| Lohaghat | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 54 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Champawat |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Almora |
| Total electors | 107,240 [1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Lohaghat Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in northern India. [2]
It is part of Champawat district. Khushal Singh Adhikari is the current MLA from Lohaghat.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Mahendra Singh Mahra | Indian National Congress | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Puran Singh Fartyal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | Khushal Singh Adhikari | Indian National Congress | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Khushal Singh Adhikari | 32,950 | 51.65% | ||
| BJP | Puran Singh Phartyal | 26,912 | 42.18% | ||
| Independent | Himesh Chandra Kalkhuriya | 1,247 | 1.95% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,104 | 1.73% | ||
| AAP | Rajesh Singh Bisht | 908 | 1.42% | New | |
| SP | Nisar Khan | 363 | 0.57% | New | |
| Independent | Prakash Singh Dhami | 178 | 0.28% | New | |
| Independent | Dheeraj Singh Ladwal | 138 | 0.22% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 6,038 | 9.46% | |||
| Turnout | 63,800 | 58.56% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,08,949 | ||||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Puran Singh Phartyal | 27,685 | 47.37% | ||
| INC | Khushal Singh Adhikari | 26,851 | 45.94% | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,261 | 2.16% | New | |
| Independent | Prakash Singh | 725 | 1.24% | New | |
| Independent | Jyoti Prakash Tamta | 724 | 1.24% | New | |
| BSP | Devilal Sharma Alias Raju | 713 | 1.22% | ||
| Independent | Rajendra Singh | 379 | 0.65% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 834 | 1.43% | |||
| Turnout | 58,450 | 57.09% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,02,389 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Puran Singh Phartyal | 30,429 | 59.02% | ||
| INC | Mahendra Singh Mahra | 18,894 | 36.65% | ||
| BSP | Govind Pandey | 2,187 | 4.24% | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,535 | 22.37% | |||
| Turnout | 51,559 | 55.10% | |||
| Registered electors | 93,567 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mahendra Singh Mahra | 15,433 | 36.21% | ||
| BJP | Krishna Chandra Punetha | 13,823 | 32.43% | ||
| Independent | Lalit Mohan Pandey | 4,635 | 10.88% | New | |
| UKD | Prahlad Singh | 3,209 | 7.53% | ||
| Independent | Kalyan Singh | 1,529 | 3.59% | New | |
| Independent | Sundar Singh | 1,124 | 2.64% | New | |
| BSP | Ambi Ram | 1,103 | 2.59% | ||
| Independent | Suresh Tewari | 1,052 | 2.47% | New | |
| SP | Usha Devi | 711 | 1.67% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,610 | 3.78% | |||
| Turnout | 42,619 | 57.01% | |||
| Registered electors | 74,780 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mahendra Singh Mahra | 7,648 | 22.36% | New | |
| BJP | Krishna Chandra Punetha | 7,138 | 20.87% | New | |
| UKD | Navin Murari | 6,609 | 19.32% | New | |
| BSP | Puran Singh Phartyal | 3,432 | 10.03% | New | |
| Independent | Kailash Chandra Gahtori | 2,767 | 8.09% | New | |
| Independent | Hukam Singh Kunwar | 1,839 | 5.38% | New | |
| Independent | Har Govind Singh Bohra | 1,614 | 4.72% | New | |
| Independent | Abha Singh | 844 | 2.47% | New | |
| Independent | Lalit Lal Verma | 807 | 2.36% | New | |
| SP | Vipin Punetha | 421 | 1.23% | New | |
| Independent | Bhagwan Singh Mahra | 401 | 1.17% | New | |
| Independent | Lalit Prasad Pandey | 345 | 1.01% | New | |
| Independent | Ghyansham | 339 | 0.99% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 510 | 1.49% | |||
| Turnout | 34,204 | 51.84% | |||
| Registered electors | 65,980 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||