Dwarahat Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttarakhand legislative assembly in India
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Dwarahat Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India.[2]
| Dwarahat | |
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| Constituency No. 48 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 | 92,567[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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Bipin Chandra Tripathi | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal | |
| 2004^ | Pushpesh Tripathi | ||
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Madan Singh Bisht | Indian National Congress | |
| 2017 | Mahesh Singh Negi[3] | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Madan Singh Bisht | Indian National Congress | |
^ denotes bye election
Election results
Assembly Election 2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Madan Singh Bisht | 17,766 | 36.19% |  7.17 | |
| BJP | Anil Singh Shahi | 17,584 | 35.82% |  7.24 | |
| UKD | Pushpesh Tripathi | 9,804 | 19.97% | 5.96 | |
| Independent | Bhupal Singh Alias Pappu Bhandari | 1,138 | 2.32% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 791 | 1.61% | 0.34 | |
| AAP | Prakash Chandra | 506 | 1.03% | New | |
| Peoples Party of India (Democratic) | Dr. Pramod Kumar | 427 | 0.87% | New | |
| BSP | Anand Ballabh | 354 | 0.72% | 1.05 | |
| SP | Ganesh Chandra | 340 | 0.69% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 182 | 0.37% | 13.67 | ||
| Turnout | 49,096 | 52.20% | 0.37 | ||
| Registered electors | 94,056 | 3.79 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 6.87 |
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Assembly Election 2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Mahesh Singh Negi | 20,221 | 43.06% | 17.65 | |
| INC | Madan Singh Bisht | 13,628 | 29.02% | 4.87 | |
| UKD | Pushpesh Tripathi | 6,581 | 14.01% | 12.26 | |
| Independent | Kuber Singh Kathayat | 2,126 | 4.53% | New | |
| Independent | Bhupal Singh Alias Pappu Bhandari | 1,196 | 2.55% | New | |
| BSP | Girish Chaudhary | 830 | 1.77% | 2.82 | |
| Independent | Nandan Giri | 776 | 1.65% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 597 | 1.27% | New | |
| Bharat Ki Lok Jimmedar Party | Kundan Singh Rawat | 503 | 1.07% | New | |
| Independent | Jay Prakash Kandpal | 342 | 0.73% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 6,593 | 14.04% | 6.42 | ||
| Turnout | 46,963 | 51.82% | 0.05 | ||
| Registered electors | 90,620 | 7.66 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 9.17 |
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Assembly Election 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Madan Singh Bisht | 14,798 | 33.89% | 13.59 | |
| UKD | Pushpesh Tripathi | 11,472 | 26.27% | 2.28 | |
| BJP | Narendra Singh | 11,096 | 25.41% | 3.42 | |
| BSP | Pramod Kumar | 2,004 | 4.59% | 0.62 | |
| Independent | Rajendra Singh | 1,152 | 2.64% | New | |
| UKPP | P. C. Tewari | 1,066 | 2.44% | New | |
| Independent | Birendra Singh Bajetha | 675 | 1.55% | New | |
| Independent | Devi Dutt Joshi | 458 | 1.05% | New | |
| Independent | Pawan Chandra Pandey | 430 | 0.98% | New | |
| URM | Vipin Chandra | 425 | 0.97% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,326 | 7.62% | 1.06 | ||
| Turnout | 43,666 | 51.88% | 6.77 | ||
| Registered electors | 84,170 | 26.65 | |||
| INC gain from UKD | Swing | 5.34 |
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Assembly Election 2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UKD | Pushpesh Tripathi | 11,128 | 28.55% | 13.53 | |
| BJP | Sadanand | 8,573 | 21.99% | 8.12 | |
| Independent | Madan Singh Bisht | 8,184 | 21.00% | New | |
| INC | Mahesh Singh | 7,912 | 20.30% | 5.66 | |
| BSP | Kamal Kishor | 1,549 | 3.97% | 2.08 | |
| JD(U) | Nandan Giri | 1,116 | 2.86% | New | |
| SP | Puran Chandra | 516 | 1.32% | 0.99 | |
| Margin of victory | 2,555 | 6.55% | 9.72 | ||
| Turnout | 38,978 | 58.70% | 9.49 | ||
| Registered electors | 66,459 | 3.63 | |||
| UKD hold | Swing | 13.53 |
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Dwarahat Assembly By-election 2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UKD | Pushpesh Tripathi | 13,224 | 42.08% | 5.09 | |
| INC | Mahesh Singh | 8,160 | 25.96% | 2.29 | |
| BJP | Mohan Singh Adhikari | 4,359 | 13.87% | 7.75 | |
| Independent | Jagat Singh Negi | 2,599 | 8.27% | New | |
| Independent | Prakash Chandra | 1,105 | 3.52% | New | |
| SP | Chani Ram | 726 | 2.31% | 0.32 | |
| Independent | Pramod Kumar | 661 | 2.10% | New | |
| BSP | Viond Kumar | 595 | 1.89% | 8.67 | |
| Margin of victory | 5,064 | 16.12% | 2.80 | ||
| Turnout | 31,429 | 48.98% | 0.21 | ||
| Registered electors | 64,125 | 4.67 | |||
| UKD hold | Swing | 5.09 |
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Assembly Election 2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UKD | Bipin Chandra Tripathi | 11,114 | 36.99% | New | |
| INC | Puran Chandra | 7,112 | 23.67% | New | |
| BJP | Balwant Singh | 6,495 | 21.62% | New | |
| BSP | Lalit Mohan Joshi | 3,173 | 10.56% | New | |
| Independent | Lalit Mohan | 946 | 3.15% | New | |
| Uttarakhand Janwadi Party | Hira Singh Thapa | 610 | 2.03% | New | |
| SP | Pratap Singh | 598 | 1.99% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 4,002 | 13.32% | |||
| Turnout | 30,048 | 49.19% | |||
| Registered electors | 61,128 | ||||
| UKD win (new seat) | |||||