Salt Assembly constituency
Legislative Assembly constituency in Uttarakhand, India
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Salt Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India.[2]
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| Constituency No. 49 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 | 97,035[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
It is part of Almora district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Ranjeet Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Surendra Singh Jeena | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2017 | |||
| 2021^ | Mahesh Singh Jeena | ||
| 2022 | |||
^By poll
Election results
Assembly Election 2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Mahesh Singh Jeena | 22,393 | 49.65% |  3.22 | |
| INC | Ranjeet Singh Rawat | 18,705 | 41.47% | 0.04 | |
| UKD | Rakesh Nath | 1,292 | 2.86% | New | |
| AAP | Suresh Bisht | 628 | 1.39% | New | |
| Independent | Surendra Singh Jeena | 540 | 1.20% | New | |
| Independent | Lalit Mohan Singh | 442 | 0.98% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 331 | 0.73% | 1.01 | |
| Uttarakhand Parivartan Party | Jagdish Chandra | 327 | 0.73% | 0.47 | |
| BSP | Adv. Bhole Shankar Arya | 324 | 0.72% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,688 | 8.18% | 3.18 | ||
| Turnout | 45,101 | 46.05% |  3.46 | ||
| Registered electors | 97,946 | 0.82 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 3.22 |
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Assembly By-election 2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Mahesh Singh Jeena | 21,874 | 52.87% | 3.87 | |
| INC | Ganga Pancholi | 17,177 | 41.52% | 0.89 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 721 | 1.74% | New | |
| Independent | Surendra Singh | 620 | 1.50% | New | |
| Uttarakhand Parivartan Party | Jagdish Chandra | 493 | 1.19% | 0.58 | |
| Independent | Shiv Singh Rawat | 466 | 1.13% | New | |
| Independent | Pan Singh | 346 | 0.84% | New | |
| Nand Kishor | 209 | 0.51% | New | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,697 | 11.35% | 4.76 | ||
| Turnout | 41,373 | 42.70% | 3.42 | ||
| Registered electors | 97,150 | 1.48 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 3.87 |
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Assembly Election 2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Surendra Singh Jeena | 21,581 | 49.00% | 2.03 | |
| INC | Ganga Pancholi | 18,677 | 42.41% | 2.97 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 812 | 1.84% | New | |
| Independent | Bhuvan Joshi | 669 | 1.52% | New | |
| BSP | Adv. Bhole Shankar Arya | 664 | 1.51% | 0.15 | |
| Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (Democratic) | Ganga Devi | 459 | 1.04% | New | |
| Uttarakhand Parivartan Party | Narayan Singh | 268 | 0.61% | 0.84 | |
| Independent | Mahipal Singh | 262 | 0.59% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,904 | 6.59% | 5.00 | ||
| Turnout | 44,044 | 46.01% | 5.98 | ||
| Registered electors | 95,735 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | 2.03 |
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Assembly Election 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Surendra Singh Jeena | 23,956 | 51.03% | 33.46 | |
| INC | Ranjeet Singh Rawat | 18,512 | 39.44% | 4.21 | |
| Independent | Bhuvan Joshi | 822 | 1.75% | New | |
| URM | Dinesh Chandra Singh | 784 | 1.67% | New | |
| CPI(ML)L | Purushottam Sharma | 741 | 1.58% | 0.25 | |
| Uttarakhand Parivartan Party | Narayan Singh | 681 | 1.45% | New | |
| BSP | Anoop Ram Kohali | 635 | 1.35% | 3.66 | |
| UKD | Pan Singh | 485 | 1.03% | 2.82 | |
| RLD | Bhupendar | 285 | 0.61% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 5,444 | 11.60% | 8.84 | ||
| Turnout | 46,942 | 51.98% | 5.70 | ||
| Registered electors | 90,303 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 7.39 |
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Assembly Election 2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ranjeet Singh Rawat | 15,190 | 43.64% | 2.07 | |
| Independent | Dinesh Singh | 8,075 | 23.20% | New | |
| BJP | Pramod Kumar | 6,115 | 17.57% | 11.68 | |
| BSP | Govind Ram | 1,743 | 5.01% | 1.29 | |
| UKD | Bhagat Singh | 1,342 | 3.86% | 2.35 | |
| BJSH | Nandaballabh | 1,040 | 2.99% | New | |
| CPI(ML)L | Anand Singh Negi | 638 | 1.83% | 1.38 | |
| Independent | Anand Singh | 399 | 1.15% | New | |
| Uttarakhand Sanskriti Parishad | Narayan Singh | 264 | 0.76% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 7,115 | 20.44% | 8.13 | ||
| Turnout | 34,806 | 57.72% | 9.25 | ||
| Registered electors | 60,337 | 1.34 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 2.07 |
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Assembly Election 2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ranjeet Singh Rawat | 11,988 | 41.57% | New | |
| BJP | Mohan Singh S/O Diwan Singh | 8,436 | 29.25% | New | |
| UKD | Khimanand | 1,789 | 6.20% | New | |
| Independent | Narayan Dutt | 1,480 | 5.13% | New | |
| BSP | Dinesh Singh | 1,072 | 3.72% | New | |
| Independent | Kedar Dutt Joshi | 937 | 3.25% | New | |
| CPI(ML)L | Anand Singh Negi | 926 | 3.21% | New | |
| Bharatiya Berozgar Mazdoor Kisan Dal | Mohan Singh S/O An Singh | 755 | 2.62% | New | |
| Independent | Jagat Pal Singh | 695 | 2.41% | New | |
| RLD | Diwan Singh | 268 | 0.93% | New | |
| SAP | Chandan Singh | 267 | 0.93% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,552 | 12.32% | |||
| Turnout | 28,840 | 48.46% | |||
| Registered electors | 59,537 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||