Champawat Assembly constituency

Champawat
Champawat
Constituency No. 55 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
LS constituency	Almora
Total electors	96,016
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Pushkar Singh Dhami
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

Last updated September 08, 2024

Champawat Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India.^[2] It is a part of Almora Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name
2002	Hemesh Kharkwal	Indian National Congress
2007	Veena Maharana	Bharatiya Janata Party
2012	Hemesh Kharkwal	Indian National Congress
2017	Kailash Chandra Gahtori	Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Kailash Chandra Gahtori
2022 By-election	Pushkar Singh Dhami

Election results

Assembly By-election 2022

In the 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, Pushkar Singh Dhami lost from his Khatima seat. In order to continue as the Chief Minister, Dhami had to win as an MLA from another seat, within 6 months. To enable this, Kailash Chandra Gahtori resigned from his seat,^[3] and by-elections were called for. Pushkar Singh Dhami won the Champawat by-poll with a record margin of over 55,000 votes.^[4]

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Champawat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pushkar Singh Dhami	58,258	93.50%	43.24
	INC	Nirmala Gahtori	3,233	5.19%	36.74
	SP	Manoj Kumar Bhatt	413	0.66%	New
	Independent	Himanshu Garkoti	402	0.65%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	377	0.61%	0.86
Margin of victory			55,025	88.31%	80.12
Turnout			62,306	64.43%	2.64
Registered electors			97,619		0.19
	BJP hold		Swing	43.24

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Champawat^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kailash Chandra Gahtori	32,547	50.26%	11.80
	INC	Hemesh Kharkwal	27,243	42.07%	9.45
	AAP	Madan Singh Mahar	2,557	3.95%	New
	NOTA	Nota	946	1.46%	New
	BSP	Rakesh Chandra Verma	506	0.78%	0.79
	Independent	Jagdish Bhatt	465	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			5,304	8.19%	21.24
Turnout			64,755	66.46%	0.03
Registered electors			97,430		9.74
	BJP hold		Swing	11.80

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Champawat^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kailash Chandra Gahtori	36,601	62.06%	44.90
	INC	Hemesh Kharkwal	19,241	32.62%	7.89
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,044	1.77%	New
	UKD	Trilok Chand Sorari	939	1.59%	2.48
	BSP	Dinesh Chandra	928	1.57%	25.08
Margin of victory			17,360	29.43%	15.58
Turnout			58,979	66.43%	0.67
Registered electors			88,781		16.34
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	21.55

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Champawat^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hemesh Kharkwal	20,330	40.51%	11.51
	BSP	Madan Singh	13,377	26.65%	20.95
	BJP	Haripriya Joshi Alias Hema Joshi	8,610	17.16%	24.74
	Independent	Pan Dev	2,661	5.30%	New
	UKD	Harshvardhan Singh	2,042	4.07%	1.31
	Independent	Lila Wati Gahtori	867	1.73%	New
	Independent	Rakesh Agarwal	824	1.64%	New
	SP	Manoj Kumar Bhatt	430	0.86%	0.56
	Independent	Tahir Husen	382	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			6,953	13.85%	0.96
Turnout			50,187	65.77%	0.96
Registered electors			76,311		9.64
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	1.39

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Champawat^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Veena Maharana	22,928	41.90%	21.99
	INC	Hemesh Kharkwal	15,870	29.00%	7.45
	Independent	Bahadur Singh Patni	6,220	11.37%	New
	BSP	Tahir Husen	3,120	5.70%	0.73
	Independent	Rajendra Kumar	1,781	3.25%	New
	UKD	Narayan Singh	1,511	2.76%	3.35
	RLD	Rajesh Joshi	922	1.68%	New
	SP	Manoj Kumar Bhatt	778	1.42%	New
	Independent	Mohan Chandra Tripathi	724	1.32%	New
	Vishwa Vikas Sangh	Hayat Singh Bisht	507	0.93%	New
	Independent	Manohar Chand	366	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			7,058	12.90%	11.88
Turnout			54,727	64.89%	10.04
Registered electors			84,449		18.91
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	20.35

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Champawat^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hemesh Kharkwal	8,380	21.55%	*New*
	Independent	Madan Singh Mahrana	7,985	20.53%	New
	BJP	Hayat Singh Mahra	7,743	19.91%	New
	Independent	Bimla Sajwan	6,343	16.31%	New
	BSP	Tahir Husen	2,501	6.43%	New
	UKD	Narayan Singh	2,375	6.11%	New
	Independent	Manohar Chand	1,017	2.61%	New
	Independent	Devidutt	460	1.18%	New
	Uttarakhand Janwadi Party	Keshar Singh Bisht	437	1.12%	New
	Independent	Vinod Chandra Joshi	414	1.06%	New
	Independent	K. M. Dipti Rajwar	392	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			395	1.02%
Turnout			38,893	54.76%
Registered electors			71,020
	INC win (new seat)

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External links

"Record of all Uttarakhand Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 January 2024.

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[8] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

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