Pithoragarh Assembly constituency

Legislative assembly constituency in Uttarakhand, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pithoragarh Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India.[2]

CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttarakhand
DistrictPithoragarh
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Pithoragarh
Constituency No. 44 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttarakhand
DistrictPithoragarh
Lok Sabha constituencyAlmora
Established1952
Total electors109,705[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2022
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INC is the most successful political party in Pithoragarh assembly constituency.
  1. INC (11 terms) (55.0%)
  2. BJP (6 terms) (30.0%)
  3. JP (2 terms) (10.0%)
  4. INC(O) (1 term) (5.00%)

It is part of Pithoragarh district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Party
1952[a] Narendra Singh Bisht Indian National Congress
Khushi Ram
1957[a] Narendra Singh Bisht
Khushi Ram
Major boundary changes
1962 Narendra Singh Bisht Indian National Congress
Major boundary changes
1967 Narendra Singh Bisht Indian National Congress
1969
1972 By-election Hira Singh Bora
1974 Dayakishan Pandey Indian National Congress
1977 Kamal Kishan Pandey Janata Party
1980 Narendra Singh Bisht Indian National Congress
1985 Kamal Kishan Pandey Janata Party
1989 Mahendra Singh Mahra Indian National Congress
1991 Krishna Chandra Punetha Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Mahendra Singh Mahra Indian National Congress
1996 Krishna Chandra Punetha Bharatiya Janata Party
Major boundary changes
2002 Prakash Pant Bharatiya Janata Party
2007
Major boundary changes
2012 Mayukh Mahar Indian National Congress
2017 Prakash Pant Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 By-election Chandra Pant
2022 Mayukh Mahar Indian National Congress
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Election results

Assembly Election 2022

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2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mayukh Mahar 33,269 47.48% Increase1.60
BJP Chandra Pant 27,215 38.84% Decrease13.60
Independent Nitin Markana 6,585 9.40% New
AAP Chandra Prakash Punera 730 1.04% New
ASP(KR) Kartik Tamta 717 1.02% New
NOTA None of the above 558 0.80% Decrease0.90
BSP Khursid Ahmad 526 0.75% New
SP Virendera Vir Vikram Singh 470 0.67% Decrease1.01
Margin of victory 6,054 8.64% Increase2.07
Turnout 70,070 61.49% Increase16.26
Registered electors 1,13,947 Increase3.63
INC gain from BJP Swing Decrease4.97
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Assembly By-election 2019

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2019 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Pithoragarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Chandra Pant 26,086 52.44% Increase3.28
INC Anju Lunthi 22,819 45.88% Increase0.72
NOTA None of the above 844 1.70% Increase0.10
SP Manoj Kumar Bhatt 835 1.68% Increase1.52
Margin of victory 3,267 6.57% Increase2.56
Turnout 49,740 45.65% Decrease17.17
Registered electors 1,09,957 Increase2.41
BJP hold Swing Increase3.28
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Assembly Election 2017

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2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Prakash Pant 32,941 49.16% Increase12.79
INC Mayukh Mahar 30,257 45.15% Decrease14.31
NOTA None of the above 1,072 1.60% New
Independent Lalit Mohan Bhatt 613 0.91% New
Independent Mahendra Singh 529 0.79% New
BSP Raghuvar Ram 519 0.77% Decrease0.83
UKD Sushma Mathur 304 0.46% New
Independent Manoj Kumar Joshi 126 0.19% New
Independent Krishnand Kapri 111 0.17% New
SP Ramesh Bisht 108 0.16% New
Independent Gulzar Khan 78 0.12% New
Margin of victory 2,684 4.01% Decrease19.09
Turnout 67,007 62.41% Decrease2.83
Registered electors 1,07,371
BJP gain from INC Swing Decrease10.30
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Assembly Election 2012

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2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mayukh Mahar 33,976 59.46% Increase19.95
BJP Prakash Pant 20,779 36.37% Decrease14.49
BSP Ram Datt Joshi 918 1.61% Increase0.79
Independent Guljar Khan 686 1.20% New
SS Santosh Rawat 542 0.95% New
Margin of victory 13,197 23.10% Increase11.75
Turnout 57,138 65.24% Increase2.59
Registered electors 87,580
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase8.60
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Assembly Election 2007

