Rajpur, Uttarakhand Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 29°17′N 78°46′E / 29.28°N 78.77°E / 29.28; 78.77
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Rajpur
Former constituency for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttarakhand
DistrictDehradun
Established2002
Abolished2012

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[edit]

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

Election results[edit]

Assembly Election 2007[edit]

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Rajpur, Uttarakhand[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ganesh Joshi 24,446 38.82% Increase10.75
INC Hira Singh Bisht 20,876 33.15% Decrease1.83
BSP Ajay Sood 8,403 13.34% Increase11.17
UKD Vivekanand Khanduri 3,816 6.06% Decrease0.03
NCP Sunder Singh Pundir 1,667 2.65% Decrease13.85
Independent Balesh Bavaniya 402 0.64% New
SP Sayeed Ahmad 399 0.63% Decrease1.09
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% Decrease1.24
Turnout 62,973 56.20% Increase13.32
Registered electors 1,12,062 Increase19.54
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase3.84

Assembly Election 2002[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  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.

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29°17′N 78°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.