Salt (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)

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Salt
Constituency
for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
DistrictAlmora
StateUttarakhand
Electorate95,621[1] [needs update]
Lok Sabha ConstituencyAlmora
Current constituency
Created2021
Seats1
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
MLAMahesh Singh Jeena
ReservationNone
Last election2021

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

It is part of Almora district.

Member of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Member Party
2017 Surendra Singh Jeena[3] Bharatiya Janata Party
2021 (Bye election) Mahesh Singh Jeena

Election results[edit]

2002[edit]

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2002:Salt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ranjeet Rawat 11988
BJP Mohan Diwan Singh 8436
Majority 3552
Turnout
INC hold Swing

2007[edit]

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2007:Salt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ranjeet Rawat 15190
Independent Dinesh Singh 8075
BJP Pramod Nainwal 6012
Majority 7115
Turnout
INC hold Swing

2012[edit]

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2012:Salt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Surendra Singh Jeena 23956
INC Ranjeet Rawat 18512
Majority 5444
Turnout
BJP gain from INC Swing

2017[edit]

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Salt[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Surendra Singh Jeena 21,581 49.17
INC Ganga Pancholi 18,677 42.55
NOTA None of the Above 812 1.84
Majority 2,904 6.62
Turnout 44,044 46.01
BJP hold Swing

2021 By-election[edit]

Bye-election, 2021: Salt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mahesh Singh Jeena 21,874 52.2
INC Ganga Pancholi 17,177 40.99
NOTA None of the Above 721 1.72
Majority 4,697 1.21
Turnout 42,157 43.39
BJP hold Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Constituency-wise report of electors in the final roll-2017 (as on 10.01.2017)" (PDF). ceo.uk.gov.in. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  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.

Coordinates: 29°40′N 79°10′E / 29.66°N 79.16°E / 29.66; 79.16