The 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the third

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( Legislative Assembly) election of the state. Elections were held on 30 January 2012 when

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emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in the 70-seat legislature and formed the government with the help of

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...

, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) and Independents. The

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with 31 seats served as the official opposition. The

emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in a house of 70. They were still four short of the majority to form a government. After much wrangling it was announced that the

, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) and the three Independents would be supporting the government. The incumbent

Government lost as they had only 31 seats out of 70 seats, lagging just one seat behind Indian National Congress. After protracted discussions it was announced the

Vijay Bahuguna Vijay Bahuguna (born 28 February 1947) is an Indian politician who served as the 6th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He is the eldest son of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, an independence activist and politician, and also a former Chief Minister of Ut ...

would be Chief Minister and

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would continue to serve as the Union Minister for Water Resources in the UPA government at Union level.

Party position in the Assembly

Key post holders in the Assembly

* Speaker :

Govind Singh Kunjwal Govind Singh Kunjwal is an Indian National Congress leader and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in India. He was elected from the Jageshwar constituency in the 2002 election. He was former speaker of Uttarakhand Legislative Asse ...

* Deputy Speaker : Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri * Leader of the House:

(2012–2014)

(2014–2017) * Leader of the Opposition :

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* Chief Secretary : Devi Prasad Gairola

List of the Third Assembly members

By-elections

Notes

* ^† – Died in office * ^‡ – Resigned from office * ^# – Elected to the

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