Champawat Assembly constituency
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| Champawat | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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
[edit]Election results
[edit]Assembly By-election 2022
[edit]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,[3] and by-elections were called for. Pushkar Singh Dhami won the Champawat by-poll with a record margin of over 55,000 votes.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pushkar Singh Dhami | 58,258 | 93.50% |  43.24
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| INC | Nirmala Gahtori | 3,233 | 5.19% |  36.74
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| SP | Manoj Kumar Bhatt | 413 | 0.66% | New | |
| Independent | Himanshu Garkoti | 402 | 0.65% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 377 | 0.61% | 0.86
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| Margin of victory | 55,025 | 88.31% | 80.12
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| Turnout | 62,306 | 64.43% | 2.64
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| Registered electors | 97,619 | 0.19
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| BJP hold | Swing | 43.24
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Assembly Election 2022
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kailash Chandra Gahtori | 32,547 | 50.26% | 11.80
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| INC | Hemesh Kharkwal | 27,243 | 42.07% | 9.45
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| AAP | Madan Singh Mahar | 2,557 | 3.95% | New | |
| NOTA | Nota | 946 | 1.46% | New | |
| BSP | Rakesh Chandra Verma | 506 | 0.78% | 0.79
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| Independent | Jagdish Bhatt | 465 | 0.72% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 5,304 | 8.19% | 21.24
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| Turnout | 64,755 | 66.46% | 0.03
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| Registered electors | 97,430 | 9.74
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| BJP hold | Swing | 11.80
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Assembly Election 2017
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kailash Chandra Gahtori | 36,601 | 62.06% | 44.90
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| INC | Hemesh Kharkwal | 19,241 | 32.62% | 7.89
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| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,044 | 1.77% | New | |
| UKD | Trilok Chand Sorari | 939 | 1.59% | 2.48
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| BSP | Dinesh Chandra | 928 | 1.57% | 25.08
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| Margin of victory | 17,360 | 29.43% | 15.58
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| Turnout | 58,979 | 66.43% | 0.67
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| Registered electors | 88,781 | 16.34
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| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 21.55
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Assembly Election 2012
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Hemesh Kharkwal | 20,330 | 40.51% | 11.51
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| BSP | Madan Singh | 13,377 | 26.65% | 20.95
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| BJP | Haripriya Joshi Alias Hema Joshi | 8,610 | 17.16% | 24.74
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| Independent | Pan Dev | 2,661 | 5.30% | New | |
| UKD | Harshvardhan Singh | 2,042 | 4.07% | 1.31
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| Independent | Lila Wati Gahtori | 867 | 1.73% | New | |
| Independent | Rakesh Agarwal | 824 | 1.64% | New | |
| SP | Manoj Kumar Bhatt | 430 | 0.86% | 0.56
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| Independent | Tahir Husen | 382 | 0.76% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 6,953 | 13.85% | 0.96
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| Turnout | 50,187 | 65.77% | 0.96
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| Registered electors | 76,311 | 9.64
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| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 1.39
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Assembly Election 2007
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Veena Maharana | 22,928 | 41.90% | 21.99
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| INC | Hemesh Kharkwal | 15,870 | 29.00% | 7.45
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| Independent | Bahadur Singh Patni | 6,220 | 11.37% | New | |
| BSP | Tahir Husen | 3,120 | 5.70% | 0.73
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| Independent | Rajendra Kumar | 1,781 | 3.25% | New | |
| UKD | Narayan Singh | 1,511 | 2.76% | 3.35
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| RLD | Rajesh Joshi | 922 | 1.68% | New | |
| SP | Manoj Kumar Bhatt | 778 | 1.42% | New | |
| Independent | Mohan Chandra Tripathi | 724 | 1.32% | New | |
| Vishwa Vikas Sangh | Hayat Singh Bisht | 507 | 0.93% | New | |
| Independent | Manohar Chand | 366 | 0.67% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 7,058 | 12.90% | 11.88
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| Turnout | 54,727 | 64.89% | 10.04
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| Registered electors | 84,449 | 18.91
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| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 20.35
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Assembly Election 2002
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Hemesh Kharkwal | 8,380 | 21.55% | New | |
| Independent | Madan Singh Mahrana | 7,985 | 20.53% | New | |
| BJP | Hayat Singh Mahra | 7,743 | 19.91% | New | |
| Independent | Bimla Sajwan | 6,343 | 16.31% | New | |
| BSP | Tahir Husen | 2,501 | 6.43% | New | |
| UKD | Narayan Singh | 2,375 | 6.11% | New | |
| Independent | Manohar Chand | 1,017 | 2.61% | New | |
| Independent | Devidutt | 460 | 1.18% | New | |
| Uttarakhand Janwadi Party | Keshar Singh Bisht | 437 | 1.12% | New | |
| Independent | Vinod Chandra Joshi | 414 | 1.06% | New | |
| Independent | K. M. Dipti Rajwar | 392 | 1.01% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 395 | 1.02% | |||
| Turnout | 38,893 | 54.76% | |||
| Registered electors | 71,020 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ 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 State General Assembly Elections 2022 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
- ^ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2017 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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
[edit]- "Record of all Uttarakhand Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 January 2024.