Dehradun Assembly constituency

Dehradun
Former constituency for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Established	1951
Abolished	2012

Dehradun Legislative Assembly constituency was a part of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1951 to 2000. It became a part of the Interim Uttarakhand Assembly from 2000 to 2002 and of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2012. It was abolished in 2012 following the delimitation. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Members of Legislative Assembly

  INC   Independent   ABJS   JP   BJP

Election		Winner	Party	Runner up	Party	Margin
	1951	Shanti Prapanna Sharma	Indian National Congress	Gulab Singh	Independent	3,388
	1957	Brij Bhushan Saran		Durga Prasad		4,575
	1962			Ram Swarup		282
	1967	Ram Swarup	Independent	Nityanand Swami	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	2,017
	1969	Nityanand Swami	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	Krishan Chand Singhal	Indian National Congress	3,164
	1974	Bhola Dutt Saklani	Indian National Congress	Nityanand Swami	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	11,570
	1977	Devendra Dutt Shastri	Janata Party	Bhola Dutt Saklani	Indian National Congress	1,278
	1980	Dwarika Nath Dhawan	Indian National Congress	Nityanand Swami	Independent	19,086
	1985	Hira Singh Bisht		Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party	29,390
	1989	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party	Hira Singh Bisht	Indian National Congress	10,182
	1991			Vinod Chandola		21,267
	1993			Dinesh Agrawal		14,354
	1996					40,733
Major boundary changes
	2002	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party	Sanjay Sharma	Indian National Congress	2,924
	2007			Lalchand Sharma		7,033

Election results

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harbans Kapoor	23,856	50.61%	9.50
	INC	Lal Chand	16,823	35.69%	3.18
	UKD	Virendra Uniyal	2,320	4.92%	3.35
	Shivsena	Amit	1,552	3.29%	0.68
	BSP	Shiv Kumar Agarwal	587	1.25%	0.11
	Independent	Gurudip Singh	436	0.92%	New
	Independent	Shyam Sunder Yadav	338	0.72%	New
	Independent	Pankaj Kukreti	310	0.66%	New
	SP	Ritesh Sachdeva	304	0.64%	0.03
Margin of victory			7,033	14.92%	6.32
Turnout			47,138	57.16%	14.87
Registered electors			82,475		2.56
	BJP hold		Swing	9.50

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harbans Kapoor	13,977	41.11%	New
	INC	Sanjay Sharma	11,053	32.51%	New
	Independent	Anuj Nautiyal	5,848	17.20%	New
	Shivsena	Gaurav Kumar	1,352	3.98%	New
	UKD	Sarita Gaud	536	1.58%	New
	Uttarakhand Janwadi Party	Asha Bahuguna	396	1.16%	New
	BSP	Tausif Khan	387	1.14%	New
	SP	Nabi Ahmed	209	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			2,924	8.60%
Turnout			34,003	42.29%
Registered electors			80,418
	BJP win (new seat)

1985 results

Hira Singh Bisht won election against harbans Kapoor

1969 results

1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ABJS	Nityanand Swami	20,349	35.57
	INC	Krishan Chand Singhal	17,185	30.37
	Independent	Sunil Chandra Datta	15,076	26.65
	PSP	Rajendra Prasad Dobhal	3,210	5.67
	Independent	Ram Chander	335	0.59
	Independent	Girish Chandra Juyal	185	0.33
	Independent	Ram Avtar	157	0.28
	Independent	Irshad Ahmed	81	0.14
Majority
Turnout			56,578	62.08
	ABJS gain from Independent		Swing

1967 results

1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ram Swaroop	21,191	38.60	10.95
	ABJS	Nityanand Swami	19,174	34.93	11.69
	INC	Brij Bhushan Saran	14,038	25.57	2.71
	Independent	G.C. Chaurasia	492	0.90	New
Majority			2,017	3.67	10.41
Turnout			54,895	65.96	–
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1962 results

1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Brij Bhushan Saran	12,638	28.28	16.07
	Independent	Ram Swaroop	12,356	27.65	New
	ABJS	Nityanand Swami	9,210	23.24	–
	Independent	Sunil Chandra Dutta	6,017	13.46	New
	PSP	Sadhu Singh	4,248	9.50	New
	Independent	Babu Ram Gupta	144	0.32	New
	Independent	B.S. Hudsun	82	0.18	New
Majority			282	0.63	14.08
Turnout			44,695	65.96	9.57
	INC hold		Swing

1957 results

1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Brij Bhushan Saran	13,793	44.35	New
	Independent	Durga Prasad	9,218	29.64	New
	ABJS	Nityanand Swami	7,228	23.24	New
	Independent	Chandan Singh	859	2.76	New
Majority			4,575	14.71	New
Turnout			31,098	56.39	New
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Dehradun Cantonment (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)

References

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