Pithoragarh Assembly constituency

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Pithoragarh
Constituency for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateUttarakhand
DistrictPithoragarh
LS constituencyAlmora
Total electors109,705[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAMayukh Mahar
PartyIndian National Congress

Pithoragarh Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India.[2]

It is part of Pithoragarh district.

Member of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Member Party
2012 Mayukh Mahar Indian National Congress
2017 Prakash Pant[3] Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[lower-alpha 1] Chandra Pant[4]
2022 Mayukh Mahar[5] Indian National Congress
  1. ↑ bypoll

Election results[edit]

2022[edit]

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Pithoragarh[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mayukh Mahar 33,269 47.48 Increase1.49
BJP Chandra Pant 27,215 38.84 Decrease13.49
Independent Nitin Markana 6,585 9.40
AAP Chandra Prakash Punera 730 1.04 new
style="background-color: Template:Azad Samaj Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Azad Samaj Party|Template:Azad Samaj Party/meta/shortname]] Kartik Tamta 717 1.02 new
NOTA None of the Above 558 0.80
Majority 6,054 8.64
Turnout 70,070
INC gain from BJP Swing

2019 by-election[edit]

A by-election was needed due to the death of sitting MLA, Prakash Pant.[6] The by-election was won by his widow, Chandra Pant.

Bye-election, 2019: Pithoragarh[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Chandra Pant 26,086 52.33
INC Anju Lunthi 22,819 45.99
NOTA None of the Above 844 1.69
Majority 3,128 6.23
Turnout 50,751 46.16
Registered electors 109,957
BJP hold Swing

2017[edit]

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Pithoragarh[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Prakash Pant 30,257 45.39
NOTA None of the Above 1,072 1.60
Majority 2,684 4.03
Turnout 67,007 62.41
BJP gain from INC Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Election - 2022 - AC wise Voter Turnout" (PDF). ceo.uk.gov.in. 1 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Uttarakhand Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Election Commission of India - State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttarakhand". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Bye Elections July 2019 to December 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Gen Election to Vidhan Sabha - Trends and Result - March 2022 - Uttarakhand-Pithoragarh". Election Commission of India. 10 March 2022. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "State finance minister Prakash Pant dies in US". TNN. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

External link[edit]

Coordinates: 29°35′N 80°13′E / 29.58°N 80.22°E / 29.58; 80.22

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