Almora Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttarakhand legislative assembly in India
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Almora Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India.[2]
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| Constituency No. 52 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Almora |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Almora |
| Total electors | 90,372[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2022 |
It is part of Almora district.
Member of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Govind Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1962 | Ganga Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | R Chandra | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1969 | Hari Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1974 | Rama | ||
| 1977 | Shobhan Singh Jeena | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Govardhan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Saraswati Devi | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1991 | Puran Chandra Sharma | Bhartiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Govind Singh Kunjwal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | Raghunath Singh Chauhan | Bhartiya Janata Party | |
| 2002 | Kailash Sharma | ||
| 2007 | Manoj Tiwari | Indian National Congress | |
| 2012 | |||
| 2017 | Raghunath Singh Chauhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Manoj Tiwari | Indian National Congress | |
Election results
Assembly Election 2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manoj Tiwari | 24,439 | 44.90% |  4.60 | |
| BJP | Kailash Sharma | 24,312 | 44.67% |  5.92 | |
| Independent | Vinay Kirola | 2,067 | 3.80% | New | |
| AAP | Amit Joshi | 1,665 | 3.06% | New | |
| UKD | Bhanu Prakash Joshi | 518 | 0.95% | New | |
| Independent | Vinod Chandra Tiwari | 413 | 0.76% | New | |
| None of the Above | Nota | 401 | 0.74% | 0.45 | |
| BSP | Ashok Kumar | 365 | 0.67% | 2.49 | |
| Uttarakhand Parivartan Party | Gopal Ram | 136 | 0.25% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 127 | 0.23% | 10.05 | ||
| Turnout | 54,428 | 59.42% | 0.55 | ||
| Registered electors | 91,603 | 3.07 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 5.68 |
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Assembly Election 2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Raghunath Singh Chauhan | 26,464 | 50.58% | 19.00 | |
| INC | Manoj Tiwari | 21,085 | 40.30% | 6.24 | |
| BSP | Dr. Sanjay Tamta | 1,654 | 3.16% | 11.09 | |
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 623 | 1.19% | New | |
| Independent | Virendra Kumar | 517 | 0.99% | New | |
| Independent | Mohd Habib | 514 | 0.98% | New | |
| CPI(M) | Dinesh Pande | 425 | 0.81% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 5,379 | 10.28% | 7.80 | ||
| Turnout | 52,316 | 58.86% | 1.76 | ||
| Registered electors | 88,878 | 13.22 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 16.52 |
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Assembly Election 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manoj Tiwari | 16,211 | 34.06% | 12.80 | |
| BJP | Raghunath Singh Chauhan | 15,030 | 31.58% | 9.00 | |
| BSP | Shekhar Lakhchaura | 6,781 | 14.25% | 10.34 | |
| Independent | Kailash Sharma | 6,582 | 13.83% | New | |
| Independent | Bala Devi | 977 | 2.05% | New | |
| Independent | Nandan Ram Tamta | 543 | 1.14% | New | |
| Independent | Jaswant Singh Adhikari | 507 | 1.07% | New | |
| URM | Shobha Joshi | 421 | 0.88% | New | |
| SP | Arjun Bhakuni | 274 | 0.58% | 0.46 | |
| Uttarakhand Parivartan Party | Ad. Govind Lal Verma | 251 | 0.53% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 1,181 | 2.48% | 3.80 | ||
| Turnout | 47,589 | 60.62% | 2.52 | ||
| Registered electors | 78,503 | 4.53 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 12.80 |
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Assembly Election 2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manoj Tiwari | 22,223 | 46.86% | 22.17 | |
| BJP | Kailash Sharma | 19,243 | 40.58% | 11.29 | |
| BJSH | Ravinder Singh | 1,877 | 3.96% | New | |
| BSP | Karam Singh | 1,854 | 3.91% | 6.14 | |
| UKD | Shamsher Singh Bisht | 1,735 | 3.66% | 0.89 | |
| SP | Kishan Singh | 489 | 1.03% | 0.85 | |
| Margin of victory | 2,980 | 6.28% | 1.69 | ||
| Turnout | 47,421 | 63.18% | 12.64 | ||
| Registered electors | 75,104 | 8.66 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 17.57 |
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Assembly Election 2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kailash Sharma | 10,224 | 29.29% | New | |
| INC | Manoj Tiwari | 8,620 | 24.70% | New | |
| Independent | Dharam Singh Mehara | 7,629 | 21.86% | New | |
| BSP | Ashok / A. K. Sikandar Panwar | 3,507 | 10.05% | New | |
| UKD | P. C. Tewari | 1,587 | 4.55% | New | |
| Independent | Puran Singh Rayal | 1,108 | 3.17% | New | |
| NCP | Avtar Singh Rawat | 678 | 1.94% | New | |
| SP | Girish Singh Mehata | 657 | 1.88% | New | |
| Bharatiya Berozgar Mazdoor Kisan Dal | Rajendra Singh Vani | 584 | 1.67% | New | |
| Samata Party | Neeraj Nayal | 310 | 0.89% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 1,604 | 4.60% | |||
| Turnout | 34,904 | 50.52% | |||
| Registered electors | 69,116 | ||||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||