2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

The 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 3rd Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 30 January 2012 when Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in the 70-seat legislature and formed the government with the help of Progressive Democratic Front alliance (Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) and Independents). The Bharatiya Janata Party with 31 seats served as the official opposition. , The election was the closest in Uttarakhand's history where the Indian National Congress (INC) emerged as the single largest party by just a one-seat margin over the BJP. In terms of popular vote too, the Congress won a narrow plurality by 33.79% compared to BJP's 33.13%, a difference of just 0.66%.