Rajpur, Uttarakhand Assembly constituency
Former constituency of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, in India
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Rajpur Legislative Assembly constituency was one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It was abolished in 2012 following the delimitation.
| Rajpur | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Dehradun |
| Established | 2002 |
| Abolished | 2012 |
Rajpur Legislative Assembly constituency was a part of Tehri Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Duration | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2002–2007 | Hira Singh Bisht | Indian National Congress | |
| 2nd | 2007–2012 | Ganesh Joshi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
Assembly Election 2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ganesh Joshi | 24,446 | 38.82% |  10.75 | |
| INC | Hira Singh Bisht | 20,876 | 33.15% |  1.83 | |
| BSP | Ajay Sood | 8,403 | 13.34% | 11.17 | |
| UKD | Vivekanand Khanduri | 3,816 | 6.06% | 0.03 | |
| NCP | Sunder Singh Pundir | 1,667 | 2.65% | 13.85 | |
| Independent | Balesh Bavaniya | 402 | 0.64% | New | |
| SP | Sayeed Ahmad | 399 | 0.63% | 1.09 | |
| Independent | Rajkumar | 357 | 0.57% | New | |
| Independent | S. K. Rai | 331 | 0.53% | New | |
| BJSH | K. S. Bangari | 316 | 0.50% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,570 | 5.67% | 1.24 | ||
| Turnout | 62,973 | 56.20% | 13.32 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,12,062 | 19.54 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 3.84 |
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Assembly Election 2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Hira Singh Bisht | 14,061 | 34.98% | New | |
| BJP | Khushal Singh Ranavat | 11,282 | 28.07% | New | |
| NCP | Suryakant Dhasmana | 6,630 | 16.49% | New | |
| UKD | Shushila Balooni | 2,449 | 6.09% | New | |
| CPI(M) | Lekh Raj | 876 | 2.18% | New | |
| BSP | D. C. Verma | 874 | 2.17% | New | |
| Independent | Hari Bhandari | 804 | 2.00% | New | |
| LJP | Purushottam Kumar Agarwal Alias P. K. | 762 | 1.90% | New | |
| SP | M. Farid | 691 | 1.72% | New | |
| Shivsena | Arvind Singh | 623 | 1.55% | New | |
| Independent | Sanjay Kundaliya | 341 | 0.85% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,779 | 6.91% | |||
| Turnout | 40,195 | 42.88% | |||
| Registered electors | 93,746 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||