Kedarnath Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttarakhand legislative assembly in India
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Kedarnath Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It includes Ukhimath Tehsil & KC Chopta Jakhani of Rudraprayag Tehsil area.
| Kedarnath | |
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| Constituency No. 7 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Rudraprayag |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Garhwal |
| Total electors | 88,829 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Kedarnath Legislative Assembly constituency is a part of Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Narendra Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Gangadhar | Praja Socialist Party | |
1967–2002 : Constituency abolished, see Badri-Kedar Assembly constituency | |||
| 2002 | Asha Nautiyal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2007 | |||
| Major boundary changes | |||
| 2012 | Shaila Rani Rawat | Indian National Congress | |
| 2017 | Manoj Rawat | ||
| 2022 | Shaila Rani Rawat | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2024^ | Asha Nautiyal | ||
- ^ denotes by-election
Election results
2024 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Asha Nautiyal | 23,814 | 43.74 |  7.7 | |
| INC | Manoj Rawat | 18,192 | 33.42 | 12.74 | |
| Independent | Tribhuwan Chauhan | 9,311 | 17.10 | New | |
| UKD | Ashutosh Bhandari | 1,314 | 2.41 | 0.30 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 834 | 1.53 | 0.29 | |
| Majority | 5,622 | 10.32 |  3.62 | ||
| Turnout | 53,526 | 58.89% | 6.39 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly Election 2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Shaila Rani Rawat | 21,886 | 36.04% | 15.79 | |
| Independent | Kuldeep Singh Rawat | 13,423 | 22.11% | New | |
| INC | Manoj Rawat | 12,557 | 20.68% | 3.87 | |
| AAP | Sumant | 4,647 | 7.65% | New | |
| Independent | Devesh Nautiyal | 3,068 | 5.05% | New | |
| Independent | Kuldeep Singh Rawat | 795 | 1.31% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 751 | 1.24% | 0.03 | |
| UKD | Gajpal Singh Rawat | 746 | 1.23% | 3.60 | |
| Independent | Rekha Devi | 697 | 1.15% | New | |
| CPI(M) | Rajaram | 689 | 1.13% | New | |
| BSP | Shyam Lal Chandrawal | 584 | 0.96% | 0.17 | |
| Margin of victory | 8,463 | 13.94% | 12.40 | ||
| Turnout | 60,723 | 65.28% | 0.49 | ||
| Registered electors | 93,016 | 7.99 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 11.50 |
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Assembly Election 2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manoj Rawat | 13,906 | 24.55% | 15.92 | |
| Independent | Kuldeep Singh Rawat | 13,037 | 23.01% | New | |
| Independent | Asha Nautiyal | 11,786 | 20.80% | New | |
| BJP | Shaila Rani Rawat | 11,472 | 20.25% | 15.49 | |
| UKD | Gangadhar | 2,734 | 4.83% | New | |
| CPI(M) | Gangadhar Nautiyal | 1,001 | 1.77% | 3.09 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 715 | 1.26% | New | |
| Independent | Shambhu Prasad | 650 | 1.15% | New | |
| Sainik Samaj Party | Vikram Singh | 456 | 0.80% | New | |
| BSP | Kundan Lal | 447 | 0.79% | 3.10 | |
| Margin of victory | 869 | 1.53% | 3.19 | ||
| Turnout | 56,653 | 65.77% | 0.43 | ||
| Registered electors | 86,135 | 14.10 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 15.92 |
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Assembly Election 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shaila Rani Rawat | 19,960 | 40.46% | 13.25 | |
| BJP | Asha Nautiyal | 17,632 | 35.74% | 2.74 | |
| CPI(M) | Gangadhar Nautiyal | 2,395 | 4.86% | 1.52 | |
| BSP | Ramesh Prasad Chamola | 1,918 | 3.89% | 1.66 | |
| Independent | Dinesh Chandra | 1,859 | 3.77% | New | |
| URM | Durgpal Chauhan | 1,501 | 3.04% | New | |
| CPI | Laxmi Jaggi | 1,492 | 3.02% | 2.93 | |
| Independent | Om Prakash Vashisth | 435 | 0.88% | New | |
| LJP | Shambhu Prasad | 289 | 0.59% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,328 | 4.72% | 1.07 | ||
| Turnout | 49,329 | 65.35% | 3.32 | ||
| Registered electors | 75,489 | ||||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 7.46 |
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Assembly Election 2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Asha Nautiyal | 16,971 | 33.01% | 2.86 | |
| INC | Kunwar Singh Negi | 13,992 | 27.21% | 5.06 | |
| Independent | Rajendra Singh | 3,811 | 7.41% | New | |
| CPI(M) | Gangadhar Nautiyal | 3,278 | 6.38% | 3.88 | |
| CPI | Ravindra Singh | 3,062 | 5.95% | 1.79 | |
| BSP | Vinod Chandra | 2,853 | 5.55% | 5.16 | |
| BJSH | Dinesh Chandra | 2,627 | 5.11% | New | |
| Independent | Laxman Singh | 2,301 | 4.47% | New | |
| NCP | Veer Singh Budera | 1,101 | 2.14% | 0.18 | |
| Independent | Rajbeer Singh | 525 | 1.02% | New | |
| Independent | Tulsi Ram Bhatt | 379 | 0.74% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,979 | 5.79% | 2.19 | ||
| Turnout | 51,419 | 62.66% | 7.97 | ||
| Registered electors | 82,894 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | 2.86 |
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Assembly Election 2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Asha Nautiyal | 13,080 | 30.14% | New | |
| INC | Shaila Rani Rawat | 9,615 | 22.16% | New | |
| BSP | Lakshman Singh | 4,646 | 10.71% | New | |
| Independent | Pardeep Bagwari | 2,995 | 6.90% | New | |
| UKD | Avtar Singh | 2,905 | 6.69% | New | |
| Independent | Rajendra Singh | 2,351 | 5.42% | New | |
| CPI | Jai Narayan | 1,807 | 4.16% | New | |
| CPI(M) | Gangadhar Nautiyal | 1,083 | 2.50% | New | |
| Uttarakhand Janwadi Party | Maya Ram | 893 | 2.06% | New | |
| NCP | Partap Singh | 851 | 1.96% | New | |
| Independent | Mohan Singh | 670 | 1.54% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,465 | 7.98% | |||
| Turnout | 43,397 | 54.09% | |||
| Registered electors | 80,270 | ||||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||