Dhari, Uttarakhand Assembly constituency

Dhari
Former constituency for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Established	2002
Abolished	2012

Dhari Legislative Assembly constituency was one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. ^{[1] [2]} It was abolished in 2012 following the delimitation. ^[3]

Dhari Legislative Assembly constituency was a part of Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2002	Harish Chandra Durgapal [4]		Indian National Congress
2007	Govind Singh Bisht [5]		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dhari, Uttarakhand ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Govind Singh Bisht	40,996	49.37%	13.04
	INC	Harish Chandra Durgapal	30,235	36.41%	0.94
	BSP	Prithivi Pal Singh Rawat	4,336	5.22%	5.87
	SP	Umesh Sharma	1,459	1.76%	0.33
	Independent	Virendra Puri Maharaj	1,169	1.41%	New
	UKD	Basant Joshi	1,137	1.37%	0.18
	Independent	Prakash Joshi Uttarakhandi	1,118	1.35%	New
	RLD	Chandra Shekhar	887	1.07%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Bahadur Singh Jangi	726	0.87%	1.42
	IJP	Harish Chandra Arya	628	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			10,761	12.96%	11.94
Turnout			83,034	67.61%	13.73
Registered electors			1,22,988		23.47
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	12.01

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dhari, Uttarakhand ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Harish Chandra Durgapal	20,014	37.36%	New
	BJP	Govind Singh Bisht	19,465	36.33%	New
	BSP	Lalit Pant	5,943	11.09%	New
	Independent	Virendra Puri	1,340	2.50%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Bahadur Singh Jangi	1,231	2.30%	New
	Independent	Pratap Singh Negi	1,032	1.93%	New
	UKD	Laxman Singh	832	1.55%	New
	SP	Suresh Singh Parihar	767	1.43%	New
	Independent	Madan Singh	707	1.32%	New
	JP	Zaheer Ahamad	539	1.01%	New
	Independent	Devki Sharma	452	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			549	1.02%
Turnout			53,574	53.78%
Registered electors			99,611
	INC win (new seat)

References

1. "Ac_pc". gov.ua.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
2. "Assembly Constituencies". gov.ua.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Ceo.uk.gov.in. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
4. "State Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttarakhand". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 16 January 2021.
5. "State Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttarakhand". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 16 January 2021.
6. "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.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

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