Pithoragarh Assembly constituency

Pithoragarh
Constituency No. 44 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Almora
Established	1952
Total electors	109,705 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mayukh Mahar
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

INC is the most successful political party in Pithoragarh assembly constituency.

1. INC (11 terms) (55.0%)
2. BJP (6 terms) (30.0%)
3. JP (2 terms) (10.0%)
4. INC(O) (1 term) (5.00%)

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

It is part of Pithoragarh district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952 [a]	Narendra Singh Bisht		Indian National Congress
	Khushi Ram
1957 [a]	Narendra Singh Bisht
	Khushi Ram
Major boundary changes
1962	Narendra Singh Bisht		Indian National Congress
Major boundary changes
1967	Narendra Singh Bisht		Indian National Congress
1969
1972 By-election	Hira Singh Bora
1974	Dayakishan Pandey		Indian National Congress
1977	Kamal Kishan Pandey		Janata Party
1980	Narendra Singh Bisht		Indian National Congress
1985	Kamal Kishan Pandey		Janata Party
1989	Mahendra Singh Mahra		Indian National Congress
1991	Krishna Chandra Punetha		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Mahendra Singh Mahra		Indian National Congress
1996	Krishna Chandra Punetha		Bharatiya Janata Party
Major boundary changes
2002	Prakash Pant		Bharatiya Janata Party
2007
Major boundary changes
2012	Mayukh Mahar		Indian National Congress
2017	Prakash Pant		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 By-election	Chandra Pant
2022	Mayukh Mahar		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mayukh Mahar	33,269	47.48%	1.60
	BJP	Chandra Pant	27,215	38.84%	13.60
	Independent	Nitin Markana	6,585	9.40%	New
	AAP	Chandra Prakash Punera	730	1.04%	New
	ASP(KR)	Kartik Tamta	717	1.02%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	558	0.80%	0.90
	BSP	Khursid Ahmad	526	0.75%	New
	SP	Virendera Vir Vikram Singh	470	0.67%	1.01
Margin of victory			6,054	8.64%	2.07
Turnout			70,070	61.49%	16.26
Registered electors			1,13,947		3.63
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	4.97

Assembly By-election 2019

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

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Pant	32,941	49.16%	12.79
	INC	Mayukh Mahar	30,257	45.15%	14.31
	NOTA	None of the above	1,072	1.60%	New
	Independent	Lalit Mohan Bhatt	613	0.91%	New
	Independent	Mahendra Singh	529	0.79%	New
	BSP	Raghuvar Ram	519	0.77%	0.83
	UKD	Sushma Mathur	304	0.46%	New
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Joshi	126	0.19%	New
	Independent	Krishnand Kapri	111	0.17%	New
	SP	Ramesh Bisht	108	0.16%	New
	Independent	Gulzar Khan	78	0.12%	New
Margin of victory			2,684	4.01%	19.09
Turnout			67,007	62.41%	2.83
Registered electors			1,07,371
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	10.30

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mayukh Mahar	33,976	59.46%	19.95
	BJP	Prakash Pant	20,779	36.37%	14.49
	BSP	Ram Datt Joshi	918	1.61%	0.79
	Independent	Guljar Khan	686	1.20%	New
	SS	Santosh Rawat	542	0.95%	New
Margin of victory			13,197	23.10%	11.75
Turnout			57,138	65.24%	2.59
Registered electors			87,580
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	8.60

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Pant	26,855	50.86%	11.71
	INC	Ravindra Singh (Kiran Maldar)	20,865	39.52%	15.34
	Independent	Shankar Ram Kohli	898	1.70%	New
	NCP	Umesh Chandra	784	1.48%	New
	BJSH	Bhupendra Singh	669	1.27%	New
	SP	Saleem Khan	636	1.20%	0.19
	Independent	Ram Datt Joshi	574	1.09%	New
	UKD	Jodh Singh	453	0.86%	21.97
	BSP	Jagdish Chandra Lohni	433	0.82%	3.84
	Independent	Gulzar Khan	403	0.76%	New
	Independent	Ratan Ram Dayal (Ratan Dhan)	231	0.40%	New
Margin of victory			5,990	11.34%	3.63
Turnout			52,801	62.71%	7.74
Registered electors			84,277		13.13
	BJP hold		Swing	11.71

