the elections took place on 30 january, with the results being announced on 6 march. in a closely contested election, the indian national congress emerged as the single largest party with 32 seats followed by the bharatiya janata party with 31 seats. notably the incumbent chief minister b. c. khanduri lost from his seat. vijay bahuguna was appointed as chief minister despite him not being a member of the legislative assembly. he later on won the byelections held to the seats of sitarganj. the detailed result is given below: