List of by-elections to the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

The following is a list of by-elections held for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, India, since its formation in 2002.

2002–2007

Main article: 1st Uttarakhand Assembly

S.No.	Date	Constituency		MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election		Ref.
1	8 August 2002	56	Ramnagar	Yogambar Singh Rawat		Indian National Congress	Narayan Datt Tiwari		Indian National Congress	[1]
2	28 September 2004	48	Dwarahat	Bipin Chandra Tripathi		Uttarakhand Kranti Dal	Pushpesh Tripathi		Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
3	28 September 2005	29	Kotdwar	Surendra Singh Negi		Indian National Congress	Surendra Singh Negi		Indian National Congress	[2]

Dwarahat Assembly By-election 2004

2004 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Dwarahat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKD	Pushpesh Tripathi	13,224	42.08%	5.09
	INC	Mahesh Singh	8,160	25.96%	2.29
	BJP	Mohan Singh Adhikari	4,359	13.87%	7.75
	Independent	Jagat Singh Negi	2,599	8.27%	New
	Independent	Prakash Chandra	1,105	3.52%	New
	SP	Chani Ram	726	2.31%	0.32
	Independent	Pramod Kumar	661	2.10%	New
	BSP	Viond Kumar	595	1.89%	8.67
Margin of victory			5,064	16.12%	2.80
Turnout			31,429	48.98%	0.21
Registered electors			64,125		4.67
	UKD hold		Swing	5.09

2007–2012

Main article: 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly

S.No.	Date	Constituency		MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election		Ref.
1	29 August 2007	30	Dhumakot	Tejpal Singh Rawat		Indian National Congress	Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri		Bharatiya Janata Party	[3]
2	28 May 2009	42	Kapkot	Bhagat Singh Koshyari		Bharatiya Janata Party	Sher Singh Garhia		Bharatiya Janata Party	[4]
3	14 September 2009	11	Vikasnagar	Munna Singh Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party	Kuldip Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	[5]

Dhumakot Assembly By-election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Dhumakot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri	22,708	70.76%	30.16
	INC	Surendra Singh Negi	8,537	26.60%	18.81
	Independent	Manish Sundriyal	848	2.64%	New
Margin of victory			14,171	44.16%	39.35
Turnout			32,093	59.79%	4.77
Registered electors			53,986		6.40
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	25.35

Kapkot Assembly by-election 2009

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election 2009: Kapkot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sher Singh Garhia	13,823	45.04	12.62
	NCP	Kunti Parihar	6,656	21.68	new
	INC	Chamu Singh Ghasiyal	5,651	18.41	13.44
Majority			7,167	23.36	2.46
Turnout			30,687	58.36	9.57
Registered electors			52,582
	BJP hold		Swing	2.46

Assembly By-election 2009

2009 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Vikasnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kuldip Kumar	24,934	37.12%	3.25
	INC	Nav Prabhat	24,338	36.23%	2.96
	Independent	Munna Singh Chauhan	14,807	22.04%	New
	Independent	Haridas Kataria	702	1.05%	New
	SP	Gulfam Ali	591	0.88%	1.37
	Independent	Nasim Ahmad	378	0.56%	New
	Independent	Liyaqat	350	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			596	0.89%	6.22
Turnout			67,175	58.88%	4.96
Registered electors			1,14,092
	BJP hold		Swing	3.25

2012–2017

Main article: 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly

S.No.	Date	Constituency		MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election		Ref.
1	8 July 2012	68	Sitarganj	Kiran Mandal		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vijay Bahuguna		Indian National Congress	[6]
2	21 July 2014	23	Doiwala	Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'		Bharatiya Janata Party	Hira Singh Bisht		Indian National Congress	[7]
3		42	Dharchula	Harish Singh Dhami		Indian National Congress	Harish Rawat		Indian National Congress	[8]
4		51	Someshwar (SC)	Ajay Tamta		Bharatiya Janata Party	Rekha Arya		Indian National Congress	[8]
5	11 April 2015	28	Bhagwanpur (SC)	Surendra Rakesh		Bahujan Samaj Party	Mamta Rakesh		Indian National Congress	[9]

Sitarganj Assembly Bye-election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Sitarganj

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijay Bahuguna	53,766	77.14%	56.13
	BJP	Prakash Pant	13,812	19.82%	19.85
	Independent	S. Ali	793	1.14%	New
	Uttarakhand Parivartan Party	D. S. Bisht	668	0.96%	New
	Independent	P. Singh	438	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			39,954	57.33%	40.24
Turnout			69,695	76.22%	4.47
Registered electors			91,443
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	37.48

