Ranikhet Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttarakhand legislative assembly in India
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Ranikhet Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 constituencies in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand a northern state of India. Ranikhet is also part of Almora Lok Sabha constituency. Before 2000, this constituency was part of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[1][2] The constituency includes the Ranikhet Cantonment area.
| Ranikhet | |
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| Constituency No. 50 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Almora |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Almora |
| Total electors | 79,653 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
- 1951-62: Constituency does not exist
See Ranikhet South Assembly constituency
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Chandra Bhanu Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1974 | Govind Singh Mahra | ||
| 1977 | Govind Singh Mahra | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Jaswant Singh Bisht | Independent | |
| 1985 | Puran Singh Mahra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Jaswant Singh Bisht | Independent | |
| 1991 | Bachi Singh Rawat | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | |||
| 1996 | Ajay Bhatt | ||
| Major boundary changes | |||
| 2002 | Ajay Bhatt | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2007 | Karan Mahara | Indian National Congress | |
| 2012 | Ajay Bhatt | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2017 | Karan Mahara | Indian National Congress | |
| 2022 | Pramod Nainwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
Assembly Election 2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dr. Pramod Nainwal | 21,047 | 50.05% |  15.91 | |
| INC | Karan Mahara | 18,463 | 43.90% |  2.33 | |
| BSP | Manoj Kumar | 2,441 | 5.8 | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,584 | 6.14% | 5.95 | ||
| Turnout | 42,054 | 51.90% | 0.13 | ||
| Registered electors | 81,029 | 1.88 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 3.82 |
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Assembly Election 2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Karan Mahara | 19,035 | 46.23% | 10.77 | |
| BJP | Ajay Bhatt | 14,054 | 34.13% | 1.52 | |
| Independent | Dr. Pramod Nainwal | 5,701 | 13.85% | New | |
| BSP | Kripal Ram | 1,169 | 2.84% | 20.81 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 637 | 1.55% | New | |
| UKD | Pratap Singh Shahi | 414 | 1.01% | 0.32 | |
| Margin of victory | 4,981 | 12.10% | 11.90 | ||
| Turnout | 41,173 | 51.77% | 1.61 | ||
| Registered electors | 79,537 | 7.44 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 10.57 |
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Assembly Election 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ajay Bhatt | 14,089 | 35.66% | 0.62 | |
| INC | Karan Mahara | 14,011 | 35.46% | 1.37 | |
| BSP | Puran Singh | 9,346 | 23.65% | 5.28 | |
| Independent | Mahendra Singh Bisht | 765 | 1.94% | New | |
| Independent | Kishan Lal | 476 | 1.20% | New | |
| SP | Puran Chandra Joshi | 315 | 0.80% | 0.23 | |
| UKD | Pratibha Negi | 269 | 0.68% | 0.62 | |
| Margin of victory | 78 | 0.20% | 0.36 | ||
| Turnout | 39,512 | 53.37% | 7.54 | ||
| Registered electors | 74,031 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 1.18 |
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Assembly Election 2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Karan Mahara | 13,503 | 36.83% | 10.70 | |
| BJP | Ajay Bhatt | 13,298 | 36.27% | 2.52 | |
| BSP | Puran Singh | 6,736 | 18.37% | 14.37 | |
| Independent | Hari Singh | 1,108 | 3.02% | New | |
| BJSH | Prakash Chandra Singh | 511 | 1.39% | New | |
| UKD | Vimla Negi | 477 | 1.30% | 11.90 | |
| Vishwa Vikas Sangh | Shridhar Pant | 441 | 1.20% | New | |
| SP | Jaswant Singh | 378 | 1.03% | 0.54 | |
| SJP(R) | Pradeep Kumar Bhandari | 207 | 0.56% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 205 | 0.56% | 7.06 | ||
| Turnout | 36,659 | 60.97% | 8.83 | ||
| Registered electors | 60,188 | ||||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 3.08 |
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Assembly Election 2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ajay Bhatt | 10,199 | 33.75% | New | |
| INC | Pooran Singh | 7,897 | 26.13% | New | |
| UKD | Narendra Singh | 3,990 | 13.20% | New | |
| Independent | Ramesh Singh Chilwal | 3,515 | 11.63% | New | |
| Uttarakhand Janwadi Party | Prakash Chandra Singh | 1,523 | 5.04% | New | |
| BSP | Kishan Lal | 1,209 | 4.00% | New | |
| Independent | Piyush Chandra | 754 | 2.50% | New | |
| SP | Balwant Singh | 474 | 1.57% | New | |
| JD(S) | Suchitra Rawat | 374 | 1.24% | New | |
| RLD | Mohan Chandra Belwal | 282 | 0.93% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,302 | 7.62% | |||
| Turnout | 30,217 | 52.13% | |||
| Registered electors | 58,018 | ||||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||
See also
- Ranikhet South Assembly constituency
- Ranikhet North Assembly constituency
- Ranikhet
- Almora district
- List of constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly