Pradesh United Democratic Front5410.35
8Rashtriya Swabhimaan Party12210.26
8Jan Morcha11810.60
8Bharatiya Jan Shakti6610.24
8 Akhil Bhartiya Loktantrik Congress210.18
Total 403

Elections in Uttar Pradesh were held in seven phases during April and May 2007. In the end, Mayawati's B.S.P won this election.

See also

References

  1. "Bye – Election – December, 2007". eci.gov.in. Election Commission Of India. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 January 2022.