Ranikhet Assembly constituency

Ranikhet
Constituency No. 50 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Almora
LS constituency	Almora
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pramod Nainwal
Party	Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected year	2022

Ranikhet Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 constituencies in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand a northern state of India. Ranikhet is also part of Almora Lok Sabha constituency. Before 2000, this constituency was part of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. ^{[1] [2]}

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1951-62s: Constituency does not exist

See Ranikhet South Assembly constituency

Election	Name	Party
1967	Chandra Bhanu Gupta		Indian National Congress
1969
1974	Mahendra Singh Mahra
1977	Mahendra Singh Mahra		Janata Party
1980	Jaswant Singh Bisht		Independent
1985	Puran Singh Mahra		Indian National Congress
1989	Jaswant Singh Bisht		Independent
1991	Bachi Singh Rawat		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1996	Ajay Bhatt
Major boundary changes
2002	Ajay Bhatt		Bharatiya Janata Party
2007	Karan Mahara		Indian National Congress
2012	Ajay Bhatt		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017	Karan Mahara		Indian National Congress
2022	Pramod Nainwal		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Ranikhet ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Pramod Nainwal	21,047	50.05%	15.91
	INC	Karan Mahara	18,463	43.90%	2.33
	AAP	Nandan Singh Bisht	656	1.56%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	562	1.34%	0.21
	Independent	Deepak Kargeti	519	1.23%	New
	BSP	Manoj Kumar	416	0.99%	1.85
	UKD	Tula Singh Tariyal	288	0.68%	0.32
Margin of victory			2,584	6.14%	5.95
Turnout			42,054	51.90%	0.13
Registered electors			81,029		1.88
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	3.82

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Ranikhet ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Karan Mahara	19,035	46.23%	10.77
	BJP	Ajay Bhatt	14,054	34.13%	1.52
	Independent	Dr. Pramod Nainwal	5,701	13.85%	New
	BSP	Kripal Ram	1,169	2.84%	20.81
	NOTA	None of the above	637	1.55%	New
	UKD	Pratap Singh Shahi	414	1.01%	0.32
Margin of victory			4,981	12.10%	11.90
Turnout			41,173	51.77%	1.61
Registered electors			79,537		7.44
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	10.57

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Ranikhet ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajay Bhatt	14,089	35.66%	0.62
	INC	Karan Mahara	14,011	35.46%	1.37
	BSP	Puran Singh	9,346	23.65%	5.28
	Independent	Mahendra Singh Bisht	765	1.94%	New
	Independent	Kishan Lal	476	1.20%	New
	SP	Puran Chandra Joshi	315	0.80%	0.23
	UKD	Pratibha Negi	269	0.68%	0.62
Margin of victory			78	0.20%	0.36
Turnout			39,512	53.37%	7.54
Registered electors			74,031
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	1.18

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Ranikhet ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Karan Mahara	13,503	36.83%	10.70
	BJP	Ajay Bhatt	13,298	36.27%	2.52
	BSP	Puran Singh	6,736	18.37%	14.37
	Independent	Hari Singh	1,108	3.02%	New
	BJSH	Prakash Chandra Singh	511	1.39%	New
	UKD	Vimla Negi	477	1.30%	11.90
	Vishwa Vikas Sangh	Shridhar Pant	441	1.20%	New
	SP	Jaswant Singh	378	1.03%	0.54
	SJP(R)	Pradeep Kumar Bhandari	207	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			205	0.56%	7.06
Turnout			36,659	60.97%	8.83
Registered electors			60,188
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	3.08

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Ranikhet ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajay Bhatt	10,199	33.75%	New
	INC	Pooran Singh	7,897	26.13%	New
	UKD	Narendra Singh	3,990	13.20%	New
	Independent	Ramesh Singh Chilwal	3,515	11.63%	New
	Uttarakhand Janwadi Party	Prakash Chandra Singh	1,523	5.04%	New
	BSP	Kishan Lal	1,209	4.00%	New
	Independent	Piyush Chandra	754	2.50%	New
	SP	Balwant Singh	474	1.57%	New
	JD(S)	Suchitra Rawat	374	1.24%	New
	RLD	Mohan Chandra Belwal	282	0.93%	New
Margin of victory			2,302	7.62%
Turnout			30,217	52.13%
Registered electors			58,018
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Ranikhet South Assembly constituency
• Ranikhet North Assembly constituency
• Ranikhet
• Almora district
• List of constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Ranikhet Assembly Constituency". Elections.traceall.in. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
2. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
3. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2022 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
4. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2017 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
5. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.
6. "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.
7. "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.

External links

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

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