Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency

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Garhwal
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Uttarakhand
Assembly constituencies14: Badrinath, Tharali, Karnaprayag, Kedarnath, Rudraprayag, Devprayag, Narendranagar, Yamkeshwar, Pauri, Srinagar, Chaubattakhal, Lansdowne, Kotdwar and Ramnagar
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2019
Preceded by Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri

Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttarakhand. This constituency came into existence in 1957, following the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies. It comprises five districts namely Chamoli, Nainital (part), Pauri Garhwal, Rudraprayag and Tehri Garhwal (part).

Contents

Assembly segments

After the formation of Uttarakhand

At present, Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following fourteen Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: [1]

#NameDistrictMemberParty
4 Badrinath Chamoli Rajendra Singh Bhandari INC
5 Tharali (SC)Bhupal Ram Tamta BJP
6 Karnaprayag Anil Nautiyal BJP
7 Kedarnath Rudraprayag Shaila Rani Rawat BJP
8 Rudraprayag Bharat Singh Chaudhary BJP
10 Devprayag Tehri Garhwal Vinod Kandari BJP
11 Narendranagar Subodh Uniyal BJP
36 Yamkeshwar Pauri Garhwal Renu Bisht BJP
37 Pauri (SC)Raj Kumar Pori BJP
38 Srinagar Dhan Singh Rawat BJP
39 Chaubattakhal Satpal Maharaj BJP
40 Lansdowne Dilip Singh Rawat BJP
41 Kotdwar Ritu Khanduri Bhushan BJP
61 Ramnagar Nainital Diwan Singh Bisht BJP

Before the formation of Uttarakhand

Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituency segments of Uttar Pradesh:

District Assembly constituency segments
NameSC/ST
Bijnor Najibabad
Chamoli
Badri–Kedar
Karnaprayag
Pauri Garhwal
Lansdowne
Pauri

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1952 Bhakt Darshan Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967
1971 Pratap Singh Negi Indian National Congress
1977 Jagannath Sharma Janata Party
1980 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Indian National Congress
1982^ Independent
1984 Chandra Mohan Singh Negi Indian National Congress
1989 Janata Dal
1991 B. C. Khanduri Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Satpal Maharaj All India Indira Congress (T)
1998 B. C. Khanduri Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2008^ Tejpal Singh Rawat
2009 Satpal Maharaj Indian National Congress
2014 B. C. Khanduri Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Tirath Singh Rawat

^By election

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Garhwal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Anil Baluni
INC Ganesh Godiyal
NOTA None of the Above
Margin of victory
Turnout
Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Garhwal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Tirath Singh Rawat 506,980 68.25 Increase2.svg8.77
INC Manish Khanduri2,04,31127.51Decrease2.svg4.92
NOTA None of the Above 12,2761.65Increase2.svg0.38
Margin of victory3,02,66940.75Increase2.svg13.69
Turnout 7,48,02255.17Increase2.svg1.19
BJP hold Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Garhwal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri 405,690 59.48 Increase2.svg15.07
INC Harak Singh Rawat 2,21,16432.43Decrease2.svg8.72
BSP Dheer Singh Bisht9,2501.36
NOTA None of the Above 8,6591.27N/A
Margin of victory1,84,52627.06Increase2.svg23.80
Turnout 6,84,01453.98
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase2.svg10.71

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Garhwal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Satpal Maharaj 236,949 44.12
BJP Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Tejpal Singh Rawat 2,19,55240.88
BSP Rajeev Agarwal34,6226.45
CPI Lalita Prasad Bhatt7,3301.36
Margin of victory17,3973.26
Turnout 5,33,84348.87
INC gain from BJP Swing

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References

  1. "Uttarakhand state: Assembly Constituencies- Corresponding Districts & Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand website. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2010.

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