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Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency

Coordinates: 29°54′N 78°48′E / 29.9°N 78.8°E / 29.9; 78.8
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Garhwal
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Lok Sabha constituency
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttarakhand
Assembly constituencies14: Badrinath, Tharali, Karnaprayag, Kedarnath, Rudraprayag, Devprayag, Narendranagar, Yamkeshwar, Pauri, Srinagar, Chaubattakhal, Lansdowne, Kotdwar and Ramnagar
Established1952
Total electors13,69,388[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024
Preceded byTirath Singh Rawat

Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttarakhand. This constituency came into existence in 1957, following the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies. It comprises five districts namely Chamoli, Nainital (part), Pauri Garhwal, Rudraprayag and Tehri Garhwal (part).

Assembly segments

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After the formation of Uttarakhand

At present, Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following fourteen Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[2]

# Name District Member Party Leading

(in 2024)

4 Badrinath Chamoli Lakhpat Singh Butola INC BJP
5 Tharali (SC) Bhupal Ram Tamta BJP BJP
6 Karnaprayag Anil Nautiyal BJP BJP
7 Kedarnath Rudraprayag Asha Nautiyal BJP BJP
8 Rudraprayag Bharat Singh Chaudhary BJP BJP
10 Devprayag Tehri Garhwal Vinod Kandari BJP BJP
11 Narendranagar Subodh Uniyal BJP BJP
36 Yamkeshwar Pauri Garhwal Renu Bisht BJP BJP
37 Pauri (SC) Raj Kumar Pori BJP BJP
38 Srinagar Dhan Singh Rawat BJP BJP
39 Chaubattakhal Satpal Maharaj BJP BJP
40 Lansdowne Dilip Singh Rawat BJP BJP
41 Kotdwar Ritu Khanduri Bhushan BJP BJP
61 Ramnagar Nainital Diwan Singh Bisht BJP BJP

Before the formation of Uttarakhand

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

District Assembly constituency segments
Name SC/ST
Bijnor Najibabad
Chamoli
Badri–Kedar
Karnaprayag
Pauri Garhwal
Lansdowne
Pauri

Members of Parliament

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Year Member Party
1952 Bhakt Darshan Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967
1971 Pratap Singh Negi Indian National Congress
1977 Pandit. Jagannath Sharma Janata Party
1980 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Indian National Congress
1982^ Independent
1984 Chandra Mohan Singh Negi Indian National Congress
1989 Janata Dal
1991 B. C. Khanduri Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Satpal Maharaj All India Indira Congress (T)
1998 B. C. Khanduri Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2008^ Tejpal Singh Rawat
2009 Satpal Maharaj Indian National Congress
2014 B. C. Khanduri Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Tirath Singh Rawat
2024 Anil Baluni

^By election

Election results

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2024

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2024 Indian general elections: Garhwal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Anil Baluni 432,159 58.60 Decrease9.65
INC Ganesh Godiyal 2,68,656 36.43 Increase8.92
NOTA None of the Above 11,375 1.54 Decrease0.11
Margin of victory 1,36,503 22.17 Decrease18.58
Turnout 7,17,834[a] 52.42 Decrease2.70
BJP hold Swing
  1. ^ does not include postal ballots

2019

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2019 Indian general elections: Garhwal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Tirath Singh Rawat 506,980 68.25 Increase8.77
INC Manish Khanduri 2,04,311 27.51 Decrease4.92
NOTA None of the Above 12,276 1.65 Increase0.38
Margin of victory 3,02,669 40.75 Increase13.69
Turnout 7,48,022 55.17 Increase1.19
BJP hold Swing

2014

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2014 Indian general elections: Garhwal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri 405,690 59.48 Increase15.07
INC Harak Singh Rawat 2,21,164 32.43 Decrease8.72
BSP Dheer Singh Bisht 9,250 1.36
NOTA None of the Above 8,659 1.27 N/A
Margin of victory 1,84,526 27.06 Increase23.80
Turnout 6,84,014 53.98
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase10.71

2009

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2009 Indian general elections: Garhwal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Satpal Maharaj 236,949 44.12
BJP Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Tejpal Singh Rawat 2,19,552 40.88
BSP Rajeev Agarwal 34,622 6.45
CPI Lalita Prasad Bhatt 7,330 1.36
Margin of victory 17,397 3.26
Turnout 5,33,843 48.87
INC gain from BJP Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Uttarakhand state: Assembly Constituencies- Corresponding Districts & Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand website. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
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