2nd Uttarakhand Assembly

Second Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
History
Preceded by	1st Uttarakhand Assembly
Succeeded by	3rd Uttarakhand Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Harbans Kapoor, BJP
Deputy Speaker	Vijaya Barthwal (2008–2009), BJP
Leader of the House	Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2007–2009), BJP Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nihsank' (2009–2011), BJP Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2011–2012) , BJP
Leader of the Opposition	Harak Singh Rawat, INC
Chief Secretary	Mahesh Chandra, IAS
Structure
Seats	71[†]
Political groups	Government (42)   BJP (36)   UKD (3)   Independent (3) Opposition (20)   INC (20) Others (8)   BSP (8) Nominated (1)   Nominated (1)
Length of term	2007–2012
Elections
Voting system	first-past-the-post
Last election	21 February 2007
Next election	30 January 2012
Meeting place
Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Website
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constitution
Constitution of India
Footnotes
^† 70 seats are open for the direct election while 1 seat is reserved for the member of Anglo-Indian community.

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The 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the second Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state. The elections were held on 21 February 2007, when the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in the 70-seat legislature. One seat short of forming a majority, the BJP have had to rely on support from the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and three Independents to form the government. The Indian National Congress became the official opposition, holding 21 seats.

Party position in the Assembly[]

Key post holders in the Assembly[]

• Speaker : Harbans Kapoor
• Deputy Speaker : Vijaya Barthwal (2008–2009)
• Leader of the House: Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2007–2009)
  Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nihsank' (2009–2011)
  Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2011–2012)
• Leader of the Opposition : Harak Singh Rawat
• Chief Secretary : ^[1]

List of the Second Assembly members[]

By-elections[]

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See also[]

• 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
• First Khanduri ministry
• Pokhriyal ministry
• Second Khanduri ministry
• Politics of Uttarakhand

Notes[]

• ^‡ – Resigned from office
• ^# – Elected to the Rajya Sabha

References[]