Dharchula Assembly By-election 2014

2014 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Dharchula

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Harish Rawat	31,214	74.63%	41.68
	BJP	Bishnu Datt Joshi	10,610	25.37%	3.52
	NOTA	None of the above	1,028	2.46%	New
Margin of victory			20,604	49.26%	38.15
Turnout			41,824	52.61%	14.30
Registered electors			81,469		11.98
	INC hold		Swing

Doiwala Assembly By-election 2014

2014 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Doiwala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hira Singh Bisht	35,980	52.49%	23.51
	BJP	Trivendra Singh Rawat	29,468	42.99%	12.35
	Independent	Furqan	1,508	2.20%	New
	INC	None of the above	542	0.79%	28.18
	Independent	William Akbar Chand	363	0.53%	New
	Independent	Rishi Kumar	348	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			6,512	9.50%	7.84
Turnout			68,550	53.55%	18.40
Registered electors			1,29,032		20.57
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	21.85

Bhagwanpur Assembly By-election 2015

2015 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Bhagwanpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mamta Rakesh	59,205	71.46%	33.21
	BJP	Rajpal Singh	22,296	26.91%	13.35
	NOTA	None of the above	501	0.60%	New
	Independent	Pritam Singh	269	0.32%	New
Margin of victory			36,909	44.55%	35.92
Turnout			82,842	73.92%	5.80
Registered electors			112,069		13.72
	INC gain from BSP		Swing	21.71

2017–2022

Main article: 4th Uttarakhand Assembly

S.No.	Date	Constituency		MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election		Ref.
1	28 May 2018	5	Tharali (SC)	Magan Lal Shah		Bharatiya Janata Party	Munni Shah		Bharatiya Janata Party	[10]
2	25 November 2019	44	Pithoragarh	Prakash Pant		Bharatiya Janata Party	Chandra Pant		Bharatiya Janata Party	[11]
3	17 April 2021	49	Salt	Surendra Singh Jeena		Bharatiya Janata Party	Mahesh Singh Jeena		Bharatiya Janata Party

Tharali Assembly Constituency

2018 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Tharali

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Munni Shah	25,737	49.04%	5.64
	INC	Jeet Ram	23,756	45.27%	10.00
		Kasbi Lal Shah	1,365	2.60%	New
	CPI(M)	Kunwar Ram	1,034	1.97%	0.71
	NOTA	None of the above	705	1.34%	New
	Independent	Beeri Ram	587	1.12%	New
Margin of victory			1,981	3.77%	4.36
Turnout			52,479	51.98%	6.82
Registered electors			1,02,569		0.45
	BJP hold		Swing	5.64

Pithoragarh Assembly Constituency

2019 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Pithoragarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chandra Pant	26,086	52.44%	3.28
	INC	Anju Lunthi	22,819	45.88%	0.72
	NOTA	None of the above	844	1.70%	0.10
	SP	Manoj Kumar Bhatt	835	1.68%	1.52
Margin of victory			3,267	6.57%	2.56
Turnout			49,740	45.65%	17.17
Registered electors			1,09,957		2.41
	BJP hold		Swing	3.28

Salt Assembly Election

2021 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Salt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahesh Singh Jeena	21,874	52.87%	3.87
	INC	Ganga Pancholi	17,177	41.52%	0.89
	NOTA	None of the above	721	1.74%	New
	Independent	Surendra Singh	620	1.50%	New
	Uttarakhand Parivartan Party	Jagdish Chandra	493	1.19%	0.58
	Independent	Shiv Singh Rawat	466	1.13%	New
	Independent	Pan Singh	346	0.84%	New
		Nand Kishor	209	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			4,697	11.35%	4.76
Turnout			41,373	42.70%	3.42
Registered electors			97,150		1.48
	BJP hold		Swing	3.87

2022–2027

Main article: 5th Uttarakhand Assembly

S.No.	Date	Constituency		MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election		Ref.
1	31 May 2022	55	Champawat	Kailash Chandra Gahtori		Bharatiya Janata Party	Pushkar Singh Dhami		Bharatiya Janata Party
2	9 September 2023	47	Bageshwar (SC)	Chandan Ram Das		Bharatiya Janata Party	Parwati Das		Bharatiya Janata Party
3	10 July 2024	4	Badrinath	Rajendra Singh Bhandari		Indian National Congress	Lakhpat Singh Butola		Indian National Congress
4		33	Manglaur	Sarwat Karim Ansari		Bahujan Samaj Party	Muhammad Nizamuddin		Indian National Congress
5	20 November 2024	7	Kedarnath	Shaila Rani Rawat		Bharatiya Janata Party	Asha Nautiyal		Bharatiya Janata Party

