Chakrata Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttarakhand legislative assembly in India
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Chakrata is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It includes Chakrata area of Dehradun District. This seat was known as Chakrata Constituency before the 2002 delimitation.
| Chakrata | |
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| Constituency No. 15 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Dehradun |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Tehri Garhwal |
| Total electors | 105,064[1] |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Chakrata Legislative Assembly constituency is a part of Tehri Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Gulab Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Shoorveer Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Gulab Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1991 | Munna Singh Chauhan | Janata Dal | |
| 1993 | Pritam Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | Munna Singh Chauhan | Samajwadi Party | |
| Major boundary changes | |||
| 2002 | Pritam Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | |||
Election results
Assembly Election 2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pritam Singh | 36,853 | 50.64% |  2.33 | |
| BJP | Ram Sharan Nautiyal | 27,417 | 37.67% |  8.50 | |
| Independent | Kamlesh Bhatt | 3,624 | 4.98% | New | |
| NOTA | Nota | 1,380 | 1.90% | 1.36 | |
| Independent | Gajendra Dutt | 963 | 1.32% | New | |
| Independent | Daulat Kunvar | 946 | 1.30% | New | |
| AAP | Darshan Dobhal | 485 | 0.67% | New | |
| BSP | Bheem Dutt | 388 | 0.53% | 2.75 | |
| Independent | Kuldeep Singh Chauhan | 364 | 0.50% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 9,436 | 12.97% | 10.83 | ||
| Turnout | 72,774 | 68.57% | 4.13 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,06,126 | 6.59 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 2.33 |
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Assembly Election 2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pritam Singh | 34,968 | 48.31% | 2.23 | |
| BJP | Madhu Chauhan | 33,425 | 46.18% | 43.22 | |
| BSP | Daulat Kunwar | 2,375 | 3.28% | 1.73 | |
| Independent | Swaraj Singh | 723 | 1.00% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 391 | 0.54% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 1,543 | 2.13% | 8.00 | ||
| Turnout | 72,386 | 72.70% | 2.89 | ||
| Registered electors | 99,563 | 14.60 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 2.23 |
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Assembly Election 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pritam Singh | 33,187 | 50.53% | 0.98 | |
| Uttarakhand Janwadi Party | Munna Singh Chauhan | 26,533 | 40.40% | New | |
| BJP | Kamla Chauhan | 1,943 | 2.96% | 3.43 | |
| BSP | Ghansyam Kunwar | 1,017 | 1.55% | 1.20 | |
| SP | Naresh Chauhan | 768 | 1.17% | New | |
| Independent | Bheem Dutt | 610 | 0.93% | New | |
| NCP | Shamsher Singh Rathour | 538 | 0.82% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 6,654 | 10.13% | 1.90 | ||
| Turnout | 65,673 | 75.59% | 8.34 | ||
| Registered electors | 86,876 | 28.64 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 0.98 |
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Assembly Election 2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pritam Singh | 22,504 | 49.55% | 0.04 | |
| Independent | Madhu Chauhan | 18,763 | 41.31% | New | |
| BJP | Pratap Singh | 2,902 | 6.39% | 8.52 | |
| BSP | Bhim Dutt | 1,248 | 2.75% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,741 | 8.24% | 13.72 | ||
| Turnout | 45,417 | 67.26% | 0.25 | ||
| Registered electors | 67,535 | 22.41 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 0.04 |
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Assembly Election 2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pritam Singh | 18,468 | 49.59% | New | |
| Uttarakhand Janwadi Party | Munna Singh Chauhan | 10,292 | 27.64% | New | |
| BJP | Murat Ram | 5,554 | 14.91% | New | |
| SP | Nain Singh Rawat | 2,051 | 5.51% | New | |
| Independent | Munna Singh Rana | 877 | 2.35% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,176 | 21.95% | |||
| Turnout | 37,242 | 67.50% | |||
| Registered electors | 55,172 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||