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Champawat Assembly Constituency
Champawat Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It is a part of Almora Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
2002 Hemesh Kharkwal Indian National Congress
2007 Veena Maharana Bharatiya Janata Party
2012 Hemesh Kharkwal Indian National Congress
2017 Kailash Chandra Gahtori Bharatiya Janata Party
2022
2022 By-election Pushkar Singh Dhami

Election results

Assembly By-election 2022

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, and by-elections were called for. Pushkar Singh Dhami won the Champawat by-poll with a record margin of over 55,000 votes.

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Champawat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pushkar Singh Dhami 58,258 93.50% Increase43.24
INC Nirmala Gahtori 3,233 5.19% Decrease36.74
SP Manoj Kumar Bhatt 413 0.66% New
Independent Himanshu Garkoti 402 0.65% New
NOTA None of the Above 377 0.61% Decrease0.86
Margin of victory 55,025 88.31% Increase80.12
Turnout 62,306 64.43% Decrease2.64
Registered electors 97,619 Increase0.19
BJP hold Swing Increase43.24

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Champawat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kailash Chandra Gahtori 32,547 50.26% Decrease11.80
INC Hemesh Kharkwal 27,243 42.07% Increase9.45
AAP Madan Singh Mahar 2,557 3.95% New
NOTA Nota 946 1.46% New
BSP Rakesh Chandra Verma 506 0.78% Decrease0.79
Independent Jagdish Bhatt 465 0.72% New
Margin of victory 5,304 8.19% Decrease21.24
Turnout 64,755 66.46% Increase0.03
Registered electors 97,430 Increase9.74
BJP hold Swing Decrease11.80

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Champawat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kailash Chandra Gahtori 36,601 62.06% Increase44.90
INC Hemesh Kharkwal 19,241 32.62% Decrease7.89
NOTA None of the Above 1,044 1.77% New
UKD Trilok Chand Sorari 939 1.59% Decrease2.48
BSP Dinesh Chandra 928 1.57% Decrease25.08
Margin of victory 17,360 29.43% Increase15.58
Turnout 58,979 66.43% Increase0.67
Registered electors 88,781 Increase16.34
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase21.55

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Champawat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Hemesh Kharkwal 20,330 40.51% Increase11.51
BSP Madan Singh 13,377 26.65% Increase20.95
BJP Haripriya Joshi Alias Hema Joshi 8,610 17.16% Decrease24.74
Independent Pan Dev 2,661 5.30% New
UKD Harshvardhan Singh 2,042 4.07% Increase1.31
Independent Lila Wati Gahtori 867 1.73% New
Independent Rakesh Agarwal 824 1.64% New
SP Manoj Kumar Bhatt 430 0.86% Decrease0.56
Independent Tahir Husen 382 0.76% New
Margin of victory 6,953 13.85% Increase0.96
Turnout 50,187 65.77% Increase0.96
Registered electors 76,311 Decrease9.64
INC gain from BJP Swing Decrease1.39

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Champawat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Veena Maharana 22,928 41.90% Increase21.99
INC Hemesh Kharkwal 15,870 29.00% Increase7.45
Independent Bahadur Singh Patni 6,220 11.37% New
BSP Tahir Husen 3,120 5.70% Decrease0.73
Independent Rajendra Kumar 1,781 3.25% New
UKD Narayan Singh 1,511 2.76% Decrease3.35
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% Increase11.88
Turnout 54,727 64.89% Increase10.04
Registered electors 84,449 Increase18.91
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase20.35

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Champawat
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

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. ^ Avaneesh Mishra (22 April 2022). "Who is Kailash Chandra Gahtori?". Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Pushkar Singh Dhami wins Champawat bypolls by 55,000 votes, retains CM post". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2022 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2017 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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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