Salt Assembly constituency

Salt
Constituency No. 49 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Almora
LS constituency	Almora
Total electors	97,035 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mahesh Singh Jeena
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

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

It is part of Almora district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2002	Ranjeet Singh		Indian National Congress
2007
2012	Surendra Singh Jeena		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017
2021^	Mahesh Singh Jeena
2022

^By poll

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Salt ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahesh Singh Jeena	22,393	49.65%	3.22
	INC	Ranjeet Singh Rawat	18,705	41.47%	0.04
	UKD	Rakesh Nath	1,292	2.86%	New
	AAP	Suresh Bisht	628	1.39%	New
	Independent	Surendra Singh Jeena	540	1.20%	New
	Independent	Lalit Mohan Singh	442	0.98%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	331	0.73%	1.01
	Uttarakhand Parivartan Party	Jagdish Chandra	327	0.73%	0.47
	BSP	Adv. Bhole Shankar Arya	324	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			3,688	8.18%	3.18
Turnout			45,101	46.05%	3.46
Registered electors			97,946		0.82
	BJP hold		Swing	3.22

Assembly By-election 2021

2021 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Salt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahesh Singh Jeena	21,874	52.87%	3.87
	INC	Ganga Pancholi	17,177	41.52%	0.89
	NOTA	None of the above	721	1.74%	New
	Independent	Surendra Singh	620	1.50%	New
	Uttarakhand Parivartan Party	Jagdish Chandra	493	1.19%	0.58
	Independent	Shiv Singh Rawat	466	1.13%	New
	Independent	Pan Singh	346	0.84%	New
		Nand Kishor	209	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			4,697	11.35%	4.76
Turnout			41,373	42.70%	3.42
Registered electors			97,150		1.48
	BJP hold		Swing	3.87

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Salt ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Surendra Singh Jeena	21,581	49.00%	2.03
	INC	Ganga Pancholi	18,677	42.41%	2.97
	NOTA	None of the above	812	1.84%	New
	Independent	Bhuvan Joshi	669	1.52%	New
	BSP	Adv. Bhole Shankar Arya	664	1.51%	0.15
	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (Democratic)	Ganga Devi	459	1.04%	New
	Uttarakhand Parivartan Party	Narayan Singh	268	0.61%	0.84
	Independent	Mahipal Singh	262	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			2,904	6.59%	5.00
Turnout			44,044	46.01%	5.98
Registered electors			95,735
	BJP hold		Swing	2.03

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Salt ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Surendra Singh Jeena	23,956	51.03%	33.46
	INC	Ranjeet Rawat	18,512	39.44%	4.21
	Independent	Bhuvan Joshi	822	1.75%	New
	URM	Dinesh Chandra Singh	784	1.67%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Purushottam Sharma	741	1.58%	0.25
	Uttarakhand Parivartan Party	Narayan Singh	681	1.45%	New
	BSP	Anoop Ram Kohali	635	1.35%	3.66
	UKD	Pan Singh	485	1.03%	2.82
	RLD	Bhupendar	285	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			5,444	11.60%	8.84
Turnout			46,942	51.98%	5.70
Registered electors			90,303
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	7.39

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Salt ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ranjeet Singh	15,190	43.64%	2.07
	Independent	Dinesh Singh	8,075	23.20%	New
	BJP	Pramod Kumar	6,115	17.57%	11.68
	BSP	Govind Ram	1,743	5.01%	1.29
	UKD	Bhagat Singh	1,342	3.86%	2.35
	BJSH	Nandaballabh	1,040	2.99%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Anand Singh Negi	638	1.83%	1.38
	Independent	Anand Singh	399	1.15%	New
	Uttarakhand Sanskriti Parishad	Narayan Singh	264	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			7,115	20.44%	8.13
Turnout			34,806	57.72%	9.25
Registered electors			60,337		1.34
	INC hold		Swing	2.07

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election  : Salt ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ranjeet Singh	11,988	41.57%	New
	BJP	Mohan Singh S/O Diwan Singh	8,436	29.25%	New
	UKD	Khimanand	1,789	6.20%	New
	Independent	Narayan Dutt	1,480	5.13%	New
	BSP	Dinesh Singh	1,072	3.72%	New
	Independent	Kedar Dutt Joshi	937	3.25%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Anand Singh Negi	926	3.21%	New
	Bharatiya Berozgar Mazdoor Kisan Dal	Mohan Singh S/O An Singh	755	2.62%	New
	Independent	Jagat Pal Singh	695	2.41%	New
	RLD	Diwan Singh	268	0.93%	New
	Samata Party	Chandan Singh	267	0.93%	New
Margin of victory			3,552	12.32%
Turnout			28,840	48.46%
Registered electors			59,537
	INC win (new seat)

See also

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

References

1. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Election - 2022 - AC wise Voter Turnout" (PDF). ceo.uk.gov.in. 1 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
2. "Uttarakhand Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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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