Kaladhungi (Uttarakhand Assembly Constituency)
Kaladhungi Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India.
It is part of Nainital district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Banshidhar Bhagat | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | |||
Election results
Assembly Election 2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Banshidhar Bhagat | 67,847 | 57.34% |  12.58
| |
| INC | Mahesh Chandra | 43,916 | 37.12% | 12.53
| |
| AAP | Manju Tiwari | 1,825 | 1.54% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,436 | 1.21% | 0.12
| |
| BSP | Sunder Lal Arya | 1,434 | 1.21% |  1.12
| |
| Margin of victory | 23,931 | 20.23% | 0.05
| ||
| Turnout | 1,18,316 | 68.31% | 0.48
| ||
| Registered electors | 1,73,201 | 16.69
| |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 12.58
|
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Assembly Election 2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Banshidhar Bhagat | 45,704 | 44.76% | 15.87
| |
| INC | Prakash Joshi | 25,107 | 24.59% | 1.29
| |
| Independent | Mahesh Chandra | 20,214 | 19.80% | New | |
| Independent | Harendra Singh Darmwal | 4,294 | 4.21% | New | |
| BSP | Varun Pratap Singh Bhakuni | 2,384 | 2.33% | 9.90
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,119 | 1.10% | New | |
| Independent | Mahendra Kumar Chaudhary | 1,097 | 1.07% | New | |
| UKD | Dr. Suresh Dalakoti | 889 | 0.87% | 2.74
| |
| Uttarakhand Parivartan Party | Surendra Singh Nigaltiya | 625 | 0.61% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 20,597 | 20.17% | 17.16
| ||
| Turnout | 1,02,104 | 68.79% | 0.68
| ||
| Registered electors | 1,48,431 | 30.98
| |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 15.87
|
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Assembly Election 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Banshidhar Bhagat | 22,744 | 28.89% | New | |
| INC | Prakash Joshi | 20,374 | 25.88% | New | |
| Independent | Mahesh Sharma | 11,809 | 15.00% | New | |
| BSP | Diwan Singh | 9,636 | 12.24% | New | |
| Independent | Bhoopendra Singh "Bhai Ji" | 8,925 | 11.34% | New | |
| UKD | Narayan Singh Jantawal | 2,843 | 3.61% | New | |
| Independent | Veer Singh | 746 | 0.95% | New | |
| URM | Surendra Singh Nigaltiya | 625 | 0.79% | New | |
| Independent | Janardan Pant | 395 | 0.50% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,370 | 3.01% | |||
| Turnout | 78,730 | 69.47% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,13,325 | ||||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||