The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the fourth

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislati ...

( Legislative Assembly) election of the state. Elections were held on 15 February 2017 when

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emerged as the single largest party with 57 seats in the 70-seat legislature and formed the government. The

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with 11 seats served as the official opposition. After discussions it was announced that Trivendra Singh Rawat would be Chief Minister.

Party position in the Assembly

Key post holders in the Assembly

* Speaker :

Premchand Aggarwal Premchand Aggarwal is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Aggarwal is a member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the Rishikesh constituency in Dehradun district where he has a residence. He is originally ...

* Deputy Speaker : Raghunath Singh Chauhan * Leader of the House: Trivendra Singh Rawat (2017–2021)
Tirath Singh Rawat (2021)

Pushkar Singh Dhami Pushkar Singh Dhami (born 16 September 1975) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, serving as the 10th and the current Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He was elected as MLA in Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha from Khatima ...

(2021–2022) * Leader of the Opposition :

Indira Hridayesh Indira Hridayesh (24 March 1941 – 13 June 2021) was an Indian politician, from the state of Uttarakhand. She was a member of the Indian National Congress party. Hridayesh was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council for four terms ...

(2017–2022)
Pritam Singh (2021–2022) * Chief Secretary : Utpal Kumar Singh

List of the Fourth Assembly members

By-elections

Notes

* ^† – Died in office * ^A – The reserved seat for the member of Anglo-Indian community was abolished on 25 January 2020 by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019, reducing the strength of Assembly from 71 to 70 seats.

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