Narayan Ram Arya

Narayan Ram Arya
Narayan Ram Arya
Member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2012–2017
Preceded by	Joga Ram Tamta
Succeeded by	Meena Gangola
Constituency	Gangolihaat
	In office; 2002–2007
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Joga Ram Tamta
Constituency	Gangolihaat
Personal details
Born	7 September 1952 (age 73); Gangolihat, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2022)
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress (until 2022)
Education	M.A. and B.Ed from Kumaun University

Succeeded byMeena Gangola

ConstituencyGangolihaat

Preceded byConstituency established

Narayan Ram Arya (born 7 September 1952) is an Indian politician.^[1] Arya was a member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from Gangolihat Assembly constituency in Pithoragarh district from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2012 till 2017 as a member of the Indian National Congress.^[2] He also served as a cabinet minister rank official in the state government during the tenure of N.D. Tiwari and Harish Rawat.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Meena Gangola	20,418	37.06%	2.74
	INC	Narayan Ram Arya	19,613	35.60%	14.86
	Independent	Khajan Chandra Guddu	10,763	19.54%	New
	BSD	Dinesh Kumar	958	1.74%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	865	1.57%	New
	Independent	Sumitra Devi	841	1.53%	New
	BSP	Deepak Kumar	668	1.21%	5.17
	UKD	Harish Prashad	550	1.00%	2.23
Margin of victory			805	1.46%	14.67
Turnout			55,092	54.92%	0.55
Registered electors			1,00,315		13.90
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	13.40

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narayan Ram Arya	24,648	50.46%	16.04
	BJP	Geeta Thakur Gowal	16,768	34.33%	8.12
	BSP	Narayan Ram Sanguri	3,120	6.39%	0.49
	UKD	Dinesh Arya	1,576	3.23%	0.38
	Independent	Harish Prashad	1,186	2.43%	New
	LJP	Jyoti Rani	788	1.61%	0.89
	URM	Bachi Ram Koli	493	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			7,880	16.13%	8.11
Turnout			48,849	55.46%	0.70
Registered electors			88,073		38.76
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	8.01

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Joga Ram Tamta	14,755	42.45%	10.49
	INC	Narayan Ram Arya	11,965	34.42%	0.68
	Independent	Fakir Ram Tamta	3,089	8.89%	New
	BSP	Anuli	2,050	5.90%	1.51
	UKD	Dhaniram	1,253	3.60%	2.13
	LJP	Raj Kumar	870	2.50%	New
	Vishwa Vikas Sangh	Ashok Kumar	779	2.24%	New
Margin of victory			2,790	8.03%	6.24
Turnout			34,761	54.77%	6.32
Registered electors			63,472		16.59
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	8.71

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narayan Ram Arya	8,898	33.74%	*New*
	BJP	Joga Ram Tamta	8,428	31.96%	New
	Independent	Geeta Thakur Gowal	3,286	12.46%	New
	Independent	Harish Prashad	2,501	9.48%	New
	UKD	Hari Ram Agari	1,513	5.74%	New
	BSP	Sunder Ram	1,158	4.39%	New
	SP	Narayan Ram	590	2.24%	New
Margin of victory			470	1.78%
Turnout			26,374	48.48%
Registered electors			54,441
	INC win (new seat)

Political career

Narayan Ram Arya

Member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office 2012–2017
Preceded by	Joga Ram Tamta
Succeeded by	Meena Gangola
Constituency	Gangolihaat
In office 2002–2007
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Joga Ram Tamta
Constituency	Gangolihaat

Personal details
Born	(1952-09-07) 7 September 1952 (age 73) Gangolihat, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2022)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (until 2022)
Education	M.A. and B.Ed from Kumaun University