The elections in India in 2017 include the seven state legislative assembly elections .[ 1] [ 2]
State legislatures [ edit ]
Presidential election [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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]
Parliamentary By-election [ edit ]
Legislative assembly elections [ edit ]
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
Decrease 1.4
117
77
Increase 31
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
3,662,665
23.7
Increase 23.7
112
20
Increase 20
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
3,898,161
25.2
Decrease 9.4
94
15
Decrease 41
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
833,092
5.4
Decrease 1.8
23
3
Decrease 9
Independents (IND)
323,243
2.1
Decrease 5.0
303
0
Decrease 3
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
234,400
1.5
Decrease 2.8
117
0
Steady
Lok Insaaf Party (LIP)
189,228
1.2
Increase 1.2
5
2
Increase 2
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
Decrease 0.6
23
0
Steady
None of the above (NOTA)
108,471
0.7
Increase 0.7
—
Steady
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.[ 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
Decrease 2.2
13
Decrease 8
Indian National Congress (INC)
2,59,758
28.4
Decrease 2.4
17
Increase 8
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG)
1,03,290
11.3
Increase 4.6
3
Steady
Independents (IND)
1,01,922
11.1
Decrease 5.5
3
Decrease 2
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
57,420
6.3
Increase 6.3
0
Steady
Goa Forward Party (GFP)
31,900
3.5
Increase 3.5
3
Increase 3
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
20,916
2.3
Decrease 1.8
1
Increase 1
Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM)
10,745
1.2
Increase 1.2
0
Steady
United Goans Party (UGP)
8,563
0.9
Increase 0.9
0
Steady
Goa Vikas Party (GVP)
5,379
0.6
Decrease 2.9
0
Decrease 2
Others
7,816
0.9
Decrease 2.9
0
Steady
None of the Above (NOTA)
10,919
1.2
Increase 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
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
Increase 24.7
384
312
Increase 265
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
19,281,352
22.2
Decrease 3.7
403
19
Decrease 61
Samajwadi Party (SP)
18,923,689
22.0
Decrease 7.7
298
47
Decrease 177
Indian National Congress (INC)
5,416,324
6.2
Decrease 5.4
105
7
Decrease 21
Independents (IND)
2,229,448
2.6
Decrease 1.5
1462
3
Decrease 11
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)
1,545,810
1.8
Decrease 0.5
131
1
Decrease 8
Apna Dal (Sonelal) (ADAL)
851,336
1.0
Increase 1.0
11
9
Increase 9
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP)
607,911
0.7
Increase 0.7
8
4
Increase 4
Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (NINSHAD)
540,542
0.6
Increase 0.6
100
1
Increase 1
Peace Party of India (PECP)
227,998
0.3
Decrease 2.0
150
0
Decrease 4
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
205,232
0.2
Steady
38
0
Steady
Lok Dal (LD)
181,704
0.2
Increase 0.1
81
0
Steady
Bahujan Mukti Party (BMUP)
152,844
0.2
Increase 0.2
182
0
Steady
Communist Party of India (CPI)
138,763
0.2
Steady
90
0
Steady
Mahan Dal (MD)
96,087
0.1
Decrease 0.8
14
0
Steady
Shiv Sena (SS)
88,595
0.1
Increase 0.7
150
0
Steady
Other parties
1,080,007
1.2
Decrease 7.3
1643
0
Decrease 3
None of the above (NOTA)
757,643
0.9
Increase 0.9
—
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.[ 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
Increase 13.4
57
Increase 26
Indian National Congress (INC)
1,666,379
33.5
Decrease 0.3
11
Decrease 21
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
347,533
7.0
Decrease 5.2
0
Decrease 3
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD)
37,041
0.7
Decrease 1.2
0
Decrease 1
Samajwadi Party (SP)
18,202
0.4
Decrease 1.0
0
Steady
Independents (IND)
499,674
10.0
Decrease 2.3
2
Decrease 1
None of the Above (NOTA)
50,439
1.0
—
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.[ 10] The result was declared on 11 March 2017.
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
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
Increase 1.2
99
Decrease 16
Indian National Congress (INC)
1,24,38,937
41.4
Increase 2.5
77
Increase 16
Independents (IND)
12,90,278
4.3
Decrease 1.5
3
Increase 2
Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP)
2,22,694
0.7
Increase 0.7
2
Increase 2
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
2,07,007
0.7
Decrease 0.6
0
Steady
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
1,84,815
0.6
Decrease 0.4
1
Decrease 1
All India Hindustan Congress Party (AIHCP)
83,922
0.3
Increase 0.3
0
Steady
Rashtriya Samajwadi Party (Secular) (RSPS)
45,833
0.2
Increase 0.2
0
Steady
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
24,918
0.1
Increase 0.1
0
Steady
Janata Dal (United) (JDU)
0
Decrease 1
Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP)
—
Decrease 3.6
0
Decrease 2
None of the Above (NOTA)
5,51,615
1.8
Increase 1.8
—
Total
100.00
182
±0
Legislative Assembly by-elections [ edit ]
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