Dehradun (Lok Sabha constituency): Difference between revisions

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Dehradun Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency in Uttar Pradesh (now part of Uttarakhand). This constituency came into existence in 1952 and existed until 1977, following the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies.

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

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

District	Assembly constituency segments
District	Name	SC/ST
Bijnor
	Laksar
	Roorkee
Dehradun
Dehradun	Dehradun
Saharanpur
	Behat
	Haridwar

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Keys:

INC/INC(R)

Independent

	Member	Party
1951–52	Mahavir Tyagi	Indian National Congress
1957	Mahavir Tyagi	Indian National Congress
1962	Mahavir Tyagi	Indian National Congress
1967	Yashpal Singh	Independent
1971	Mulki Raj Saini	Indian National Congress (R)

Election results[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Indian general election: Dehradun
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mahavir Tyagi	1,28,952	58.05
	PSP	Narayan Datt Dangwal	55,064	24.79
	ABJS	Jag Mohan Swarup	38,134	17.17
Margin of victory			73,888
Turnout			2,22,150	60.26

General Election, 1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Indian general election: Dehradun
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mahavir Tyagi	1,21,618	50.89
	ABJS	Sushila Devi	47,226	19.76
	SWA	Rajendra Das	35,969	15.05
	PSP	Narayan Datt Dangwal	34,183	14.3
Margin of victory			74,392
Turnout			2,38,996	59.09
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Indian general election: Dehradun
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Yashpal Singh	1,51,465	49.83
	INC	Mahavir Tyagi	1,11,353	36.64
	Independent	Dharampal	35,134	11.56
	Independent	H. Singh	5,981	1.97
Margin of victory			1,14,112
Turnout			3,03,933	32.64
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 1971[edit | edit source]

1971 Indian general election: Dehradun
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mulki Raj Saini	1,90,160	68.48
	ABJS	Nityanand Swami	48,635	17.51
	JP	Rao Mahmood Ahmed Khan	12,375	4.46
	Independent	Ram Das	6,351	2.29
	Independent	Babu Ram Gupta	4,798	1.73
	Independent	Yashpal Singh	4,447	1.60
	Independent	Kulanand Joshi	3,407	1.23
	Independent	Shyam Lal	2,646	0.95
	Independent	Sarjeet Ali Khan	1,933	0.70
	Independent	Gajendra Singh	1,898	0.68
	Independent	Jagdish Shastri	1,031	0.37
Margin of victory			1,41,525
Turnout			2,77,681	53.96
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

References[edit | edit source]

[1] ttp://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=848&cid=4

[2] ttp://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=830&cid=86

[3] ttp://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=812&cid=85

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