List of by-elections to the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

The following is a list of by-elections held for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, India, since its formation in 2002.

2002–2007

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S.No. Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election Ref.
1 8 August 2002 56 Ramnagar Yogambar Singh Rawat Indian National Congress Narayan Datt Tiwari Indian National Congress [1]
2 28 September 2005 29 Kotdwar Surendra Singh Negi Indian National Congress Surendra Singh Negi Indian National Congress [2]
3 28 September 2005 48 Dwarahat Bipin Chandra Tripathi Uttarakhand Kranti Dal Pushpesh Tripathi Uttarakhand Kranti Dal

2007–2012

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S.No. Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election Ref.
1 29 August 2007 30 Dhumakot Tejpal Singh Rawat Indian National Congress Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Bharatiya Janata Party [3]
2 28 May 2009 42 Kapkot Bhagat Singh Koshyari Bharatiya Janata Party Sher Singh Garhia Bharatiya Janata Party [4]
3 14 September 2009 11 Vikasnagar Kuldip Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party Munna Singh Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party [5]

2012–2017

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S.No. Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election Ref.
1 8 July 2012 68 Sitarganj Kiran Mandal Bharatiya Janata Party Vijay Bahuguna Indian National Congress [6]
2 21 July 2014 23 Doiwala Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' Bharatiya Janata Party Hira Singh Bisht Indian National Congress [7]
3 42 Dharchula Harish Singh Dhami Indian National Congress Harish Rawat Indian National Congress [8]
4 51 Someshwar (SC) Ajay Tamta Bharatiya Janata Party Rekha Arya Indian National Congress [8]
5 11 April 2015 28 Bhagwanpur (SC) Surendra Rakesh Bahujan Samaj Party Mamta Rakesh Indian National Congress [9]

Sitarganj Assembly Bye-election 2012

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2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Sitarganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vijay Bahuguna 53,766 77.14%  56.13
BJP Prakash Pant 13,812 19.82%  19.85
Independent S. Ali 793 1.14% New
Uttarakhand Parivartan Party D. S. Bisht 668 0.96% New
Independent P. Singh 438 0.63% New
Margin of victory 39,954 57.33%  40.24
Turnout 69,695 76.22%  4.47
Registered electors 91,443
INC gain from BJP Swing  37.48

Doiwala Assembly By-election 2014

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2014 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Doiwala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Hira Singh Bisht 35,980 52.49%  23.51
BJP Trivendra Singh Rawat 29,468 42.99%  12.35
Independent Furkan 1,508 2.20% New
INC None of the above 542 0.79%  28.18
Independent William Akbhar Chand 363 0.53% New
Independent Rishi Kumar 348 0.51% New
Margin of victory 6,512 9.50%  7.84
Turnout 68,550 53.55%  18.40
Registered electors 1,29,032  20.57
INC gain from BJP Swing  21.85

2017–2022

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S.No. Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election Ref.
1 28 May 2018 5 Tharali (SC) Magan Lal Shah Bharatiya Janata Party Munni Shah Bharatiya Janata Party [10]
2 25 November 2019 44 Pithoragarh Prakash Pant Bharatiya Janata Party Chandra Pant Bharatiya Janata Party [11]
3 17 April 2021 49 Salt Surendra Singh Jeena Bharatiya Janata Party Mahesh Singh Jeena Bharatiya Janata Party

Tharali Assembly Constituency

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2018 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Tharali
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Munni Devi Shah 25,737 49.04%  5.64
INC Dr. Jeet Ram 23,756 45.27%  10.00
Kasbi Lal Shah 1,365 2.60% New
CPI(M) Kunwar Ram 1,034 1.97%  0.71
NOTA None of the above 705 1.34% New
Independent Beeri Ram 587 1.12% New
Margin of victory 1,981 3.77%  4.36
Turnout 52,479 51.98%  6.82
Registered electors 1,02,569  0.45
BJP hold Swing  5.64

Pithoragarh Assembly Constituency

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2019 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Pithoragarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Chandra Pant 26,086 52.44%  3.28
INC Anju Lunthi 22,819 45.88%  0.72
NOTA None of the above 844 1.70% New
SP Manoj Kumar Bhatt 835 1.68% New
Margin of victory 3,267 6.57%  2.56
Turnout 49,740 45.65%  17.17
Registered electors 1,09,957  2.41
BJP hold Swing  3.28