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2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Prakash Pant 26,855 50.86% Increase11.71
INC Ravindra Singh (Kiran Maldar) 20,865 39.52% Increase15.34
Independent Shankar Ram Kohli 898 1.70% New
NCP Umesh Chandra 784 1.48% New
BJSH Bhupendra Singh 669 1.27% New
SP Saleem Khan 636 1.20% Increase0.19
Independent Ram Datt Joshi 574 1.09% New
UKD Jodh Singh 453 0.86% Decrease21.97
BSP Jagdish Chandra Lohni 433 0.82% Decrease3.84
Independent Gulzar Khan 403 0.76% New
Independent Ratan Ram Dayal (Ratan Dhan) 231 0.40% New
Margin of victory 5,990 11.34% Decrease3.63
Turnout 52,801 62.71% Increase7.74
Registered electors 84,277 Increase13.13
BJP hold Swing Increase11.71
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Assembly Election 2002

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2002 Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Prakash Pant 16,015 39.15% Decrease2.15
INC Mayukh Mahar 9,889 24.18% Decrease5.02
UKD Ravindra Bisht 9,337 22.83% Increase12.53
BSP Mahendra Singh Lunthi 1,907 4.66% New
Independent Ratan Ram Dayal (Ratan Dhan) 1,027 2.51% New
Independent Ishwari Dutt 930 2.27% New
Independent Chandra Prakash (Channu) 494 1.21% New
SP Basant Ballabh 413 1.01% New
LJP Rajendra Singh 365 0.89% New
CPI(ML)L Mukesh Pant 293 0.72% New
Independent Captain Pramod Singh 233 0.57% New
Margin of victory 6,126 14.98% Increase2.89
Turnout 40,903 54.93% Increase9.83
Registered electors 74,494 Decrease63.39
BJP hold Swing Decrease3.08
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Assembly Election 1996

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1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Krishna Chandra Punetha 37,221 41.30% Increase 1.09
INC Mahendra Singh Mahra 26,276 29.20% Decrease 18.40
AIIC(T) Laxman Singh 13,998 15.50% New
UKD Chandra Shekhar Kapri 9,280 10.30% Increase 6.31
Margin of victory 10,945 12.10% Increase 4.71
Turnout 91,772 45.10% Increase 3.88
Registered electors 2,03,454 Increase13.99
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase 9.75
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Assembly Election 1993

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1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mahendra Singh Mahra 35,025 47.60% Increase9.09
BJP Krishna Chandra Punetha 29,584 40.21% Decrease5.68
UKD Chandra Shekhar Kapri 2,933 3.99% Decrease4.25
SP Hira Singh Bora 2,454 3.33% New
Independent Harish Singh 527 0.72% New
Doordarshi Party Dev Shankar 524 0.71% Decrease0.30
Independent Hari Ram 462 0.63% New
Independent Hem Chandra Pande 411 0.56% New
Independent Amba Datt 385 0.52% New
Majority 5,441 7.39% Increase0.01
Turnout 73,584 41.22% Decrease1.99
Registered electors 1,78,491 Increase5.94
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase9.09
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Assembly Election 1991

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1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Krishna Chandra Punetha 31,806 45.89% Increase33.71
INC Mahendra Singh Mahra 26,697 38.51% Decrease4.64
UKD Navin Chandra Murari 5,711 8.24% New
JD Umed Singh 1,381 1.99% New
Independent Jodh Singh 1,228 1.77% New
Independent Gagan Singh 1,027 1.48% New
Independent Laxman Singh 763 1.10% New
Doordarshi Party Girish Chandra 703 1.01% Increase0.04
Majority 5,109 7.38% Increase5.88
Turnout 72,795 43.21% Decrease0.49
Registered electors 1,68,478 Increase0.58
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase33.71
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Assembly Election 1989

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1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mahendra Singh Mahra 31,606 43.15% Increase5.21
Independent Naveen Chandra 30,509 41.65% New
BJP Krishna Chandra Punetha 8,924 12.18% Increase1.17
Independent Narayan Ram 761 1.04% New
Independent Prahlad Singh 733 1.00% New
Doordarshi Party Kishan Ram 711 0.97% New
Majority 1,097 1.50% Decrease4.45
Turnout 73,244 43.70% Increase11.80
Registered electors 1,67,507 Increase25.71
INC gain from JP Swing Increase5.21
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Assembly Election 1985

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1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Kamal Kishan Pandey 18,662 43.89% Increase17.53
INC Ratna Bisht 16,133 37.94% Decrease6.06
BJP Mahendra Singh Pal 4,683 11.01% Increase3.97
Independent Chandra Singh 1,180 2.78% New
Independent Jagat Singh 1,003 2.36% New
Independent Kedar Singh 859 2.02% New
Majority 2,529 5.95% Decrease11.69
Turnout 42,520 31.90% Increase5.29
Registered electors 1,33,250 Increase13.06
JP gain from INC Swing Increase11.80
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Assembly Election 1980

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1980 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Narendra Singh Bisht 13,477 44.00% Increase12.87
JP Kamal Kishan Pandey 8,074 26.36% Decrease13.72
Independent Hira Singh Bora 5,451 17.79% New
BJP Madhava Nand Joshi 2,158 7.04% New
Independent Laxmi Prasad 740 2.42% New
Independent Hari Ram Arya 730 2.38% New
Majority 5,403 17.64% Increase9.39
Turnout 31,359 26.61% Decrease0.99
Registered electors 1,17,858 Increase6.94
INC gain from JP Swing Increase12.87
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Assembly Election 1977

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1977 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Kamal Kishan Pandey 11,930 40.08% New
INC Jodh Singh Dhek 9,476 31.83% Decrease9.09
Independent Laxmi Prasad Verma 3,435 11.54% New
Independent Main Singh Mehta 1,784 5.99% New
Independent Mani Ram 1,326 4.45% New
Independent Janardan Pant 678 2.28% New
Independent Shiv Kumar Pant 629 2.11% New
Independent B. R. Tamta 241 0.81% New
Independent Anand Ram 147 0.49% New
Independent Jiwan Lal Chaudhary 94 0.32% New
Majority 2,454 8.25% Decrease9.91
Turnout 30,416 27.60% Decrease21.70
Registered electors 1,10,211 Increase31.62
JP gain from INC(O) Swing Increase40.08
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Assembly Election 1974

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1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(O) Dayakishan Pandey 24,388 59.08% New
INC Hira Singh Bora 16,889 40.92% Decrease28.18
Margin of victory 7,499 18.16% Decrease20.04
Turnout 41,277 49.30% Increase16.26
Registered electors 83,732 Increase18.56
INC(O) gain from INC Swing Decrease28.18
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Assembly By-election 1972

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1972 Legislative Assembly by-election : Pithoragarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Hira Singh Bora 16,121 69.10% Increase14.62
Independent P. Singh 7,210 30.90% New
Margin of victory 8,911 38.20% Increase29.24
Turnout 23,331 33.04% Decrease0.50
Registered electors 70,622 Increase0.00
INC hold Swing Increase14.62
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Assembly Election 1969

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1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Narendra Singh Bisht 12,905 54.48% Increase1.24
ABJS Mohan Singh Chand 10,781 45.52% Increase14.53
Margin of victory 2,124 8.96% Decrease13.29
Turnout 23,686 33.54% Increase3.02
Registered electors 70,622 Increase6.74
INC hold Swing Increase1.24
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Assembly Election 1967

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1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Narendra Singh Bisht 10,749 53.24% Increase10.65
ABJS B. D. Patani 6,257 30.99% New
SWA Jayant Lal 3,184 15.77% New
Margin of victory 4,492 22.25% Increase11.36
Turnout 20,190 30.52% Decrease0.88
Registered electors 66,160 Steady
INC hold Swing Increase10.65
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Assembly Election 1962

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1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Narendra Singh Bisht 8,847 42.59% Increase9.14
PSP Lilaram Sharma 6,584 31.70% Increase11.51
Independent Govind Singh 5,342 25.71% New
Margin of victory 2,263 10.89% Increase4.44
Turnout 20,773 31.40% Decrease2.62
Registered electors 66,160 Decrease49.75
INC hold Swing Increase9.14
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Assembly Election 1957

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1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[18][b]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Narendra Singh Bisht 14,984 33.45% Decrease0.57
INC Khushi Ram (SC) 11,931 26.63% Decrease6.43
PSP Durga Datt 9,042 20.18% New
PSP Jayant Lal (SC) 8,835 19.72% New
Margin of victory 2,889 6.45% Decrease8.67
Turnout 44,792 34.02% Increase9.71
Registered electors 1,31,650 Increase7.49
INC hold Swing Decrease0.57
INC hold Swing Decrease6.43
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Assembly Election 1952

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1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh cum Champawat[19][c]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Narendra Singh Bisht 10,131 34.02% New
INC Khushi Ram 9,845 33.06% New
Socialist Durga Singh 5,342 17.94% New
Independent Govind Singh 4,461 14.98% New
Margin of victory 4,503 15.12% New
Turnout 29,779 24.31% New
Registered electors 1,22,481 New
INC win (new seat)
INC win (new seat)
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See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    From 1952 to 1962 Pithoragarh was a 2-member constituency.
  2. [b]
    From 1952 to 1962 Pithoragarh was a 2-member constituency. In 1957 election, one seat was general while the other was reserved for SC.
  3. [c]
    From 1952 to 1962 Pithoragarh was a 2-member constituency.

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