Rudrapur, Uttarakhand Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttarakhand legislative assembly in India
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Rudrapur Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India.[1] It includes Rudrapur area of Udham Singh Nagar District.[2][3][4]
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| Constituency No. 66 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Udham Singh Nagar district |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar |
| Established | 2012 |
| Total electors | 192,593 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Rudrapur Legislative Assembly constituency is a part of Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Rajkumar Thukral | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | Shiv Arora | ||
Election results
Assembly Election 2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Shiv Arora | 60,602 | 45.69% |  13.13 | |
| INC | Meena Sharma | 40,852 | 30.80% | 6.83 | |
| Independent | Rajkumar Thukral | 26,988 | 20.35% | New | |
| AAP | Nand Lal | 1,212 | 0.91% | New | |
| BSP | Chandrakeshwar Rao | 1,095 | 0.83% | 0.43 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 554 | 0.42% | 0.09 | |
| Margin of victory | 19,750 | 14.89% | 6.30 | ||
| Turnout | 1,32,651 | 68.83% | 4.55 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,92,723 |  20.98 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 13.13 |
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Assembly Election 2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rajkumar Thukral | 68,754 | 58.81% | 19.07 | |
| INC | Tilak Raj Behar | 43,983 | 37.62% | 2.10 | |
| BSP | Jaswant Singh | 1,471 | 1.26% | 18.65 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 596 | 0.51% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 24,771 | 21.19% | 16.98 | ||
| Turnout | 1,16,899 | 73.38% | 5.14 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,59,301 | 33.31 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 19.07 |
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Assembly Election 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rajkumar Thukral | 37,291 | 39.74% | New | |
| INC | Tilak Raj Behar | 33,337 | 35.53% | New | |
| BSP | Premananad Mahajan | 18,681 | 19.91% | New | |
| SP | Tajindra Singh | 1,785 | 1.90% | New | |
| Independent | Sanjay Sahni | 843 | 0.90% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,954 | 4.21% | |||
| Turnout | 93,836 | 78.52% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,19,500 | ||||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||