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2012 elections in India

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The elections in 2012 were scheduled for seven Vidhan Sabhas and several local elections were also conducted.
The 14th presidential election to elect the 13th president of the republic was also held in 2012. The tenure of the
legislative assemblies of Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
were to expire during the year. The Election Commission of India issued the dates for the elections in Manipur,
Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Goa to take place in the first quarter of the year. Whereas the elections
were held in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat in the last quarter of the year.
In the first rounds of elections, Manipur and Punjab resulted in an incumbent government victory; while in Uttar
Pradesh and Goa there was a heavy anti-incumbent victory; and Uttarakhand resulted in an hung assembly with
an anti-incumbent plurality and in the second round, in Himachal Pradesh, BJP led by incumbent Chief Minister
Prem Kumar Dhumal lost due to a huge anti-incumbency wave arising mainly out of corruption and lack of good
governance.Congress veteran leader Virbhadra Singh took oath for record sixth term as next Chief Minister. In
the western state of Gujarat incumbent Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in power since 2002, was running for his
fourth term. Elections, held in two phases, reverted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in power in Gujarat since
1995, with 119 seat out of 182.
Contents
1 Presidential election
2 Legislative Assembly elections
2.1 Goa
2.2 Manipur
2.3 Punjab
2.4 Uttarakhand
2.5 Uttar Pradesh
2.6 Gujarat
2.7 Himachal Pradesh
3 Local elections
4 See Also
5 References
6 External links
Presidential election
Main article: Indian presidential election, 2012
The 14th indirect presidential election, in order to elect the 13th president, was held in India on 19 July 2012.[1]
On 22 July, Pranab Mukherjee was declared the winner.[2] Mukheree gained 373,116 MP votes and 340,647
MLA votes for a total of 713,763 votes to win the election. He defeated P. A. Sangma, who got 145,848 MP
votes and 170,139 MLA votes for a total of 315,987 votes.[3] Mukherjee's win was aided by cross-voting.[4]
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Legislative Assembly elections

Goa
Main article: Goa legislative assembly election, 2012
The Indian National Congress has been governing Goa since 2005 with
coalition partners, despite a controversial vote of confidence. It will go to
the election with its ally, the Nationalist Congress Party, under Chief
Minister Digambar Kamat. The main opposition BJP will go to the election
under the leadership of former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. Corruption
over mining is expected to be an issue in the election,[5] as well as the BJP's
attempts to reach out to Catholic voters.[6]
The election took place on 3 March. The result was announced on 6 March.
Pranab Mukherjee
Summary of the Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2012 result

Seats Seats
Seat
Vote
Party
contested won change
share
Bhartiya Janata Party
28
21
35.53%
Indian National Congress
34
34.87
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak
5.92%
Goa Vikas Party
Independents
72
Nationalist Congress Party
Save Goa Front
All India Trinamool Congress
20
United Goans Democratic Party
Total
Goa
1
40
Turnout:
Source: Election Commission of India (http://eciresults.nic.in)
The BJP emerged as the largest party and along with its coalition partner, the MGP, is set to form the next
government. Manohar Parrikar is poised to be the chief ministerial candidate.
Manipur
Okram Ibobi Singh of the Indian National Congress has led Manipur for two consecutive full terms. The main
opposition consists of the Manipur Peoples Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Nationalist Congress Party and Janata
Dal United.[7]
There are 60 constituencies for which 2,357 polling stations are to be set up. In a total electorate of 17,40,820
people; 8,51,323 are men and 8,89,497 are women. The major issues are territorial integrity (which ensues from
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the entry of the Nagaland People's Front (the ruling party in neighbouring
Nagaland) into the electoral politics of Manipur), the road blockades of
National Highways 39 and 53 and the role of insurgents.[8]
The election took place on 28 January. The result was announced on 6
March.[9][10] as shown below:[11][12]
Rank
Party
Seats
Contested
Seats
Won
%
Votes
% Votes
in
Seats
Contested
Indian
National
Congress
(INC)
60
Trinamool
Congress
(TMC)
47
17.01
21.78
Manipur
State
Congress
Party
31
8.39
17.08
Naga
People's
Front (NPF)
11
6.65
32.05
Nationalist
Congress
Party (NCP)
23
7.23
19.26
Lok
Janshakti
Party (LJP)
0.54
35.78
Total
42
42.43
42.43
Manipur
60
Punjab
Punjab forms the northwest part of India. Its capital is Chandigarh, which is a Union territory and also a capital
of Haryana.
In the political scenario, Punjab has three main parties divided into two factions, NDA and Congress. The NDA
part consists of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), while UPA is dominated mainly by
the Congress. The SAD consists of several break-away factions of what once was a unified Akali Dal. BJP has
mainly played a supporting role, mainly trying to consolidate the Hindu votes in favour of the alliance. Congress
had an upperhand in the 2002 assembly elections, but SAD+BJP combine bounced back quite easily in the 2007
polls.
Punjab Elections 2012 Date:
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The state will go to polls in a single phase on 30th Jan 2012 and Punjab
election results will be declared on 4 March 2012.
Political Party No. of Seats Akali Dal 56 BJP 12 Congress 46 Others 3
Punjab has traditionally voted anti-incumbency in assembly elections.
The incumbent government is an alliance of the Shiromani Akali Dal and
the Bharatiya Janta Party under Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. The
opposition Indian National Congress contested the election under the
leadership of former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh. The
governance of the ruling coalition was the main election issue, besides
the issue of the potential succession of the chief minister's son, Sukhbir
Singh Badal.[13][14]
A new entrant was the front Sanjha Morcha which consists of the newly
formed People's Party of Punjab (PPP) led by former finance minister
Manpreet Singh Badal. The Sanjha Morcha consists of the PPP, the
Communist Party of India, the Communist Party of India - Marxist and
the Akali Dal (Longowal).
Punjab
The election took place on 30 January, with the result announced on 6 March.[10] The result is shown below:[11]
Rank
Party
Seats Contested
Seats Won
% Votes
% Votes in
Seats Cont.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
94
56
34.59
42.19
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
23
12
7.15
39.73
117
46
39.92
39.92
Independent
7.13
Total
117
Uttarakhand
Main article: Elections in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand has turned out incumbent governments in the two elections held since its creation. The Bharatiya
Janata Party fought the election under the leadership of its Chief Minister Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri. The main
opposition Indian National Congress was led in the assembly by Harak Singh Rawat, but no Chief Ministerial
candidate has been proposed. The interim tenure of former Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, which was marked
by large-scale corruption accusations, was likely to be the main election issue.[15]
The election took place on 30 January, with the result announced on 6 March.[10] The INC's Vijay Bahuguna
was appointed CM despite not having won a vote to be the party's leader in the legislative assembly. This came
under criticism over corruption and caste as 24 of the 32 MLAs boycotted the swearing-in in support of the
Rajput candidate Harish Rawat (whose caste is now a majority in Uttarakhand) as opposed to the Brahmin CM.
Rawat also had the support of the outgoing leader of the opposition Harak Singh Rawat.[16][17] The detailed
result is given below:[11]
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Rank
Party
Seats
Contested
Seats
Won
%
Votes
% Votes
in
Seats
Contested
Indian
National
Congress
(INC)
70
32
33.79
33.79
Bahujan
Samaj Party
(BSP)
70
12.19
12.19
Independents
12.34
Uttarakhand
Kranti Dal
(P)
44
1.93
3.18
Bharatiya
Janata Party
(BJP)
70
31
33.13
33.13
Total
Uttarakhand
70
Notably the incumbent CM BC Khanduri lost his seat.

