Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency

Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttarakhand. This constituency came into existence in 1957, following the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies. It comprises five districts namely Chamoli, Nainital (part), Pauri Garhwal, Rudraprayag and Tehri Garhwal (part).

Garhwal
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttarakhand
Assembly constituencies14: Badrinath, Tharali, Karnaprayag, Kedarnath, Rudraprayag, Devprayag, Narendranagar, Yamkeshwar, Pauri, Srinagar, Chaubattakhal, Lansdowne, Kotdwar and Ramnagar
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019
Preceded byBhuwan Chandra Khanduri

Assembly segments

After the formation of Uttarakhand

At present, Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following fourteen Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]

District Assembly constituency segments
Number Name SC/ST Current MLA Party
Chamoli
4 Badrinath
5 Tharali SC
6 Karnaprayag
Rudraprayag 7 Kedarnath
8 Rudraprayag
Tehri Garhwal 10 Devprayag
11 Narendranagar
Pauri Garhwal 36 Yamkeshwar
37 Pauri SC
38 Srinagar
39 Chaubattakhal
40 Lansdowne
41 Kotdwar
Nainital 61 Ramnagar

Before the formation of Uttarakhand

Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituency segments of Uttar Pradesh:

District Assembly constituency segments
Name SC/ST
Bijnor Najibabad
Chamoli
Badri–Kedar
Karnaprayag
Pauri Garhwal
Lansdowne
Pauri

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1951–52 Bhakt Darshan Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967
1971 Pratap Singh Negi Indian National Congress
1977 Jagannath Sharma Janata Party
1980 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Indian National Congress
1982 (By-election) Independent politician
1984 Chandra Mohan Singh Negi Indian National Congress
1989 Janata Dal
1991 Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Satpal Maharaj All India Indira Congress
1998 Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2008 (By-election) Tejpal Singh Rawat
2009 Satpal Maharaj Indian National Congress
2014 Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Tirath Singh Rawat

Election results

2019
2019 Indian general elections: Garhwal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Tirath Singh Rawat 506,980 68.25 Increase8.77
INC Manish Khanduri 2,04,311 27.51 Decrease4.92
NOTA None of the Above 12,276 1.65 Increase0.38
Margin of victory 3,02,669 40.75 Increase13.69
Turnout 7,48,022 55.17 Increase1.19
BJP hold Swing

2014
2014 Indian general elections: Garhwal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri 405,690 59.48 Increase15.07
INC Harak Singh Rawat 2,21,164 32.43 Decrease8.72
BSP Dheer Singh Bisht 9,250 1.36
NOTA None of the Above 8,659 1.27 N/A
Margin of victory 1,84,526 27.06 Increase23.80
Turnout 6,84,014 53.98
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase10.71

2009
2009 Indian general elections: Garhwal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Satpal Maharaj 236,949 44.12
BJP Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Tejpal Singh Rawat 2,19,552 40.88
BSP Rajeev Agarwal 34,622 6.45
CPI Lalita Prasad Bhatt 7,330 1.36
Margin of victory 17,397 3.26
Turnout 5,33,843 48.87
INC gain from BJP Swing

See also

References
  1. "Uttarakhand state: Assembly Constituencies- Corresponding Districts & Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand website. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2010.

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