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List of by-elections to the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

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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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Main article: 1st Uttarakhand Assembly
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 2004 48 Dwarahat Bipin Chandra Tripathi Uttarakhand Kranti Dal Pushpesh Tripathi Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
3 28 September 2005 29 Kotdwar Surendra Singh Negi Indian National Congress Surendra Singh Negi Indian National Congress [2]


Dwarahat Assembly By-election 2004

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2004 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Dwarahat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKD Pushpesh Tripathi 13,224 42.08% Increase5.09
INC Mahesh Singh 8,160 25.96% Increase2.29
BJP Mohan Singh Adhikari 4,359 13.87% Decrease7.75
Independent Jagat Singh Negi 2,599 8.27% New
Independent Prakash Chandra 1,105 3.52% New
SP Chani Ram 726 2.31% Increase0.32
Independent Pramod Kumar 661 2.10% New
BSP Viond Kumar 595 1.89% Decrease8.67
Margin of victory 5,064 16.12% Increase2.80
Turnout 31,429 48.98% Decrease0.21
Registered electors 64,125 Increase4.67
UKD hold Swing Increase5.09

2007–2012

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Main article: 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly
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 Munna Singh Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party Kuldip Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party [5]

Dhumakot Assembly By-election 2007

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2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Dhumakot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri 22,708 70.76% Increase30.16
INC Surendra Singh Negi 8,537 26.60% Decrease18.81
Independent Manish Sundriyal 848 2.64% New
Margin of victory 14,171 44.16% Increase39.35
Turnout 32,093 59.79% Increase4.77
Registered electors 53,986 Decrease6.40
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase25.35

Kapkot Assembly by-election 2009

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Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election 2009: Kapkot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sher Singh Garhia 13,823 45.04 Decrease12.62
NCP Kunti Parihar 6,656 21.68 new
INC Chamu Singh Ghasiyal 5,651 18.41 Decrease13.44
Majority 7,167 23.36 Decrease2.46
Turnout 30,687 58.36 Decrease9.57
Registered electors 52,582
BJP hold Swing Decrease2.46

Assembly By-election 2009

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2009 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Vikasnagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kuldip Kumar 24,934 37.12% Decrease3.25
INC Nav Prabhat 24,338 36.23% Increase2.96
Independent Munna Singh Chauhan 14,807 22.04% New
Independent Haridas Kataria 702 1.05% New
SP Gulfam Ali 591 0.88% Decrease1.37
Independent Nasim Ahmad 378 0.56% New
Independent Liyaqat 350 0.52% New
Margin of victory 596 0.89% Decrease6.22
Turnout 67,175 58.88% Decrease4.96
Registered electors 1,14,092
BJP hold Swing Decrease3.25

2012–2017

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Main article: 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly
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% Increase56.13
BJP Prakash Pant 13,812 19.82% Decrease19.85
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% Increase40.24
Turnout 69,695 76.22% Decrease4.47
Registered electors 91,443
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase37.48

Dharchula Assembly By-election 2014

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2014 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Dharchula
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Harish Rawat 31,214 74.63% Increase41.68
BJP Bishnu Datt Joshi 10,610 25.37% Increase3.52
NOTA None of the above 1,028 2.46% New
Margin of victory 20,604 49.26% Increase38.15
Turnout 41,824 52.61% Decrease14.30
Registered electors 81,469 Increase11.98
INC hold Swing

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% Increase23.51
BJP Trivendra Singh Rawat 29,468 42.99% Increase12.35
Independent Furqan 1,508 2.20% New
INC None of the above 542 0.79% Decrease28.18
Independent William Akbar Chand 363 0.53% New
Independent Rishi Kumar 348 0.51% New
Margin of victory 6,512 9.50% Increase7.84
Turnout 68,550 53.55% Decrease18.40
Registered electors 1,29,032 Increase20.57
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase21.85

Bhagwanpur Assembly By-election 2015

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2015 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Bhagwanpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mamta Rakesh 59,205 71.46% Increase33.21
BJP Rajpal Singh 22,296 26.91% Increase13.35
NOTA None of the above 501 0.60% New
Independent Pritam Singh 269 0.32% New
Margin of victory 36,909 44.55% Increase35.92
Turnout 82,842 73.92% Decrease5.80
Registered electors 112,069 Increase13.72
INC gain from BSP Swing Increase21.71

