The Lok Sabha (meaning "House of the People") is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Uttarakhand state elects five members, and they are directly elected by the state electorates of Uttarakhand. Members are elected for five years with first-past-the-post voting. The number of seats allocated to the stateor union territory is determined by the population of the state or union territory.
Keys: BJP (5)
Source: Parliament of India (Lok Sabha) [1]
No. | Current member | Party | Constituency | Current house | Election | ||
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Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | ||||||
1 | Ajay Bhatt | Bharatiya Janata Party | Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar | None | 17th Lok Sabha | 2019 | |
2 | Ajay Tamta | Bharatiya Janata Party | Almora | SC | |||
3 | Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah | Bharatiya Janata Party | Tehri Garhwal | None | |||
4 | Ramesh Pokhriyal | Bharatiya Janata Party | Haridwar | ||||
5 | Tirath Singh Rawat | Bharatiya Janata Party | Garhwal |
This is the list of all Lok Sabha members from Uttarakhand in chronological order.
Keys: BJP INC SP
Source: Parliament of India (Rajya Sabha) [2]
No. | Name | Portrait | Party | Term | Tenure | Constituency | House | Election | Notes | ||||
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From | To | Total | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | |||||||||
1 | Bachi Singh Rawat | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 10 October 1999 | 16 May 2004 | 9 years, 215 days | Almora | None | 13th Lok Sabha | 1999 | Elected as the Lok Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh. Continued the term as the Lok Sabha member from Uttarakhand onwards 9 November 2000. | ||
16 May 2004 | 13 May 2009 | 14th Lok Sabha | 2004 | ||||||||||
2 | Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3 | 10 October 1999 | 16 May 2004 | 12 years 330 days | Garhwal | 13th Lok Sabha | 1999 | Elected as the Lok Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh. Continued the term as the Lok Sabha member from Uttarakhand onwards 9 November 2000. | |||
16 May 2004 | 29 August 2007 | 14th Lok Sabha | 2004 | Resigned due to his election to the 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly. | |||||||||
16 May 2014 | 23 May 2019 | 16th Lok Sabha | 2014 | ||||||||||
3 | Harpal Singh Sathi | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 10 October 1999 | 16 May 2004 | 4 years, 219 days | Haridwar | SC | 13th Lok Sabha | 1999 | Elected as the Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh. Continued the term as the Lok Sabha members from Uttarakhand onwards 9 November 2000. | ||
4 | Manabendra Shah | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 10 October 1999 | 16 May 2004 | 7 years, 87 days | Tehri Garhwal | None | 13th Lok Sabha | 1999 | |||
16 May 2004 | 5 January 2007 | 14th Lok Sabha | 2004 | Died in office 5 January 2007. | |||||||||
5 | Narayan Datt Tiwari | Indian National Congress | 1 | 10 October 1999 | 8 August 2002 | 2 years, 302 days | Nainital | 13th Lok Sabha | 1999 | Elected as the Lok Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh. Continued the term as the Lok Sabha member from Uttarakhand onwards 9 November 2000. Resigned due to his election to the 1st Uttarakhand Assembly. | |||
6 | Mahendra Singh Pal | Indian National Congress | 1 | 2002 | 16 May 2004 | 1 years ? days | Nainital | 13th Lok Sabha | 2002 | Elected in the By-election. | |||
7 | Karan Chand Singh Baba | Indian National Congress | 2 | 16 May 2004 | 13 May 2009 | 10 years, 0 days | Nainital | 14th Lok Sabha | 2004 | ||||
13 May 2009 | 16 May 2014 | Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar | 15th Lok Sabha | 2009 | |||||||||
8 | Rajendra Kumar Badi | Samajwadi Party | 1 | 16 May 2004 | 13 May 2009 | 4 years, 362 days | Haridwar | SC | 14th Lok Sabha | 2004 | |||
9 | Vijay Bahuguna | Indian National Congress | 2 | 27 February 2007 | 13 May 2009 | 5 years, 132 days | Tehri Garhwal | None | 14th Lok Sabha | 2007 | Elected in the By-election. | ||
13 May 2009 | 8 July 2012 | 15th Lok Sabha | 2009 | Resigned due to his election to the 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly. | |||||||||
10 | Tejpal Singh Rawat | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 2008 | 13 May 2009 | 1 year ? days | Garhwal | 14th Lok Sabha | 2008 | Elected in the By-election. | |||
11 | Harish Rawat | Indian National Congress | 1 | 13 May 2009 | 16 May 2014 | 5 years, 3 days | Haridwar | 15th Lok Sabha | 2009 | ||||
12 | Pradeep Tamta | Indian National Congress | 1 | 13 May 2009 | 16 May 2014 | 5 years, 3 days | Almora | SC | 15th Lok Sabha | 2009 | |||
13 | Satpal Maharaj | Indian National Congress | 1 | 13 May 2009 | 16 May 2014 | 5 years, 3 days | Garhwal | None | 15th Lok Sabha | 2009 | |||
14 | Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3 | 13 October 2012 | 16 May 2014 | 11 years, 104 days | Tehri Garhwal | 15th Lok Sabha | 2012 | Elected in the By-election. | |||
16 May 2014 | 23 May 2019 | 16th Lok Sabha | 2014 | ||||||||||
23 May 2019 | incumbent | 17th Lok Sabha | 2019 | ||||||||||
15 | Ajay Tamta | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 16 May 2014 | 23 May 2019 | 9 years, 254 days | Almora | SC | 16th Lok Sabha | 2014 | |||
23 May 2019 | incumbent | 17th Lok Sabha | 2019 | ||||||||||
16 | Bhagat Singh Koshyari | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 16 May 2014 | 23 May 2019 | 5 years, 7 days | Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar | None | 16th Lok Sabha | 2014 | |||
17 | Ramesh Pokhriyal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 16 May 2014 | 23 May 2019 | 9 years, 254 days | Haridwar | 16th Lok Sabha | 2014 | ||||
23 May 2019 | incumbent | 17th Lok Sabha | 2019 | ||||||||||
18 | Ajay Bhatt | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 23 May 2019 | incumbent | 4 years, 247 days | Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar | 17th Lok Sabha | 2019 | ||||
19 | Tirath Singh Rawat | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 23 May 2019 | incumbent | 4 years, 247 days | Garhwal | 17th Lok Sabha | 2019 |
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