Dehradun Assembly constituency

Dehradun Legislative Assembly constituency was a part of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1951 to 2000. It became a part of the Interim Uttarakhand Assembly from 2000 to 2002.

Members of Legislative AssemblyEdit

Election		Winner	Party	Runner up	Party	Margin
	1951	Shanti Prapanna Sharma	Indian National Congress	Gulab Singh	Independent	3,388
	1957	Brij Bhushan Saran		Durga Prasad		4,575
	1962	Brij Bhushan Saran		Ram Swarup		282
	1967	Ram Swarup	Independent	Nityanand Swami	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	2,017
	1969	Nityanand Swami	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	Krishan Chand Singhal	Indian National Congress	3,164
	1974	Bhola Dutt Saklani	Indian National Congress	Nityanand Swami	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	11,570
	1977	Devendra Dutt Shastri	Janata Party	Bhola Dutt Saklani	Indian National Congress	1,278
	1980	Dwarika Nath Dhawan	Indian National Congress	Nityanand Swami	Independent	19,086
	1985	Hira Singh Bisht	Indian National Congress	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party	29,390
	1989	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party	Hira Singh Bisht	Indian National Congress	10,182
	1991			Vinod Chandola		21,267
	1993			Dinesh Agrawal		14,354
	1996			Dinesh Agrawal		40,733
Major boundary changes
	2002	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party	Sanjay Sharma	Indian National Congress	2,924
	2007	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party	Lalchand Sharma	Indian National Congress	7,033

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Harbans Kapoor	23,856	50.61
	INC	Lal Chand Sharma	16,823	35.69
	[[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal\|Template:Uttarakhand Kranti Dal/meta/shortname]]	Virendra Uniyal	2,320	4.92
	SHS	Amit	1,552	3.29
Majority
Turnout			47,138	67.03
	BJP hold		Swing

1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh\|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]]	Nityanand Swami	20,349	35.57
	INC	Krishan Chand Singhal	17,185	30.37
	Independent	Sunil Chandra Datta	15,076	26.65
	[[Praja Socialist Party\|Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/shortname]]	Rajendra Prasad Dobhal	3,210	5.67
	Independent	Ram Chander	335	0.59
	Independent	Girish Chandra Juyal	185	0.33
	Independent	Ram Avtar	157	0.28
	Independent	Irshad Ahmed	81	0.14
Majority
Turnout			56,578	62.08
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh gain from Independent		Swing

1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ram Swaroop	21,191	38.60	10.95
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh\|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]]	Nityanand Swami	19,174	34.93	11.69
	INC	Brij Bhushan Saran	14,038	25.57	2.71
	Independent	G.C. Chaurasia	492	0.90	New
Majority			2,017	3.67	10.41
Turnout			54,895	65.96	–
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Brij Bhushan Saran	12,638	28.28	16.07
	Independent	Ram Swaroop	12,356	27.65	New
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh\|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]]	Nityanand Swami	9,210	23.24	–
	Independent	Sunil Chandra Dutta	6,017	13.46	New
	[[Praja Socialist Party\|Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/shortname]]	Sadhu Singh	4,248	9.50	New
	Independent	Babu Ram Gupta	144	0.32	New
	Independent	B.S. Hudsun	82	0.18	New
Majority			282	0.63	14.08
Turnout			44,695	65.96	9.57
	INC hold		Swing

1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Brij Bhushan Saran	13,793	44.35	New
	Independent	Durga Prasad	9,218	29.64	New
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh\|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]]	Nityanand Swami	7,228	23.24	New
	Independent	Chandan Singh	859	2.76	New
Majority			4,575	14.71	New
Turnout			31,098	56.39	New
	INC win (new seat)