Champawat Assembly constituency
| Champawat | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 55 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Champawat |
| LS constituency | Almora |
| Total electors | 96,016[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Champawat Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India.[2] It is a part of Almora Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017[3] | Kailash Chandra Gahtori | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
| 2022^ | Pushkar Singh Dhami | ||
^ by-poll
Election results
2022 by-election
In the 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, Pushkar Singh Dhami lost from his Khatima seat. In order to continue as the Chief Minister, Dhami had to win as an MLA from another seat, within 6 months. To enable this, Kailash Chandra Gahtori resigned from his seat,[4] and by-elections were called for. Pushkar Singh Dhami won the Champawat by-poll with a record margin of over 55,000 votes.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pushkar Singh Dhami | 58,258 | 92.94 |  42.68
| |
| INC | Nirmala Gahtori | 3,233 | 5.16 |  36.91
| |
| SP | Manoj Kumar Bhatt | 413 | 0.66 | 0.33
| |
| Independent | Himanshu Garkoti | 402 | 0.64 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 372 | 0.6 | 0.86
| |
| Majority | 55,025 | 87.78 | 79.59
| ||
| Turnout | 62306 | 64.43 | |||
| Registered electors | 97,619 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kailash Chandra Gahtori | 32,547 | 50.26 | ||
| INC | Nirmala Gahtori | 27,243 | 42.27 | ||
| AAP | Madan Singh Meher[8] | 2,557 | 3.95 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 946 | 1.46 | ||
| Majority | 5,304 | 8.19 | |||
| Turnout | 65,187 | 66.91 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kailash Chandra Gahtori | 36,601 | |||
| INC | Hemesh Kharkwal | 19241 | |||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Hemesh Kharkwal | ||||
| BJP | |||||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Uttarakhand Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "Election Commission of India - State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttarakhand". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ Avaneesh Mishra (22 April 2022). "Who is Kailash Chandra Gahtori?". Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Pushkar Singh Dhami wins Champawat bypolls by 55,000 votes, retains CM post". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Uttarakhand Bye Election May-June 2022, 55-Champawat". Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Uttarakhand General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ Bureau, ABP News (28 January 2022). "Uttarakhand Election: AAP Releases Sixth List Of Candidates, Fields Hem Arya From Nainital". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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External links
- "Record of all Uttarakhand Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.