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Saturday, December 23, 2017

2017 Assembly Elections held in 7 States in India - BJP won 6 and Congress won 1


Saffron-Footprint


1)Goa - 40 Seats

Date of Election - February 04

BJP came to power and Manohar Parrikar became the Chief Minister

The 2017 Goa Assembly Elections was the first time that an entire state in India saw the implementation of VVPAT

Despite winning 17 of 40 seats in Goa, the Congress failed to make a move to form the government in Goa.

This led to Congress MLAs shifting their alliance to the BJP, which had won only 13 seats.

With a majority in hand, the BJP went on to form the government in Goa, even winning a trust vote in the Assembly to consolidate their position.


2)Punjab - 117 Seats


Date of Election - February 04

Indian National Congress(INC)wrested power from Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD)

Captain Amarinder Singh became the Chief Minister

The lone Congress win in all of 2017, the national Opposition party won 77 out of 117 seats.

Capt. Amarinder Singh, who was sworn in as the Chief Minister, won the Patiala seat with highest margin of 52,407 votes as he defeated his nearest rival Balbir Singh of the AAP.


3)Uttar Pradesh - 403 Seats

Date of Election -In 7 Phases from February 11 to March 08,2017

BJP wrested power  from Samajwadi Party

The BJP won the Assembly Election in Uttar Pradesh with 312 of 403 seats in their favour.

The incumbent Samajwadi Party combine polled 54 seats, and the Bahujan Samaj Party won 19 seats.

Yogi Adityanath was appointed as Chief Minister, a surprise choice who beat Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma to the top spot.


4)Uttarakhand - 70 Seats

Date of Election - February 15

BJP wrested power from Indian National Congress(INC)

Uttarakhand  saw a saffron sweep with the BJP winning 57 of 70 seats.

Trivendra Singh Rawat was chosen as the Chief Minister. Elected from the Doiwala constituency, Mr. Rawat is an erstwhile RSS pracharak who built a place for himself in national politics after he worked alongside Amit Shah in Uttar Pradesh in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.


5)Manipur - 60 Seats

Date of Election - In Two Phases on March 04 and March 08

BJP wrested power from Indian National Congress(INC)
Nongthombam Biren Singh became the Chief Minister

BJP was quicker to act than the Congress, even with just 21 out of 60 seats in hand

Biren Singh, the Chief Minister, is a 56-year-old politician who has been a national-level footballer, served in the central paramilitary forces and also worked as an editor of a local newspaper.


6) Himachal Pradesh - 68 Seats

Date of Election - November 09


The BJP beat incumbent Virbhadra Singh’s Congress Government in elections, winning 44 of 68 seats.

The Chief Minister for Himachal Pradesh will be Jairam Thakur.

The BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Prem Kumar Dhumal was defeated in the polls in the Sujanpur constituency.


7)Gujarat

Date of Election - In Two Phases on Dec 09 and 14

For the sixth time in a row, the BJP retained power in Gujarat but this time with a narrower margin.

 The incumbent party won 99 seats, and the Congress won 77 seats.

Over 5.5 lakh voters in Gujarat voted for the NOTA option.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held rallies in 34 districts over a period of 15 days, and to a large extent, helped the party stay in power

BJP retained Vijay Rupani and Nitin Patel as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat






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