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Pant	16,015	39.15%	2.15
	INC	Mayukh Mahar	9,889	24.18%	5.02
	UKD	Ravindra Bisht	9,337	22.83%	12.53
	BSP	Mahendra Singh Lunthi	1,907	4.66%	New
	Independent	Ratan Ram Dayal (Ratan Dhan)	1,027	2.51%	New
	Independent	Ishwari Dutt	930	2.27%	New
	Independent	Chandra Prakash (Channu)	494	1.21%	New
	SP	Basant Ballabh	413	1.01%	New
	LJP	Rajendra Singh	365	0.89%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Mukesh Pant	293	0.72%	New
	Independent	Captain Pramod Singh	233	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			6,126	14.98%	2.89
Turnout			40,903	54.93%	9.83
Registered electors			74,494		63.39
	BJP hold		Swing	3.08

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Krishna Chandra Punetha	37,221	41.30%	1.09
	INC	Mahendra Singh Mahra	26,276	29.20%	18.40
	AIIC(T)	Laxman Singh	13,998	15.50%	New
	UKD	Chandra Shekhar Kapri	9,280	10.30%	6.31
Margin of victory			10,945	12.10%	4.71
Turnout			91,772	45.10%	3.88
Registered electors			2,03,454		13.99
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	9.75

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mahendra Singh Mahra	35,025	47.60%	9.09
	BJP	Krishna Chandra Punetha	29,584	40.21%	5.68
	UKD	Chandra Shekhar Kapri	2,933	3.99%	4.25
	SP	Hira Singh Bora	2,454	3.33%	New
	Independent	Harish Singh	527	0.72%	New
	Doordarshi Party	Dev Shankar	524	0.71%	0.30
	Independent	Hari Ram	462	0.63%	New
	Independent	Hem Chandra Pande	411	0.56%	New
	Independent	Amba Datt	385	0.52%	New
Majority			5,441	7.39%	0.01
Turnout			73,584	41.22%	1.99
Registered electors			1,78,491		5.94
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	9.09

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Krishna Chandra Punetha	31,806	45.89%	33.71
	INC	Mahendra Singh Mahra	26,697	38.51%	4.64
	UKD	Navin Chandra Murari	5,711	8.24%	New
	JD	Umed Singh	1,381	1.99%	New
	Independent	Jodh Singh	1,228	1.77%	New
	Independent	Gagan Singh	1,027	1.48%	New
	Independent	Laxman Singh	763	1.10%	New
	Doordarshi Party	Girish Chandra	703	1.01%	0.04
Majority			5,109	7.38%	5.88
Turnout			72,795	43.21%	0.49
Registered electors			1,68,478		0.58
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	33.71

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mahendra Singh Mahra	31,606	43.15%	5.21
	Independent	Naveen Chandra	30,509	41.65%	New
	BJP	Krishna Chandra Punetha	8,924	12.18%	1.17
	Independent	Narayan Ram	761	1.04%	New
	Independent	Prahlad Singh	733	1.00%	New
	Doordarshi Party	Kishan Ram	711	0.97%	New
Majority			1,097	1.50%	4.45
Turnout			73,244	43.70%	11.80
Registered electors			1,67,507		25.71
	INC gain from JP		Swing	5.21

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Kamal Kishan Pandey	18,662	43.89%	17.53
	INC	Ratna Bisht	16,133	37.94%	6.06
	BJP	Mahendra Singh Pal	4,683	11.01%	3.97
	Independent	Chandra Singh	1,180	2.78%	New
	Independent	Jagat Singh	1,003	2.36%	New
	Independent	Kedar Singh	859	2.02%	New
Majority			2,529	5.95%	11.69
Turnout			42,520	31.90%	5.29
Registered electors			1,33,250		13.06
	JP gain from INC		Swing	11.80

