Sitarganj Assembly constituency
Legislative Assembly constituency in Uttarakhand State, India
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Sitarganj Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India.
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| Constituency No. 68 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Udham Singh Nagar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar |
| Total electors | 123,168[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Sitarganj Legislative Assembly constituency is a part of Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constituency.[2][3][4]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Narayan Pal | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2007 | |||
| Major boundary changes | |||
| 2012 | Kiran Mandal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2012^ | Vijay Bahuguna | Indian National Congress | |
| 2017 | Saurabh Bahuguna | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
^By poll
Election results
Assembly Election 2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Saurabh Bahuguna | 43,354 | 44.81% |  13.01 | |
| INC | Navtej Pal Singh | 32,416 | 33.50% |  8.20 | |
| AAP | Ajay Jaiswal | 10,135 | 10.47% | New | |
| BSP | Narayan Pal | 9,258 | 9.57% | 4.02 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 534 | 0.55% | 0.11 | |
| Margin of victory | 10,938 | 11.30% | 21.20 | ||
| Turnout | 96,758 | 78.56% | 2.80 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,23,168 | 14.50 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 13.01 |
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Assembly Election 2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Saurabh Bahuguna | 50,597 | 57.81% | 37.99 | |
| INC | Malti Biswas | 22,147 | 25.31% | 51.84 | |
| BSP | Navtej Pal Singh | 11,892 | 13.59% | New | |
| SP | Yogendra Kumar Yadav | 811 | 0.93% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 580 | 0.66% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 28,450 | 32.51% | 24.82 | ||
| Turnout | 87,520 | 81.36% | 5.14 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,07,570 | 17.64 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 19.33 |
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Assembly By-election 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Vijay Bahuguna | 53,766 | 77.14% | 56.13 | |
| BJP | Prakash Pant | 13,812 | 19.82% | 19.85 | |
| Independent | S. Ali | 793 | 1.14% | New | |
| UKPP | D. S. Bisht | 668 | 0.96% | New | |
| Independent | P. Singh | 438 | 0.63% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 39,954 | 57.33% | 40.24 | ||
| Turnout | 69,695 | 76.22% | 4.47 | ||
| Registered electors | 91,443 | ||||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 37.48 |
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Assembly Election 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kiran Mandal | 29,280 | 39.67% | 17.41 | |
| BSP | Narayan Pal | 16,668 | 22.58% | 16.71 | |
| INC | Suresh Kumar | 15,508 | 21.01% | 7.84 | |
| Independent | Anwar Ahmad | 7,085 | 9.60% | New | |
| SP | Vinay Krishna Mondal | 1,456 | 1.97% | 3.83 | |
| Independent | Ishwari Prasad | 1,338 | 1.81% | New | |
| IJP | Harcharan Singh | 841 | 1.14% | New | |
| PECP | Sartaj Ali | 667 | 0.90% | New | |
| UKD | Shaheen Khan | 393 | 0.53% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 12,612 | 17.09% | 6.64 | ||
| Turnout | 73,813 | 80.69% | 7.15 | ||
| Registered electors | 91,480 | ||||
| BJP gain from BSP | Swing | 0.38 |
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Assembly Election 2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Narayan Pal | 31,745 | 39.29% | 3.36 | |
| INC | Kanta Prasad Sagar | 23,308 | 28.85% | 19.86 | |
| BJP | Khoob Singh Vikal | 17,982 | 22.26% | 3.50 | |
| SP | Khajan Chandra | 4,688 | 5.80% | 14.82 | |
| Independent | Suraj Bhan | 930 | 1.15% | New | |
| BJSH | Prabhu Nath | 682 | 0.84% | New | |
| LJP | Sohan Lal | 448 | 0.55% | 0.54 | |
| NBNP | Vijay Kumar | 434 | 0.54% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,437 | 10.44% | 0.27 | ||
| Turnout | 80,796 | 73.55% | 12.31 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,09,870 | 20.85 | |||
| BSP hold | Swing | 3.36 |
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Assembly Election 2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Narayan Pal | 20,001 | 35.93% | New | |
| BJP | Beena Arya | 14,339 | 25.76% | New | |
| SP | Kanta Prasad | 11,478 | 20.62% | New | |
| INC | Bihari Lal | 5,005 | 8.99% | New | |
| RLD | Ram Nagina | 4,229 | 7.60% | New | |
| LJP | Dhan Raj | 610 | 1.10% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 5,662 | 10.17% | |||
| Turnout | 55,662 | 61.22% | |||
| Registered electors | 90,916 | ||||
| BSP win (new seat) | |||||