Dwarahat Assembly constituency

Dwarahat
Constituency No. 48 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Almora
LS constituency	Almora
Total electors	92,567 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Madan Singh Bisht
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

Dwarahat Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. ^[2]

It is part of Almora district.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2002	Bipin Chandra Tripathi		Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
^2005	Pushpesh Tripathi
2007
2012	Madan Singh Bisht		Indian National Congress
2017	Mahesh Singh Negi [3]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Madan Singh Bisht		Indian National Congress

^ denotes bye election

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Dwarahat ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Madan Singh Bisht	17,766	36.19%	7.17
	BJP	Anil Singh Shahi	17,584	35.82%	7.24
	UKD	Pushpesh Tripathi	9,804	19.97%	5.96
	Independent	Bhupal Singh Alias Pappu Bhandari	1,138	2.32%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	791	1.61%	0.34
	AAP	Prakash Chandra	506	1.03%	New
	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)	Dr. Pramod Kumar	427	0.87%	New
	BSP	Anand Ballabh	354	0.72%	1.05
	SP	Ganesh Chandra	340	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			182	0.37%	13.67
Turnout			49,096	52.20%	0.37
Registered electors			94,056		3.79
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	6.87

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Dwarahat ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahesh Singh Negi	20,221	43.06%	17.65
	INC	Madan Singh Bisht	13,628	29.02%	4.87
	UKD	Pushpesh Tripathi	6,581	14.01%	12.26
	Independent	Kuber Singh Kathayat	2,126	4.53%	New
	Independent	Bhupal Singh Alias Pappu Bhandari	1,196	2.55%	New
	BSP	Girish Chaudhary	830	1.77%	2.82
	Independent	Nandan Giri	776	1.65%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	597	1.27%	New
	Bharat Ki Lok Jimmedar Party	Kundan Singh Rawat	503	1.07%	New
	Independent	Jay Prakash Kandpal	342	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			6,593	14.04%	6.42
Turnout			46,963	51.82%	0.05
Registered electors			90,620		7.66
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	9.17

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Dwarahat ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Madan Singh Bisht	14,798	33.89%	13.59
	UKD	Pushpesh Tripathi	11,472	26.27%	2.28
	BJP	Narendra Singh	11,096	25.41%	3.42
	BSP	Pramod Kumar	2,004	4.59%	0.62
	Independent	Rajendra Singh	1,152	2.64%	New
	Uttarakhand Parivartan Party	P. C. Tewari	1,066	2.44%	New
	Independent	Birendra Singh Bajetha	675	1.55%	New
	Independent	Devi Dutt Joshi	458	1.05%	New
	Independent	Pawan Chandra Pandey	430	0.98%	New
	URM	Vipin Chandra	425	0.97%	New
Margin of victory			3,326	7.62%	1.06
Turnout			43,666	51.88%	6.77
Registered electors			84,170		26.65
	INC gain from UKD		Swing	5.34

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Dwarahat ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKD	Pushpesh Tripathi	11,128	28.55%	8.44
	BJP	Sadanand	8,573	21.99%	0.38
	Independent	Madan Singh Bisht	8,184	21.00%	New
	INC	Mahesh Singh	7,912	20.30%	3.37
	BSP	Kamal Kishor	1,549	3.97%	6.59
	JD(U)	Nandan Giri	1,116	2.86%	New
	SP	Puran Chandra	516	1.32%	0.67
Margin of victory			2,555	6.55%	6.76
Turnout			38,978	58.70%	9.49
Registered electors			66,459		8.72
	UKD hold		Swing	8.44

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Dwarahat ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKD	Bipin Chandra Tripathi	11,114	36.99%	New
	INC	Puran Chandra	7,112	23.67%	New
	BJP	Balwant Singh	6,495	21.62%	New
	BSP	Lalit Mohan Joshi	3,173	10.56%	New
	Independent	Lalit Mohan	946	3.15%	New
	Uttarakhand Janwadi Party	Hira Singh Thapa	610	2.03%	New
	SP	Pratap Singh	598	1.99%	New
Margin of victory			4,002	13.32%
Turnout			30,048	49.19%
Registered electors			61,128
	UKD win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Almora district

References

1. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Election - 2022 - AC wise Voter Turnout" (PDF). ceo.uk.gov.in. 1 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
2. "Uttarakhand Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Retrieved 16 January 2021.
3. "Election Commission of India - State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttarakhand". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
4. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2022 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
5. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2017 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
6. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.
7. "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.
8. "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.

External links

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

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