2009 Indian general election in Uttarakhand
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The 2009 Indian general election in Uttarakhand, occurred for 5 seats in the state. All 5 seats were won by the Indian National Congress.
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13 May 2009
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Parties and alliances
National Democratic Alliance
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
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B. C. Khanduri | 5 | |
United Progressive Alliance
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Indian National Congress |  |
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Harish Rawat | 5 | |
List of Candidates
Results
Elected MPs
Following is the list of elected MPs from Uttarakhand.
| Constituency | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | % | |||||||||
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| # | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||||
| 1 | Tehri Garhwal | Vijay Bahuguna | INC | 263,083 | 45.04 | Jaspal Rana | BJP | 210,144 | 35.98 | 52,939 | 9.06 | ||
| 2 | Garhwal | Satpal Maharaj | INC | 236,949 | 44.41 | Tejpal Singh Rawat | BJP | 219,552 | 41.15 | 17,397 | 3.26 | ||
| 3 | Almora | Pradeep Tamta | INC | 200,824 | 41.77 | Ajay Tamta | BJP | 193,874 | 40.33 | 6,950 | 1.44 | ||
| 4 | Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar | K. C. Singh Baba | INC | 321,377 | 42.64 | Bachi Singh Rawat | BJP | 232,965 | 30.91 | 88,412 | 11.73 | ||
| 5 | Hardwar | Harish Rawat | INC | 332,235 | 42.16 | Swami Yatindranand Giri | BJP | 204,823 | 25.99 | 127,412 | 16.17 | ||
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Uttarakhand
| # | Name | Constituency | Designation | Department | From | To | Party | |
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| 1 | Harish Rawat | Hardwar | MoS | Labour and Employment | 28 May 2009 |
19 January 2011 |
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| Agriculture | 19 January 2011 |
28 October 2012 | ||||||
| Food Processing Industries | 19 January 2011 | |||||||
| Parliamentary Affairs | 12 July 2011 | |||||||
| Cabinet Minister | Water Resources | 28 October 2012 |
1 February 2014 | |||||
Assembly segment wise lead
| Party | Assembly segments | Position in Assembly (as of 2012 election) | |
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| Indian National Congress | 51 | 32 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 19 | 31 | |
| Others | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 70 | ||
By-election
By-elections were held in 2012 for Tehri Garhwal constituency as Elected MP Vijay Bahuguna became the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.
In the election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah defeated Saket Bahuguna, son of Vijay Bahuguna by margin of over 22,000.[1]