Champawat
Constituency No. 55 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttarakhand
DistrictChampawat
LS constituencyAlmora
Total electors96,016[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2022

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

Year Name Party
2017[3] Kailash Chandra Gahtori Bharatiya Janata Party
2022
2022^ Pushkar Singh Dhami

^ by-poll

Election results

2022 by-election

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,[4] and by-elections were called for. Pushkar Singh Dhami won the Champawat by-poll with a record margin of over 55,000 votes.[5]

By-election, 2022: Champawat[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pushkar Singh Dhami 58,258 92.94 Increase42.68
INC Nirmala Gahtori 3,233 5.16 Decrease36.91
SP Manoj Kumar Bhatt 413 0.66 Increase0.33
Independent Himanshu Garkoti 402 0.64 New
NOTA None of the Above 372 0.6 Decrease0.86
Majority 55,025 87.78 Increase79.59
Turnout 62306 64.43
Registered electors 97,619
BJP hold Swing

2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Champawat[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kailash Chandra Gahtori 32,547 50.26
INC Nirmala Gahtori 27,243 42.27
AAP Madan Singh Meher[8] 2,557 3.95 New
NOTA None of the Above 946 1.46
Majority 5,304 8.19
Turnout 65,187 66.91
Registered electors
BJP hold Swing

2017

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Champawat[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kailash Chandra Gahtori 36,601
INC Hemesh Kharkwal 19241
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
BJP gain from INC Swing

2012

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Champawat[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Hemesh Kharkwal
BJP
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
INC gain from BJP Swing

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. 1 2 3 "Election Commission of India - State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttarakhand". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  4. Avaneesh Mishra (22 April 2022). "Who is Kailash Chandra Gahtori?". Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  5. "Pushkar Singh Dhami wins Champawat bypolls by 55,000 votes, retains CM post". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  6. "Uttarakhand Bye Election May-June 2022, 55-Champawat". Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  7. "Uttarakhand General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  8. Bureau, ABP News (28 January 2022). "Uttarakhand Election: AAP Releases Sixth List Of Candidates, Fields Hem Arya From Nainital". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

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