Salt Assembly Election

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2021 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Salt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mahesh Singh Jeena 21,874 52.87%  3.87
INC Ganga Pancholi 17,177 41.52%  0.89
NOTA None of the above 721 1.74% New
Independent Surendra Singh 620 1.50% New
Uttarakhand Parivartan Party Jagdish Chandra 493 1.19%  0.58
Independent Shiv Singh Rawat 466 1.13% New
Independent Pan Singh 346 0.84% New
Nand Kishor 209 0.51% New
Margin of victory 4,697 11.35%  4.76
Turnout 41,373 42.70%  3.42
Registered electors 97,150  1.48
BJP hold Swing  3.87

2022–2027

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S.No. Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election Ref.
1 31 May 2022 55 Champawat Kailash Chandra Gahtori Bharatiya Janata Party Pushkar Singh Dhami Bharatiya Janata Party
2 9 September 2023 47 Bageshwar (SC) Chandan Ram Das Bharatiya Janata Party Parwati Das Bharatiya Janata Party
3 10 July 2024 4 Badrinath Rajendra Singh Bhandari Indian National Congress Lakhpat Singh Butola Indian National Congress
4 33 Manglaur Sarwat Karim Ansari Bahujan Samaj Party Muhammad Nizamuddin Indian National Congress
5 20 November 2024 7 Kedarnath Shaila Rani Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party TBD

Champawat Assembly Constituency

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2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Champawat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pushkar Singh Dhami 58,258 93.50%  43.24
INC Nirmala Gahtori 3,233 5.19%  36.74
SP Manoj Kumar Bhatt 413 0.66% New
Independent Himanshu Garkoti 402 0.65% New
NOTA None of the Above 377 0.61%  0.86
Margin of victory 55,025 88.31%  80.12
Turnout 62,306 64.43%  2.64
Registered electors 97,619  0.19
BJP hold Swing  43.24

Bageshwar Assembly Constituency

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2023 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Bageshwar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Parwati Das 33,247 49.54  6.4
INC Basant Kumar 30,842 45.96  19.08
NOTA None of the Above 1,257 1.87  0.71
UKD Arjun Kumar Dev 857 1.28 New
Majority 2,405 3.58  12.68
Turnout 67,289 55.85  6.11
BJP hold Swing

Badrinath Assembly Constituency

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2024 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Badrinath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Lakhpat Singh Butola 28,167 51.93  4.05
BJP Rajendra Singh Bhandari 22,937 42.30  2.55
NOTA None of the Above 823 1.52  0.24
Majority 5,230 9.9  6.87
Turnout 54,228 49.8  15.29
INC hold Swing

Manglaur Assembly Constituency

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2024 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Manglaur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Qazi Muhammad Nizamuddin 31,727 37.91  1.41
BJP Kartar Singh Bhadana 31,305 37.4  16.04
BSP Obedur Rehman 19,559 23.37  13.81
NOTA None of the Above 237 0.28  0.02
Majority 422 0.5  0.18
Turnout 83,699 69.73  5.85
INC gain from BSP Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Legislative Assembly of Uttaranchal - Assembly constituency - 56 Ramnagar". eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2021-05-15.
  2. ^ "Legislative Assembly of Uttaranchal - Assembly Constituency - 29-Kotdwar". eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2020-10-17.
  3. ^ "Dhumakot Bye-Election". Chief Electoral Officer, Government of Uttarakhand, India.
  4. ^ "Kapkot Election 2009" [Kapkot Election 2009] (PDF). Chief Electoral Office, Uttarakhand (in Hindi).
  5. ^ "Vikas Nagar Bye-Election 2009". Chief Electoral Officer, Government of Uttarakhand, India.
  6. ^ "Sitarganj 2012 Bye Election results" [Sitarganj 2012 Bye Election results] (PDF). Chief Electoral Office, Uttarakhand (in Hindi).
  7. ^ "Election to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand (State/Union territory) from 23-Doiwala Assembly constituency" (PDF). Chief Electoral Office, Uttarakhand. 25 July 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Election to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand State from the 42-Dharchula Assembly constituency" (PDF). Chief Electoral Office, Uttarakhand. 25 July 2014.
  9. ^ "Election to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand State from 28-Bhagwanpur(SC) constituency" (PDF). Chief Electoral Office, Uttarakhand. 15 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Bye Election to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand (State) from the 05-Tharli (S.C.) Constituency" (PDF). Chief Electoral Office, Uttarakhand. 31 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Election to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand from 44-Pithoragarh Assembly constituency" (PDF). Chief Electoral Office, Uttarakhand. 28 November 2019.
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