Rishikesh Assembly constituency

Rishikesh
Constituency No. 24 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
LS constituency	Haridwar
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Premchand Aggarwal
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2002

24-Rishikesh Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India.

Rishikesh Legislative Assembly constituency, currently is a part of Haridwar (Lok Sabha constituency) as per the delimitation in 2008. Prior to the delimitation in 2008, it was a part of Tehri Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
2002	Shoorveer Singh Sajwan		Indian National Congress
2007	Premchand Aggarwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Major boundary changes
2012	Premchand Aggarwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017
2022

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Rishikesh ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Premchand Aggarwal	52,460	50.04%	4.26
	INC	Jayendra Chand Ramola	33,403	31.86%	1.12
	Uttarakhand Janekta Party	Kanak Dhanai	13,080	12.48%	New
	AAP	Raje Singh Negi	2,781	2.65%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	819	0.78%	0.01
	UKD	Mohan Singh Aswal	761	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			19,057	18.18%	3.15
Turnout			1,04,838	62.09%	2.71
Registered electors			1,68,852		11.09
	BJP hold		Swing	4.26

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Rishikesh ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Premchand Aggarwal	45,082	45.78%	9.93
	INC	Rajpal Singh Kharola	30,281	30.75%	3.86
	Independent	Sandeep Gupta	17,149	17.41%	New
	BSP	Lallan Bhardwaj Rajbhar	2,866	2.91%	3.31
	Independent	Vivek Tiwari	889	0.90%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	775	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			14,801	15.03%	6.07
Turnout			98,486	64.79%	3.04
Registered electors			1,51,997		27.04
	BJP hold		Swing	9.93

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Rishikesh ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Premchand Aggarwal	29,090	35.84%	0.42
	INC	Rajpal Kharola	21,819	26.88%	2.01
	Independent	Deep Sharma	17,669	21.77%	New
	BSP	Lallan Bharadwaj Rajbhar	5,047	6.22%	1.10
	URM	Surandra Singh Kaintura	1,429	1.76%	New
	Sainik Samaj Party	Shobha Ram Raturi	1,360	1.68%	New
	UKD	Anil Kalura	1,191	1.47%	1.53
	Independent	Sanjay Pokhriyal	624	0.77%	New
	Independent	Gopal Purohit	592	0.73%	New
	Independent	Yogesh Kumar Uniyal	583	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			7,271	8.96%	1.59
Turnout			81,166	67.84%	10.02
Registered electors			1,19,646
	BJP hold		Swing	0.42

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Rishikesh ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Premchand Aggarwal	30,491	35.42%	11.56
	INC	Shoorveer Singh Sajwan	21,414	24.87%	0.41
	Independent	Jaideep Singh Negi	13,146	15.27%	New
	Independent	Jai Singh Rawat	6,435	7.47%	New
	BSP	Yogi Raj	4,410	5.12%	1.88
	UKD	Bindu Rajput	2,583	3.00%	0.74
	Gorkha Democratic Front	Kharak Bahadur Khatri	1,847	2.15%	New
	Independent	Sanjeev Gupta	1,310	1.52%	New
	Independent	Shanti Prasad	1,179	1.37%	New
	SP	Vijaypal Singh Rawat	690	0.80%	2.02
	Vishwa Vikas Sangh	Ved Prakash Sharma	490	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			9,077	10.54%	9.12
Turnout			86,092	57.86%	7.64
Registered electors			1,48,889
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	10.13

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Rishikesh ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shoorveer Singh Sajwan	14,898	25.28%	New
	BJP	Sandeep Gupta	14,057	23.86%	New
	Independent	Harsh Vardhan Sharma	8,355	14.18%	New
	Independent	Rajender Singh Shah	8,308	14.10%	New
	BSP	Gopal Purohit	1,909	3.24%	New
	LJP	Krishan	1,824	3.10%	New
	CPI	Virendra Sharma	1,808	3.07%	New
	SP	Sudha Rani	1,661	2.82%	New
	UKD	D. N. Todaria	1,332	2.26%	New
	Independent	Rajendra Singh Rakha	999	1.70%	New
	SJP(R)	Shish Ram Kanswal	747	1.27%	New
Margin of victory			841	1.43%
Turnout			58,924	50.18%
Registered electors			1,17,420
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Rishikesh

References

1. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2022 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
2. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2017 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
3. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.
4. "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.
5. "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.
• http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf. The Election Commission of India. p. 509.
• http://ceo.uk.gov.in/files/Election2012/RESULTS_2012_Uttarakhand_State.pdf
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081203060201/http://gov.ua.nic.in/ceouttranchal/ceo/ac_pc.aspx
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081203060144/http://gov.ua.nic.in/ceouttranchal/ceo/ac_detl.aspx

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