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narendra Singh Bisht	13,477	44.00%	12.87
	JP	Kamal Kishan Pandey	8,074	26.36%	13.72
	Independent	Hira Singh Bora	5,451	17.79%	New
	BJP	Madhava Nand Joshi	2,158	7.04%	New
	Independent	Laxmi Prasad	740	2.42%	New
	Independent	Hari Ram Arya	730	2.38%	New
Majority			5,403	17.64%	9.39
Turnout			31,359	26.61%	0.99
Registered electors			1,17,858		6.94
	INC gain from JP		Swing	12.87

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Kamal Kishan Pandey	11,930	40.08%	New
	INC	Jodh Singh Dhek	9,476	31.83%	9.09
	Independent	Laxmi Prasad Verma	3,435	11.54%	New
	Independent	Main Singh Mehta	1,784	5.99%	New
	Independent	Mani Ram	1,326	4.45%	New
	Independent	Janardan Pant	678	2.28%	New
	Independent	Shiv Kumar Pant	629	2.11%	New
	Independent	B. R. Tamta	241	0.81%	New
	Independent	Anand Ram	147	0.49%	New
	Independent	Jiwan Lal Chaudhary	94	0.32%	New
Majority			2,454	8.25%	9.91
Turnout			30,416	27.60%	21.70
Registered electors			1,10,211		31.62
	JP gain from INC(O)		Swing	40.08

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(O)	Dayakishan Pandey	24,388	59.08%	New
	INC	Hira Singh Bora	16,889	40.92%	28.18
Margin of victory			7,499	18.16%	20.04
Turnout			41,277	49.30%	16.26
Registered electors			83,732		18.56
	INC(O) gain from INC		Swing	28.18

Assembly By-election 1972

1972 Legislative Assembly by-election  : Pithoragarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hira Singh Bora	16,121	69.10%	14.62
	Independent	P. Singh	7,210	30.90%	New
Margin of victory			8,911	38.20%	29.24
Turnout			23,331	33.04%	0.50
Registered electors			70,622		0.00
	INC hold		Swing	14.62

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narendra Singh Bisht	12,905	54.48%	1.24
	ABJS	Mohan Singh Chand	10,781	45.52%	14.53
Margin of victory			2,124	8.96%	13.29
Turnout			23,686	33.54%	3.02
Registered electors			70,622		6.74
	INC hold		Swing	1.24

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narendra Singh Bisht	10,749	53.24%	10.65
	ABJS	B. D. Patani	6,257	30.99%	New
	SWA	Jayant Lal	3,184	15.77%	New
Margin of victory			4,492	22.25%	11.36
Turnout			20,190	30.52%	0.88
Registered electors			66,160
	INC hold		Swing	10.65

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narendra Singh Bisht	8,847	42.59%	9.14
	PSP	Lilaram Sharma	6,584	31.70%	11.51
	Independent	Govind Singh	5,342	25.71%	New
Margin of victory			2,263	10.89%	4.44
Turnout			20,773	31.40%	2.62
Registered electors			66,160		49.75
	INC hold		Swing	9.14

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh ^{[18] [b]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narendra Singh Bisht	14,984	33.45%	0.57
	INC	Khushi Ram (SC)	11,931	26.63%	6.43
	PSP	Durga Datt	9,042	20.18%	New
	PSP	Jayant Lal (SC)	8,835	19.72%	New
Margin of victory			2,889	6.45%	8.67
Turnout			44,792	34.02%	9.71
Registered electors			1,31,650		7.49
	INC hold		Swing	0.57
	INC hold		Swing	6.43

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh cum Champawat ^{[19] [c]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narendra Singh Bisht	10,131	34.02%	New
	INC	Khushi Ram	9,845	33.06%	New
	Socialist	Durga Singh	5,342	17.94%	New
	Independent	Govind Singh	4,461	14.98%	New
Margin of victory			4,503	15.12%	New
Turnout			29,779	24.31%	New
Registered electors			1,22,481		New
	INC win (new seat)
	INC win (new seat)

See also

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

Notes

1. From 1952 to 1962 Pithoragarh was a 2-member constituency.
2. From 1952 to 1962 Pithoragarh was a 2-member constituency. In 1957 election, one seat was general while the other was reserved for SC.
3. From 1952 to 1962 Pithoragarh was a 2-member constituency.

References

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External links

• "Record of all Uttarakhand Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2024.

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