Vijay Bahuguna Won Bye-Election held on 8 July from "Sitarganj" seat vacated due to resignation of BJP
MLA Kiran Mandal.
Thus Increasing Congress Seats to 33
And Reducing BJP strength to 30
Uttar Pradesh
Main article: Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012
Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party completed its first full-term; however,
it came under criticism for corruption and publicity for the erection of
statues and parks in honour of its chief minister. In the run-up to the
election, the BSP fired some ministers and denied re-election to sitting
legislators to avoid the corruption stigma.[18] Another important issue
was the proposed division into four smaller provinces to which the
primary opposition party, the Samajwadi Party, is opposed.[19]
The election was conducted in seven phases on 8, 11, 15, 19, 23, 28
February and 3 March. Voter turnout was nearly 59.5% voters exercising
their franchise. The result was announced 6 March 2012,[9][10] with
Akhilesh Yadav being the Chief Minister-designate of UP. The detailed
result is shown below:
Uttar Pradesh
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Rank
Party
Seats
Contested
Seats
Won
Seats
Changed
%
Votes
% Votes in
Seats
Contested
Samajwadi Party (SP)
401
224
+ 127
29.16
29.28
Bahujan Samaj Party

(BSP)
403
80
- 126
25.92
25.92
Bharatiya Janata Party

(BJP)
398
47
-4
15.0
15.2
Indian National
Congress (INC)
355
28
+6
11.63
13.22
Rashtriya Lok Dal

(RLD)
46
-1
2.33
20.07
Independents
-3
4.13
Peace Party
208
2.36
4.53
Quami Ekta Dal
43
0.55
5.31
Apna Dal
76
+1
0.9
4.86
Nationalist Congress
Party (NCP)
127
+1
0.33
1.05
Ittehad-E-Millait
Council (IEMC)
18
+1
0.25
5.61
Total
403
Gujarat
Main article: Gujarat legislative assembly election, 2012
Polls in Gujarat took place in two phases: First phase on December 13,
2012 and second phase on December 17, 2012. The counting was held on
December 20, 2012. The BJP have held a majority in the state since 1995
and went to the election under the leadership of Chief Minister Narendra
Modi. The Indian National Congress was the main opposition, but did
not specified a chief ministerial candidate.
Counting of votes completed on 20 December 2012 before evening
which started from 8.00am across the Gujarat State at specified location
in every district. Results of the election are as following:
Total Seats: 182
Results declared: 182 [20][21]
Gujarat
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Party
BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Seats won
115
Congress (Indian National Congress) 61

GPP (Gujarat Parivartan Party)
NCP (Nationalist Congress Party)
JD(U) (Janata Dal (United))
Independent
The BJP lost in 16 contests by a margin of less than 2%.[22] The Congress won 46% seats with a margin of less
than 5%.[23]
Himachal Pradesh
Main article: Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012
Elections in Himachal Pradesh have turned out incumbent governments
through numerous cycles. The BJP, under Chief Minister Prem Kumar
Dhumal, has controlled the legislature since the previous election.
Himachal Pradesh has 68 assembly seats, with 17 reserved for SCs and 3
for ST. Kaul Singh Thakur, the President of the Himachal Pradesh
Congress Committee, is seen as the INC chief ministerial candidate by
the Indian Express.[24]
Summary of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2012
result
Seats Seats
Seat Vote
Party
Swing
contested won change share
Bhartiya Janata Party
68
26
16
68
36
13
Independents
68
Total
68
68
Himachal Pradesh
Turnout: 74.62 per cent

Source: Election Commission of India (http://eciresults.nic.in)
Local elections
Main article: Maharashtra municipal elections, 2012
Municipal elections were held in various cities across Maharashtra on 16 February. In different cities elections
results were mixed by party. The capital, Mumbai, resulted in a plurality for the Shiv Sena and the second largest
city of Pune resulted in a Nationalist Congress Party plurality.
See Also
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S. Y. Quraishi
V. S. Sampath
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