Dharchula Assembly constituency

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Dharchula
Constituency No. 42 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
File:Dharchula Assembly constituency map.svg
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttarakhand
DistrictPithoragarh
Lok Sabha constituencyAlmora
Established2002
Total electors87,747 (2022)[2]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2022

Dharchula Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It includes Dharchula area of Pithoragarh District.[3]

Dharchula Legislative Assembly constituency is a part of Almora (Lok Sabha constituency). Being a largely rural constituency, Dharchula carries a simulated partisan voting index of INC+2, identifying it as a resilient Congress stronghold within the otherwise competitive Pithoragarh district. While the seat frequently sees narrow margins, it consistently performs roughly 10 to 14 points better for the Indian National Congress (INC) than the Uttarakhand state average, even during significant statewide shifts toward the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The BJP has failed to ever win this seat to date, making it the only seat apart from Jaspur in Kumaon division and Chakrata as a hill constituency and one of the few in the state, to have never been won by the BJP.[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Name Party
2002[5] Gagan Singh Rajwar Independent
2007[6]
Major boundary changes
2012 Harish Singh Dhami[7] Indian National Congress
2014 (By Elect) Harish Rawat[8]
2017[7] Harish Singh Dhami
2022

Recent election results for this constituency from statewide and national races[edit | edit source]

Year Office Results[9][10]
2009 Lok Sabha Tamta (INC) 32% – 27%
2012 Assembly style="background-color:#19AAED;" width=0.3em | |Dhami (INC) 33% – 22%
2014 Lok Sabha style="background-color:#19AAED;" width=0.3em | |Tamta (INC) 52% – 40%
Assembly (By-poll) style="background-color:#19AAED;" width=0.3em | |Rawat (INC) 75% – 25%
2017 Assembly style="background-color:#19AAED;" width=0.3em | |Dhami (INC) 48% – 42%
2019 Lok Sabha style="background-color:#FF9933;" width=0.3em | |Tamta (BJP) 62% – 35%
2022 Assembly style="background-color:#19AAED;" width=0.3em | |Dhami (INC) 48% – 46%
2024 Lok Sabha style="background-color:#FF9933;" width=0.3em | |Tamta (BJP) 62% – 31%

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2022[edit | edit source]

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dharchula[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Harish Singh Dhami 27,007 47.95% Increase0.67
BJP Dhan Singh Dhami (Dhan Da) 25,889 45.96% Increase4.38
Independent Jeevan Singh Thakur 825 1.46% New
AAP Narayan Ram 643 1.14% New
Independent Kailash Singh Pangtey 575 1.02% New
NOTA None of the above 406 0.72% Decrease0.20
UKD Ramesh Singh 406 0.72% Decrease0.91
BSP Govind Ram 394 0.70% Decrease0.12
SP Manju Devi 180 0.32% New
Margin of victory 1,118 1.98% Decrease3.71
Turnout 56,325 62.03% Decrease0.60
Registered electors 90,798 Increase5.04
INC hold Swing Increase0.67

Assembly Election 2017[edit | edit source]

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dharchula[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Harish Singh Dhami 25,597 47.28% Decrease27.35
BJP Virendra Singh Pal 22,512 41.58% Increase16.21
Independent Durga Prashad 2,717 5.02% New
UKD Lal Singh 883 1.63% New
Independent Devindra Singh 631 1.17% New
Independent Virendra Singh 540 1.00% New
NOTA None of the above 500 0.92% Decrease1.54
BSP Jitendra Kumar 445 0.82% New
Margin of victory 3,085 5.70% Decrease43.57
Turnout 54,140 62.63% Increase11.29
Registered electors 86,441 Increase6.10
INC hold Swing Decrease27.35

Assembly By-election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election: Dharchula
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Harish Rawat 31,214 74.63% Increase41.68
BJP Bishnu Dutt 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

Assembly Election 2012[edit | edit source]

