Jwalapur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttarakhand legislative assembly in India
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Jwalapur Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India.[1] It includes Jwalapur area of Haridwar District.
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| Constituency No. 27 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Haridwar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Haridwar |
| Total electors | 116,836 (2022) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Jwalapur Legislative Assembly constituency is a part of Haridwar (Lok Sabha constituency).[2][3] The constituency comes under the Haridwar Municipal Corporation, where it covers 37 wards.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Chandra Shekhar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2017 | Suresh Rathor | ||
| 2022 | Ravi Bahadur | Indian National Congress | |
Election results
Assembly Election 2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ravi Bahadur | 42,372 | 45.68% |  17.25 | |
| BJP | Suresh Rathore | 29,029 | 31.30% |  2.64 | |
| BSP | Shishpal Singh | 14,760 | 15.91% | 6.49 | |
| ASP(KR) | S. P. Singh Engineer | 4,208 | 4.54% | New | |
| AAP | Mamta Singh | 929 | 1.00% | New | |
| SP | Sanatan Sonker | 601 | 0.65% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 494 | 0.53% | 0.20 | |
| Margin of victory | 13,343 | 14.38% | 8.88 | ||
| Turnout | 92,757 | 79.30% | 0.59 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,16,971 | 7.44 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 11.75 |
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Assembly Election 2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Suresh Rathor | 29,513 | 33.93% | 3.69 | |
| INC | S. P. Singh Engineer | 24,725 | 28.43% | 0.89 | |
| BSP | Mulki Raj | 19,483 | 22.40% | 7.05 | |
| Independent | Braj Rani | 9,338 | 10.74% | New | |
| Independent | Subhash Chanchal | 1,544 | 1.78% | New | |
| Independent | Madan Lal | 1,077 | 1.24% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 638 | 0.73% | New | |
| Independent | Arvind Kumar | 559 | 0.64% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 4,788 | 5.51% | 4.71 | ||
| Turnout | 86,975 | 79.89% | 1.82 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,08,875 | 20.67 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 3.69 |
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Assembly Election 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Chandra Shekhar | 21,303 | 30.24% | New | |
| BSP | Madan Lal | 20,745 | 29.45% | New | |
| INC | Braj Rani | 20,649 | 29.31% | New | |
| Rashtriya Lok Nirman Party | Kavita | 2,926 | 4.15% | New | |
| Independent | Subhash Chanchal | 2,792 | 3.96% | New | |
| NCP | Raju Singh | 479 | 0.68% | New | |
| Independent | Babu Ram | 387 | 0.55% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 558 | 0.79% | |||
| Turnout | 70,440 | 78.07% | |||
| Registered electors | 90,228 | ||||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||