Pithoragarh Assembly constituency

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Pithoragarh
Constituency No. 44 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Pithoragarh Assembly constituency map.svg
Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
LS constituency Almora
Total electors109,705 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Indian National Congress
Elected year2022

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

Contents

It is part of Pithoragarh district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
1952 Khushi Ram, Narendra Singh Bisht Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Narendra Singh Bisht
1967
1969
1974 Dayakishan Pandey Indian National Congress
1977 Kamal Kishan Pandey Janata Party
1980 Narendra Singh Bist 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
2002 Prakash Pant
2007
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Mayukh Mahar 33,269 47.48% Increase2.svg1.60
BJP Chandra Pant 27,21538.84%Decrease2.svg13.60
Independent Nitin Markana6,5859.40%New
AAP Chandra Prakash Punera7301.04%New
ASP(KR) Kartik Tamta7171.02%New
NOTA None of the above5580.80%Decrease2.svg0.90
BSP Khursid Ahmad5260.75%New
SP Virendera Vir Vikram Singh4700.67%Decrease2.svg1.01
Margin of victory6,0548.64%Increase2.svg2.07
Turnout 70,07061.49%Increase2.svg16.26
Registered electors 1,13,947Increase2.svg3.63
INC gain from BJP Swing Decrease2.svg4.97

Assembly By-election 2019

2019 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Pithoragarh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Chandra Pant 26,086 52.44% Increase2.svg3.28
INC Anju Lunthi22,81945.88%Increase2.svg0.72
NOTA None of the above8441.70%New
SP Manoj Kumar Bhatt8351.68%New
Margin of victory3,2676.57%Increase2.svg2.56
Turnout 49,74045.65%Decrease2.svg17.17
Registered electors 1,09,957Increase2.svg2.41
BJP hold Swing Increase2.svg3.28

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Pithoragarh [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Prakash Pant 32,941 49.16% Increase2.svg12.79
INC Mayukh Mahar 30,25745.15%Decrease2.svg14.31
NOTA None of the above1,0721.60%New
Independent Lalit Mohan Bhatt6130.91%New
Independent Mahendra Singh5290.79%New
BSP Raghuvar Ram5190.77%Decrease2.svg0.83
Margin of victory2,6844.01%Decrease2.svg19.09
Turnout 67,00762.41%Decrease2.svg2.83
Registered electors 1,07,371
BJP gain from INC Swing Decrease2.svg10.30

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Pithoragarh [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Mayukh Mahar 33,976 59.46% Increase2.svg19.95
BJP Prakash Pant 20,77936.37%Decrease2.svg14.49
BSP Ram Datt Joshi9181.61%Increase2.svg0.79
Independent Guljar Khan6861.20%New
Shivsena Santosh Rawat5420.95%New
Margin of victory13,19723.10%Increase2.svg11.75
Turnout 57,13865.24%Increase2.svg2.59
Registered electors 87,580
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase2.svg8.60

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Pithoragarh [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Prakash Pant 26,855 50.86% Increase2.svg11.71
INC Ravindra Singh (Kiran Maldar)20,86539.52%Increase2.svg15.34
Independent Shankar Ram Kohli8981.70%New
NCP Umesh Chandra7841.48%New
BJSH Bhupendra Singh6691.27%New
SP Saleem Khan6361.20%Increase2.svg0.19
Independent Ram Datt Joshi5741.09%New
UKD Jodh Singh4530.86%Decrease2.svg21.97
BSP Jagdish Chandra Lohni4330.82%Decrease2.svg3.84
Independent Gulzar Khan4030.76%New
Margin of victory5,99011.34%Decrease2.svg3.63
Turnout 52,80162.71%Increase2.svg7.74
Registered electors 84,277Increase2.svg13.13
BJP hold Swing Increase2.svg11.71

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Pithoragarh [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Prakash Pant 16,015 39.15% New
INC Mayukh Mahar 9,88924.18%New
UKD Ravindra Bisht9,33722.83%New
BSP Mahendra Singh Lunthi1,9074.66%New
Independent Ratan Ram Dayal (Ratan Dhan)1,0272.51%New
Independent Ishwari Dutt9302.27%New
Independent Chandra Prakash (Channu)4941.21%New
SP Basant Ballabh4131.01%New
LJP Rajendra Singh3650.89%New
CPI(ML)L Mukesh Pant2930.72%New
Independent Captain Pramod Singh2330.57%New
Margin of victory6,12614.98%
Turnout 40,90354.93%
Registered electors 74,494
BJP win (new seat)

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References

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