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dharchula[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Harish Singh Dhami 15,739 32.96% Increase21.36
BJP Khushal Singh 10,433 21.85% Decrease1.20
UKD Kashi Singh Airy 6,685 14.00% Increase3.95
BSP Rajendara Singh Kutiyal 4,389 9.19% Increase2.23
Independent Gagan Singh Rajwar 2,990 6.26% New
Uttarakhand Raksha Morcha Virendra Singh Pal 2,347 4.91% New
CPI(ML)L Jagat Martolia 1,864 3.90% Increase2.50
Independent Shankar Lal 1,131 2.37% New
Independent Laxmi Datt Pant 627 1.31% New
Independent Jewan Singh Danu 479 1.00% New
Independent Govind Singh 374 0.78% New
Uttarakhand Parivartan Party Dinesh Singh 361 0.76% New
Margin of victory 5,306 11.11% Decrease4.21
Turnout 47,757 65.64% Increase2.31
Registered electors 72,755 Increase32.84
INC gain from Independent Swing Decrease5.41

Assembly Election 2007[edit | edit source]

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dharchula[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gagan Singh Rajwar 13,308 38.37% New
BJP Kundan Singh 7,995 23.05% Increase16.44
INC Shakuntala Devi 4,022 11.60% Decrease4.24
UKD Lal Singh 3,485 10.05% Increase0.38
BSP Rajendara Singh Kutiyal 2,415 6.96% Increase5.44
Independent Virendra Singh 1,538 4.43% New
AIFB Hoshiyar Singh 935 2.70% New
Shivsena Chandra Singh 502 1.45% New
CPI(ML)L Jagat Singh (Jagat Martoliya) 486 1.40% New
Margin of victory 5,313 15.32% Decrease11.37
Turnout 34,686 63.38% Increase8.60
Registered electors 54,767 Increase1.67
Independent hold Swing Decrease4.16

Assembly Election 2002[edit | edit source]

2002 Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly election: Dharchula[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gagan Singh Rajwar 12,537 42.52% New
INC Pradyuman Singh 4,670 15.84% New
UKD Rajendra Singh Raipa 2,849 9.66% New
Independent Hoshiyar Singh 2,526 8.57% New
BJP Goverdhan Singh 1,950 6.61% New
Independent Puran Singh Chalal 1,208 4.10% New
Independent Harish Chandra Singh Rawat 1,024 3.47% New
Uttarakhand Janwadi Party Mahendra Singh Budiyal 829 2.81% New
Independent Jagdish Singh 776 2.63% New
BSP Dham Singh Tolia 449 1.52% New
NCP Ganga Singh Pangatey 399 1.35% New
SP Dan Singh 266 0.90% New
Margin of victory 7,867 26.68%
Turnout 29,483 54.80%
Registered electors 53,869
Independent win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Dharchula - Uttarakhand Assembly Election Results 2017". India.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "लोक सभा सामान्य निर्वाचन-2019 मतदेय स्थलों/ सामान्य एवं सर्विस मतदाताओं का विवरण । (Lok Sabha General Election-2019 Details of polling places/general and service voters.)" (PDF). 19 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Dharchula Assembly Constituency Map, Dharchula Vidhan Sabha 2017 Previous Election Results". Maps Of India. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  4. ↑ https://www.indiastatpublications.com/assembly_factbook/uttarakhand/almora/dharchula
  5. ↑ Election Commission of India (2002). Statistical Report On General Election, 2002 To The Legislative Assembly Of Uttaranchal (PDF) (Report). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Name of Assembly Constituency" (PDF). 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Dharchula" (PDF). election.uk.gov.in. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF). election.uk.gov.in. 25 July 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "IndiaVotes AC Dharchula".
  10. ↑ [1](https://www.indiastatpublications.com/pdf_Samples/assembly_factbook/uttarakhand/Almora/Dharchula-Assembly-Factbook.pdf
  11. ↑ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2022 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2017 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "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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