2009 Indian general election in Uttarakhand

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2009 Indian general election in Uttarakhand
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  2004 13 May 2009 2014  

5 seats
Turnout53.67% (Increase2.svg 5.60%)
 First party
  Hand INC.svg
Party INC
Alliance UPA
Last election1
Seats won5
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4
Percentage43.14%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.83%

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Constituencies of the Lok Sabha in Uttarakhand

The 2009 Indian general election in Uttarakhand, occurred for 5 seats in the state. All 5 seats were won by the Indian National Congress.

Contents

Elected MPs

Following is the list of elected MPs from Uttarakhand.

S. No.ConstituencyElected MPParty
1 Tehri Garhwal Vijay Bahuguna Indian National Congress
2 Garhwal Satpal Maharaj Indian National Congress
3 Almora (SC) Pradeep Tamta Indian National Congress
4 Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar Karan Chand Singh Baba Indian National Congress
5 Haridwar Harish Rawat Indian National Congress

By-election

By-elections were held in 2012 for Tehri Garhwal constituency as Elected MP Vijay Bahuguna became the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.

In the election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah defeated Saket Bahuguna, son of Vijay Bahuguna by margin of over 22,000. [1]

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