Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency

Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttarakhand. It comprises two districts namely Dehradun (part) and Haridwar. This constituency came into existence in 1977, following the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies. Between the period of 1977 and 2009, this constituency was reserved for the Scheduled Caste candidates.[1]

Haridwar
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttarakhand
Assembly constituencies14: Dharampur, Doiwala, Rishikesh, Haridwar, BHEL Ranipur, Jwalapur, Bhagwanpur, Jhabrera, Piran Kaliyar, Roorkee, Khanpur, Manglaur, Laksar and Haridwar Rural
Established1977
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019
Preceded byHarish Rawat

Assembly segments

Before the formation of Uttarakhand

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

District Assembly constituency segments
Name SC/ST
Dehradun Dehradun
Haridwar
Haridwar
Laksar
Roorkee
Muzaffarnagar Purqazi SC

After the formation of Uttarakhand

At present, Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following fourteen Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

District Assembly constituency segments
Number Name SC/ST Current MLA Party
Dehradun
18 Dharampur Vinod Chamoli BJP
23 Doiwala Brij Bhushan Gairola BJP
24 Rishikesh Premchand Aggarwal BJP
Haridwar
25 Haridwar Madan Kaushik BJP
26 BHEL Ranipur Adesh Chauhan BJP
27 Jwalapur SC Ravi Bahadur INC
28 Bhagwanpur SC Mamta Rakesh INC
29 Jhabrera SC Virendra Kumar INC
30 Piran Kaliyar Furqan Ahmad INC
31 Roorkee Pradip Batra BJP
32 Khanpur Umesh Kumar Independent
33 Manglaur Sarwat Karim Ansari BSP
34 Laksar Muhammad Shahzad BSP
35 Haridwar Rural Anupama Rawat INC

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1977 Bhagwan Das Rathod Janata Party
1980 Jag Pal Singh Janata Party (Secular)
1984 Sunder Lal Indian National Congress
1987 (By-election) Ram Singh Saini
1989 Jag Pal Singh
1991 Ram Singh Saini Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Harpal Singh Sathi
1998
1999
2004 Rajendra Kumar Badi Samajwadi Party
2009 Harish Rawat Indian National Congress
2014 Ramesh Pokhriyal Bharatiya Janata Party
2019

Election results

2019
2019 Indian general elections: Hardwar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramesh Pokhriyal 665,674 52.37 Increase1.99
INC Ambrish Kumar 4,06,945 32.02 Decrease3.23
BSP Antriksh Saini 1,73,528 13.65 Increase3.98
NOTA None of the Above 6,281 0.49 Increase0.23
Margin of victory 2,58,729 20.35 Increase5.22
Turnout 12,71,030 69.25 Decrease2.31
BJP hold Swing

2014
2014 Indian general elections: Hardwar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramesh Pokhriyal 592,320 50.38 Increase24.39
INC Renuka Rawat 4,14,498 35.25 Decrease6.91
BSP Mohammad Islam 1,13,663 9.67 Decrease13.34
AAP Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya 18,170 1.55 N/A
SP Anita Saini 5,765 0.49 Decrease4.18
NOTA None of the Above 3,049 0.26 N/A
Margin of victory 1,77,822 15.13 Decrease1.04
Turnout 11,75,692 71.56 Increase10.68
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase8.22

2009
2009 Indian general elections: Hardwar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Harish Rawat 332,235 42.14
BJP Yatindranand Giri 2,04,823 25.98
BSP Shahzad 1,81,296 23.00
Margin of victory 1,27,412 16.17
Turnout 7,88,121 60.89
INC gain from SP Swing

See also

References
  1. With the addition of three Assembly segments–.. The Hindu, 25 March 2009.

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