Champawat Assembly Constituency

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Champawat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pushkar Singh Dhami	58,258	93.50%	43.24
	INC	Nirmala Gahtori	3,233	5.19%	36.74
	SP	Manoj Kumar Bhatt	413	0.66%	0.33
	Independent	Himanshu Garhkoti	402	0.65%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	377	0.61%	0.86
Margin of victory			55,025	88.31%	80.12
Turnout			62,306	64.43%	2.64
Registered electors			97,619		0.19
	BJP hold		Swing	43.24

Bageshwar Assembly Constituency

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election, 2023: Bageshwar ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Parwati Das	33,247	49.54	6.4
	INC	Basant Kumar	30,842	45.96	19.08
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,257	1.87	0.71
	UKD	Arjun Kumar Dev	857	1.28	New
	SP	Bhagwati Prasad	637	0.95	0.27
Majority			2,405	3.58	12.68
Turnout			67,108	55.44	N/A
	BJP hold		Swing

Badrinath Assembly Constituency

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election 2024: Badrinath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lakhpat Singh Butola	28,167	51.93	4.05
	BJP	Rajendra Singh Bhandari	22,937	42.30	2.55
	Independent	Naval Kishore Khali	1,813	3.34	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	823	1.52	0.24
	Sainik Samaj Party	Himmat Singh Negi	494	0.91	New
Majority			5,230	9.9	6.87
Turnout			54,228	49.8	15.29
	INC hold		Swing

Manglaur Assembly Constituency

2024 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Manglaur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Muhammad Nizamuddin	31,727	37.91	1.41
	BJP	Kartar Singh Bhadana	31,305	37.4	16.04
	BSP	Obaidur Rehman	19,559	23.37	13.81
	NOTA	None of the Above	237	0.28	0.02
Majority			422	0.5	0.18
Turnout			83,699	69.73	5.85
	INC gain from BSP		Swing

Kedarnath Assembly Constituency

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election, 2024: Kedarnath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Asha Nautiyal	23,814	43.74	7.7
	INC	Manoj Rawat	18,192	33.42	12.74
	Independent	Tribhuwan Rawat	9,311	17.10	New
	UKD	Ashutosh Bhandari	1,314	2.41	0.30
	NOTA	None of the Above	834	1.53	0.29
Majority			5,622	10.32	3.62
Turnout			53,526	58.89%	6.39
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• Elections in Uttarakhand
• List of Indian state legislative assembly elections

References

1. "Legislative Assembly of Uttaranchal - Assembly constituency - 56 Ramnagar". eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2021-05-15.
2. "Legislative Assembly of Uttaranchal - Assembly Constituency - 29-Kotdwar". eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2020-10-17.
3. "Dhumakot Bye-Election". Chief Electoral Officer, Government of Uttarakhand, India.
4. "Kapkot Election 2009" [Kapkot Election 2009](PDF). Chief Electoral Office, Uttarakhand (in Hindi).
5. "Vikas Nagar Bye-Election 2009". Chief Electoral Officer, Government of Uttarakhand, India.
6. "Sitarganj 2012 Bye Election results" [Sitarganj 2012 Bye Election results](PDF). Chief Electoral Office, Uttarakhand (in Hindi).
7. "Election to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand (State/Union territory) from 23-Doiwala Assembly constituency" (PDF). Chief Electoral Office, Uttarakhand. 25 July 2014.
8. "Election to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand State from the 42-Dharchula Assembly constituency" (PDF). Chief Electoral Office, Uttarakhand. 25 July 2014.
9. "Election to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand State from 28-Bhagwanpur(SC) constituency" (PDF). Chief Electoral Office, Uttarakhand. 15 April 2015.
10. "Bye Election to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand (State) from the 05-Tharli (S.C.) Constituency" (PDF). Chief Electoral Office, Uttarakhand. 31 May 2018.
11. "Election to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand from 44-Pithoragarh Assembly constituency" (PDF). Chief Electoral Office, Uttarakhand. 28 November 2019.
12. "Bageshwar by-election result 2023". ECI. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
13. The Indian Express (8 September 2023). "BJP wins bypoll for Uttarakhand turf; Cong comes close but INDIA ally SP among hurdles in path". Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

External links

• "Vidhan Sabha Election Results". ceo.uk.gov.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Government Of Uttarakhand, India. Retrieved 24 May 2022.