Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
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| Abbreviation | UKD |
| Leader | Kashi Singh Airy |
| President | Diwakar Bhatt |
| Founder | Devi Datt Pant Indramani Badoni Kashi Singh Airy Diwakar Bhatt Surendra Kukreti |
| Founded | 26 July 1979 |
| Headquarters | Kranti Bhavan, 10 Court Road, Dehradun-248001, Uttarakhand |
| Ideology | Regionalism Protectionism Civic nationalism Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Center-left |
| Colours | Myrtle green |
| ECI Status | Registered Unrecognised Party |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 5 |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 3 |
| Seats in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | 0 / 70 |
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The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (translation: Uttarakhand Revolutionary Party; abbr. UKD), is a registered unrecognised regional political party in Uttarakhand, India. It bills itself as the only regional party of the Uttarakhand in contrast to the national parties that dominate the state's politics.
In the present Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, elected in 2022, it does not have any member as compared with one member in the previous 2012, three members in 2007 and four members in 2002 assembly elections of the state.[1]
History
The UKD was established on 26 July 1979 by Bipin Chandra Tripathi, Prof. Devi Datt Pant, Indramani Badoni and Kashi Singh Airy at Nanital to fight for a separate state composed of the hill districts of Uttar Pradesh. The founding convention was chaired by Prof. Devi Datt Pant, former vice-chancellor of Kumaon University. Under the young leadership of Kashi Singh Airy who took the charge of struggle and public agitation and the aim was finally achieved, when the separate Uttaranchal state was formed on 9 November 2000, later renamed Uttarakhand in 2007. However, in the first-ever state assembly elections in 2002, the party won only four out of 70 seats and was outmaneuvered by the Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party, both despite being latecomers to the Uttarakhand statehood movement, succeeded in capturing its momentum for electoral gain and formed governments in the state [citation needed]
Leadership
The party's current face is Kashi Singh Airy, a prominent leader of the Uttarakhand statehood movement and a senior leader of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, who was elected for Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly three times (1985–1989, 1989–1991, 1993–1996) from Didihat and was elected for first Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. The executive president of the party is Surendra Kukreti—senior statehood activist and prominent face of Uttarakhand statehood movement who fought from the forefront in the creation of Uttarakhand state. Jaswant Singh Bisht was the first elected MLA of the party from Ranikhet constituency. Other personalities include Indramani Badoni, Devi Datt Pant, Bipin Chandra Tripathi and Diwakar Bhatt who were among the founding members and long time agitators for the Uttarakhand statehood movement.
Factionalism and decline
In the 2012 Uttarakhand Assembly election, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal contested as Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) led by then party president Trivendra Singh Panwar. The original party name and the election symbol (chair) was frozen by the Election Commission of India following the factionalism and leadership dispute within the party that led to its breakup. The splinter group Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (D) led by former MLA and Cabinet Minister in the Khanduri government and later Pokhriyal government, Diwakar Bhatt broke away from the UKD with his supporters claiming the original party leadership. Pritam Singh Panwar was the only winning candidate of the party in the 2012 Assembly election, who ran under the UKD(P) banner.
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal's original name and party symbol were restored in 2017 with the merger of both groups.
The party's performance in various assembly and parliamentary elections has been on a consistent decline. The main reasons cited for UKD's decline in the politics of Uttarakhand are; inner factionalism, loss of voter base to other parties and frequent switching for power share between the BJP and Congress governments, which is often viewed negatively as political opportunism.
Electoral performance
Uttar Pradesh
Legislative Assembly elections
| Year | Legislature | Party leader | Seats won | Change in seats | Outcome |
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| 1980 | 8th Vidhan Sabha | Devi Datt Pant | 0 / 425 |
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| 1985 | 9th Vidhan Sabha | Indramani Badoni | 0 / 425 |
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| 1989 | 10th Vidhan Sabha | Bipin Chandra Tripathi | 1 / 425 |
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Opposition |
| 1991 | 11th Vidhan Sabha | 0 / 425 |
 1 |
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| 1993 | 12th Vidhan Sabha | Kashi Singh Airy | 1 / 425 |
1 |
Opposition |
| 1996 | 13th Vidhan Sabha | 0 / 425 |
1 |
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Lok Sabha elections
| Year | Legislature | Party leader | Seats won | Change in seats | Outcome |
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| 1980 | 7th Lok Sabha | Devi Datt Pant | 0 / 85 |
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| 1984 | 8th Lok Sabha | Indramani Badoni | 0 / 85 |
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| 1989 | 9th Lok Sabha | Bipin Chandra Tripathi | 0 / 85
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| 1991 | 10th Lok Sabha | 0 / 85
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| 1996 | 11th Lok Sabha | Kashi Singh Airy | 0 / 85
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| 1998 | 12th Lok Sabha | 0 / 85
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| 1999 | 13th Lok Sabha | 0 / 85
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Uttarakhand
Legislative Assembly elections
| Year | Legislature | Party leader | Seats won | Change in seats | Outcome |
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| 2002 | 1st Vidhan Sabha | Bipin Chandra Tripathi | 4 / 70 |
4 |
Opposition |
| 2007 | 2nd Vidhan Sabha | Diwakar Bhatt | 3 / 70 |
1 |
Government with BJP |
| 2012 | 3rd Vidhan Sabha | Trivendra Singh Panwar | 1 / 70 |
2 |
Government with INC |
| 2017 | 4th Vidhan Sabha | Kashi Singh Airy | 0 / 70 |
1 |
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| 2022 | 5th Vidhan Sabha | Diwakar Bhatt | 0 / 70 |
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Lok Sabha elections
| Year | Legislature | Party leader | Seats won | Change in seats | Outcome |
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| 2004 | 14th Lok Sabha | Bipin Chandra Tripathi | 0 / 5 |
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| 2009 | 15th Lok Sabha | Diwakar Bhatt | 0 / 5 |
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| 2014 | 16th Lok Sabha | Trivendra Singh Panwar | 0 / 5
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| 2019 | 17th Lok Sabha | Kashi Singh Airy | 0 / 5
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| 2024 | 18th Lok Sabha | TBD | |||
See also
- Revolutionary Party
- List of socialist parties
- Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand
- Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
- List of political parties in India
References
External links
- 1979 establishments in Uttar Pradesh
- Civic nationalism
- Democratic socialist parties in Asia
- Former member parties of the National Democratic Alliance
- Former member parties of the United Progressive Alliance
- Political parties established in 1979
- Political parties in Uttarakhand
- Regionalist parties in India
- Registered unrecognised political parties in India
- Socialist parties in India
- Political parties in India