Gangotri Assembly constituency

Gangotri
Constituency No. 3 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttarakhand
DistrictUttarkashi
LS constituencyTehri Garhwal
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Suresh Singh Chauhan
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
Elected year2022

Gangotri Legislative Assembly constituency[1] is one of the 70 assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand a northern state of India.[2] Gangotri is part of Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency.[3][4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party
2002 Vijaypal Singh Sajwan Indian National Congress
2007 Gopal Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party
2012 Vijaypal Singh Sajwan Indian National Congress
2017 Gopal Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Suresh Singh Chauhan

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Gangotri[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Suresh Singh Chauhan 29,619 49.66% Increase3.82
INC Vijaypal Singh Sajwan 21,590 36.20% Increase7.51
AAP Col. Ajay Kothyal (Retd.) 6,161 10.33% New
Independent Navneet Uniyal 476 0.80% New
BSP Budhi Lal 394 0.66% Decrease0.37
CPI Mahavir Prasad 372 0.62% Decrease0.36
UKD Jasveer Singh 351 0.59% New
NOTA None of the above 241 0.40% Decrease1.27
Margin of victory 8,029 13.46% Decrease3.69
Turnout 59,649 67.47% Decrease0.51
Registered electors 88,403 Increase7.27
BJP hold Swing Increase3.82

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Gangotri[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gopal Singh Rawat 25,683 45.84% Increase19.69
INC Vijaypal Singh Sajwan 16,073 28.69% Decrease11.36
Independent Suratram Nautiyal 9,491 16.94% New
Independent Bhupendra Singh 1,526 2.72% New
NOTA None of the above 937 1.67% New
BSP Vijaypal Tangani 576 1.03% Decrease1.11
CPI Mahaveer Prasad 553 0.99% Decrease1.69
Rashtriya Jan Sahay Dal Rajbeer Singh Parmar 412 0.74% New
Margin of victory 9,610 17.15% Increase3.26
Turnout 56,028 67.98% Decrease2.80
Registered electors 82,415 Increase15.37
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase5.80

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Gangotri[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vijaypal Singh Sajwan 20,246 40.04% Increase3.30
BJP Gopal Singh Rawat 13,223 26.15% Decrease21.48
Independent Suresh Singh 6,436 12.73% New
Independent Kishan Singh 5,595 11.07% New
Independent Hari Shankar 1,417 2.80% New
CPI Dinesh Nautiyal 1,356 2.68% Decrease1.78
BSP Hukam Singh 1,080 2.14% Decrease2.48
UKD Bhagwati Prasad Bahuguna 584 1.16% New
Uttarakhand Parivartan Party Ravindra 287 0.57% New
Margin of victory 7,023 13.89% Increase3.00
Turnout 50,560 70.78% Increase0.52
Registered electors 71,433 Decrease1.42
INC gain from BJP Swing Decrease7.59

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Gangotri[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gopal Singh Rawat 24,250 47.63% Increase29.52
INC Vijaypal Singh Sajwan 18,704 36.74% Increase15.83
BSP Chaitram 2,348 4.61% Increase2.13
CPI Kamala Ram 2,272 4.46% Decrease14.83
Independent Pratap Singh 832 1.63% New
BJSH Jagdish Singh Pokhriyal 611 1.20% New
NCP Dr. Devendra Dutt Semwal 472 0.93% New
Independent Naresh Chamoli 380 0.75% New
LJP Narayani 377 0.74% New
JD(S) Pooranchand 257 0.50% New
Margin of victory 5,546 10.89% Increase9.27
Turnout 50,911 70.47% Increase10.46
Registered electors 72,462 Increase15.01
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase26.72

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Gangotri[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vijaypal Singh Sajwan 7,878 20.91% New
CPI Kamala Ram Nautiyal 7,268 19.29% New
BJP Budhi Singh Panwar 6,822 18.11% New
Independent Hari Singh Rana 6,005 15.94% New
Uttarakhand Janwadi Party Chandan Singh Rana 4,082 10.83% New
Independent Devendra Dutt Semwal 1,081 2.87% New
Independent Jagendra Singh Bist 948 2.52% New
BSP Budhi Ballabh Joshi 936 2.48% New
Independent Kamleshwar 646 1.71% New
Independent Shanti Prasad Thapliyal 613 1.63% New
Samata Party Mahabeer Singh Chauhan 447 1.19% New
Margin of victory 610 1.62%
Turnout 37,675 59.90%
Registered electors 63,007
INC win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ^ Pioneer, The. "Know your constituency: Gangotri Uttarakhand". The Pioneer. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. ^ "CEO Uttaranchal - Assembly Constitution Detail". gov.ua.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. ^ "CEO Uttaranchal - Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies". gov.ua.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2022 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2017 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

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