Champawat Assembly constituency

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Champawat
Constituency No. 55 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Champawat Assembly constituency map.svg
Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Uttarakhand
District Champawat
LS constituency Almora
Total electors96,016 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2022

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.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
2002 Hamesh Kharkwal Indian National Congress
2007 Veena Maharana Bharatiya Janata Party
2012 Hemesh Kharkwal Indian National Congress
2017 Kailash Chandra Gahtori Bharatiya Janata Party
2022
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Pushkar Singh Dhami 58,258 93.50% Increase2.svg43.24
INC Nirmala Gahtori3,2335.19%New
SP Manoj Kumar Bhatt4130.66%New
Independent Himanshu Garkoti4020.65%New
NOTA None of the Above3770.61%Decrease2.svg0.86
Margin of victory55,02588.31%Increase2.svg80.12
Turnout 62,30664.43%Decrease2.svg2.64
Registered electors 97,619Increase2.svg0.19
BJP hold Swing Increase2.svg43.24

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Champawat [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Kailash Chandra Gahtori 32,547 50.26% Decrease2.svg11.80
INC Hemesh Kharkwal27,24342.07%Increase2.svg9.45
AAP Madan Singh Mahar2,5573.95%New
NOTA Nota9461.46%New
BSP Rakesh Chandra Verma5060.78%Decrease2.svg0.79
Independent Jagdish Bhatt4650.72%New
Margin of victory5,3048.19%Decrease2.svg21.24
Turnout 64,75566.46%Increase2.svg0.03
Registered electors 97,430Increase2.svg9.74
BJP hold Swing Decrease2.svg11.80

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Champawat [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Kailash Chandra Gahtori 36,601 62.06% Increase2.svg44.90
INC Hemesh Kharkwal19,24132.62%Decrease2.svg7.89
NOTA None of the Above1,0441.77%New
UKD Trilok Chand Sorari9391.59%Decrease2.svg2.48
BSP Dinesh Chandra9281.57%Decrease2.svg25.08
Margin of victory17,36029.43%Increase2.svg15.58
Turnout 58,97966.43%Increase2.svg0.67
Registered electors 88,781Increase2.svg16.34
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase2.svg21.55

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Champawat [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Hemesh Kharkwal 20,330 40.51% Increase2.svg11.51
BSP Madan Singh13,37726.65%Increase2.svg20.95
BJP Haripriya Joshi Alias Hema Joshi8,61017.16%Decrease2.svg24.74
Independent Pan Dev2,6615.30%New
UKD Harshvardhan Singh2,0424.07%Increase2.svg1.31
Independent Lila Wati Gahtori8671.73%New
Independent Rakesh Agarwal8241.64%New
SP Manoj Kumar Bhatt4300.86%Decrease2.svg0.56
Independent Tahir Husen3820.76%New
Margin of victory6,95313.85%Increase2.svg0.96
Turnout 50,18765.77%Increase2.svg0.96
Registered electors 76,311Decrease2.svg9.64
INC gain from BJP Swing Decrease2.svg1.39

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Champawat [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Veena Maharana 22,928 41.90% Increase2.svg21.99
INC Hemesh Kharkwal15,87029.00%Increase2.svg7.45
Independent Bahadur Singh Patni6,22011.37%New
BSP Tahir Husen3,1205.70%Decrease2.svg0.73
Independent Rajendra Kumar1,7813.25%New
UKD Narayan Singh1,5112.76%Decrease2.svg3.35
RLD Rajesh Joshi9221.68%New
SP Manoj Kumar Bhatt7781.42%New
Independent Mohan Chandra Tripathi7241.32%New
Vishwa Vikas Sangh Hayat Singh Bisht5070.93%New
Independent Manohar Chand3660.67%New
Margin of victory7,05812.90%Increase2.svg11.88
Turnout 54,72764.89%Increase2.svg10.04
Registered electors 84,449Increase2.svg18.91
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase2.svg20.35

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Champawat [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Hamesh Kharkwal 8,380 21.55% New
Independent Madan Singh Mahrana7,98520.53%New
BJP Hayat Singh Mahra7,74319.91%New
Independent Bimla Sajwan6,34316.31%New
BSP Tahir Husen2,5016.43%New
UKD Narayan Singh2,3756.11%New
Independent Manohar Chand1,0172.61%New
Independent Devidutt4601.18%New
Uttarakhand Janwadi Party Keshar Singh Bisht4371.12%New
Independent Vinod Chandra Joshi4141.06%New
Independent K. M. Dipti Rajwar3921.01%New
Margin of victory3951.02%
Turnout 38,89354.76%
Registered electors 71,020
INC win (new seat)

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