2017–2022

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Main article: 4th Uttarakhand Assembly
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 Shah 25,737 49.04% Increase5.64
INC Jeet Ram 23,756 45.27% Increase10.00
Kasbi Lal Shah 1,365 2.60% New
CPI(M) Kunwar Ram 1,034 1.97% Increase0.71
NOTA None of the above 705 1.34% New
Independent Beeri Ram 587 1.12% New
Margin of victory 1,981 3.77% Decrease4.36
Turnout 52,479 51.98% Decrease6.82
Registered electors 1,02,569 Decrease0.45
BJP hold Swing Increase5.64

Pithoragarh Assembly Constituency

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2019 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Pithoragarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Chandra Pant 26,086 52.44% Increase3.28
INC Anju Lunthi 22,819 45.88% Increase0.72
NOTA None of the above 844 1.70% Increase0.10
SP Manoj Kumar Bhatt 835 1.68% Increase1.52
Margin of victory 3,267 6.57% Increase2.56
Turnout 49,740 45.65% Decrease17.17
Registered electors 1,09,957 Increase2.41
BJP hold Swing Increase3.28

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% Increase3.87
INC Ganga Pancholi 17,177 41.52% Decrease0.89
NOTA None of the above 721 1.74% New
Independent Surendra Singh 620 1.50% New
Uttarakhand Parivartan Party Jagdish Chandra 493 1.19% Increase0.58
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% Increase4.76
Turnout 41,373 42.70% Decrease3.42
Registered electors 97,150 Increase1.48
BJP hold Swing Increase3.87

2022–2027

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Main article: 5th Uttarakhand Assembly
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 Asha Nautiyal Bharatiya Janata Party

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% Increase43.24
INC Nirmala Gahtori 3,233 5.19% Decrease36.74
SP Manoj Kumar Bhatt 413 0.66% Increase0.33
Independent Himanshu Garhkoti 402 0.65% New
NOTA None of the Above 377 0.61% Decrease0.86
Margin of victory 55,025 88.31% Increase80.12
Turnout 62,306 64.43% Decrease2.64
Registered electors 97,619 Increase0.19
BJP hold Swing Increase43.24

Bageshwar Assembly Constituency

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Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election, 2023: Bageshwar[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Parwati Das 33,247 49.54 Increase6.4
INC Basant Kumar 30,842 45.96 Increase19.08
NOTA None of the Above 1,257 1.87 Increase0.71
UKD Arjun Kumar Dev 857 1.28 New
SP Bhagwati Prasad 637 0.95 Increase0.27
Majority 2,405 3.58 Decrease12.68
Turnout 67,108 55.44 N/A
BJP hold Swing

Badrinath Assembly Constituency

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Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election 2024: Badrinath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Lakhpat Singh Butola 28,167 51.93 Increase4.05
BJP Rajendra Singh Bhandari 22,937 42.30 Decrease2.55
Independent Naval Kishore Khali 1,813 3.34 New
NOTA None of the Above 823 1.52 Increase0.24
Sainik Samaj Party Himmat Singh Negi 494 0.91 New
Majority 5,230 9.9 Increase6.87
Turnout 54,228 49.8 Decrease15.29
INC hold Swing

Manglaur Assembly Constituency

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2024 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Manglaur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Muhammad Nizamuddin 31,727 37.91 Increase1.41
BJP Kartar Singh Bhadana 31,305 37.4 Increase16.04
BSP Obaidur Rehman 19,559 23.37 Decrease13.81
NOTA None of the Above 237 0.28 Decrease0.02
Majority 422 0.5 Decrease0.18
Turnout 83,699 69.73 Decrease5.85
INC gain from BSP Swing

Kedarnath Assembly Constituency

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Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election, 2024: Kedarnath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Asha Nautiyal 23,814 43.74 Increase7.7
INC Manoj Rawat 18,192 33.42 Increase12.74
Independent Tribhuwan Rawat 9,311 17.10 New
UKD Ashutosh Bhandari 1,314 2.41 Increase0.30
NOTA None of the Above 834 1.53 Increase0.29
Majority 5,622 10.32 Decrease3.62
Turnout 53,526 58.89% Decrease6.39
BJP hold 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.
  12. ^ "Bageshwar by-election result 2023". ECI. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  13. ^ The Indian Express (8 September 2023). "BJP wins bypoll for Uttarakhand turf; Cong comes close but INDIA ally SP among hurdles in path". Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
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