Rajpur, Uttarakhand Assembly constituency

Rajpur
Former constituency for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Established	2002
Abolished	2012

Rajpur Legislative Assembly constituency was one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It was abolished in 2012 following the delimitation.

Rajpur Legislative Assembly constituency was a part of Tehri Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Duration	Member	Party
1st	2002–2007	Hira Singh Bisht		Indian National Congress
2nd	2007–2012	Ganesh Joshi		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Rajpur, Uttarakhand ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ganesh Joshi	24,446	38.82%	10.75
	INC	Hira Singh Bisht	20,876	33.15%	1.83
	BSP	Ajay Sood	8,403	13.34%	11.17
	UKD	Vivekanand Khanduri	3,816	6.06%	0.03
	NCP	Sunder Singh Pundir	1,667	2.65%	13.85
	Independent	Balesh Bavaniya	402	0.64%	New
	SP	Sayeed Ahmad	399	0.63%	1.09
	Independent	Rajkumar	357	0.57%	New
	Independent	S. K. Rai	331	0.53%	New
	BJSH	K. S. Bangari	316	0.50%	New
Margin of victory			3,570	5.67%	1.24
Turnout			62,973	56.20%	13.32
Registered electors			1,12,062		19.54
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	3.84

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Rajpur, Uttarakhand ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hira Singh Bisht	14,061	34.98%	New
	BJP	Khushal Singh Ranavat	11,282	28.07%	New
	NCP	Suryakant Dhasmana	6,630	16.49%	New
	UKD	Shushila Balooni	2,449	6.09%	New
	CPI(M)	Lekh Raj	876	2.18%	New
	BSP	D. C. Verma	874	2.17%	New
	Independent	Hari Bhandari	804	2.00%	New
	LJP	Purushottam Kumar Agarwal Alias P. K.	762	1.90%	New
	SP	M. Farid	691	1.72%	New
	Shivsena	Arvind Singh	623	1.55%	New
	Independent	Sanjay Kundaliya	341	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			2,779	6.91%
Turnout			40,195	42.88%
Registered electors			93,746
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Rajpur Road (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

29°17′N78°46′E / 29.28°N 78.77°E / 29.28; 78.77

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Ceo.uk.gov.in. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
2. "Dehradun Cantonment" (PDF). election.uk.gov.in (in Hindi). 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
3. "Results" (PDF). ceo.uk.gov.in (in Hindi). March 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
4. "Ac_pc". gov.ua.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
5. "Assembly Constituencies". gov.ua.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.