Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency

{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Uttarakhand}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| type = LS

| name = Garhwal
{{Small|UK-2}}

|map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/Uttarakhand/Garhwal.map}}

|map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency

| established = 1952

|electors =13,69,388https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| mp = Anil Baluni

| latest_election_year = 2024

| preceded_by = Tirath Singh Rawat

| state = Uttarakhand

|reservation=None

|assembly_cons = 14: Badrinath, Tharali, Karnaprayag, Kedarnath, Rudraprayag, Devprayag, Narendranagar, Yamkeshwar, Pauri, Srinagar, Chaubattakhal, Lansdowne, Kotdwar and Ramnagar

}}

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

After the formation of Uttarakhand

At present, Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following fourteen Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:{{cite web|url=http://gov.ua.nic.in/ceouttranchal/ceo/ac_pc.aspx |title=Uttarakhand state: Assembly Constituencies- Corresponding Districts & Parliamentary Constituencies |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand website |access-date=1 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619064401/http://gov.ua.nic.in/ceouttranchal/ceo/ac_pc.aspx |archive-date=19 June 2009 }}

class="wikitable"
#

! Name

!District

! Member

! colspan="2" |Party

! colspan="2" |Leading

{{small|(in 2024)}}

align="center" | 4

| Badrinath

| rowspan="3" |Chamoli

|Lakhpat Singh Butola

| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress }}" |

|INC

| {{full party name with color|BJP}}

align="center" | 5

| Tharali (SC)

|Bhupal Ram Tamta

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

| {{full party name with color|BJP}}

align="center" | 6

| Karnaprayag

|Anil Nautiyal

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{full party name with color|BJP}}

align="center" | 7

| Kedarnath

| rowspan="2" |Rudraprayag

|Asha Nautiyal

|{{full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{full party name with color|BJP}}

align="center" | 8

| Rudraprayag

|Bharat Singh Chaudhary

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{full party name with color|BJP}}

align="center" | 10

| Devprayag

| rowspan="2" |Tehri Garhwal

|Vinod Kandari

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{full party name with color|BJP}}

align="center" | 11

| Narendranagar

|Subodh Uniyal

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{full party name with color|BJP}}

align="center" | 36

| Yamkeshwar

| rowspan="6" |Pauri Garhwal

|Renu Bisht

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{full party name with color|BJP}}

align="center" | 37

| Pauri (SC)

|Rajkumar Pori

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{full party name with color|BJP}}

align="center" | 38

| Srinagar

|Dhan Singh Rawat

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{full party name with color|BJP}}

align="center" | 39

| Chaubattakhal

|Satpal Maharaj

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{full party name with color|BJP}}

align="center" | 40

| Lansdowne

|Dilip Singh Rawat

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{full party name with color|BJP}}

align="center" | 41

| Kotdwar

|Ritu Khanduri Bhushan

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{full party name with color|BJP}}

align="center" | 61

| Ramnagar

|Nainital

|Diwan Singh Bisht

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{full party name with color|BJP}}

Before the formation of Uttarakhand

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

class="wikitable sortable"

! rowspan="2"|District

! colspan="2"|Assembly constituency segments

Name

! SC/ST

Bijnor

| Najibabad

| rowspan="8"|

rowspan="3"| Chamoli
Badri–Kedar
Karnaprayag
rowspan="3"| Pauri Garhwal
Lansdowne
Pauri

Members of Parliament

class="wikitable"
YearMembercolspan="2"|Party
1952

| rowspan="4" | Bhakt Darshan

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}

1957
1962
1967
1971

| Pratap Singh Negi

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1977

| Pandit. Jagannath Sharma

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

1980

| rowspan="2" | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1982^

|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

1984

| rowspan="2" | Chandra Mohan Singh Negi

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1989

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}

1991

| B. C. Khanduri

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

1996

| Satpal Maharaj

| style="background-color: {{party color|All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)}}" |

|All India Indira Congress (T)

1998

| rowspan="3" | B. C. Khanduri

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=4}}

1999
2004
2008^

| Tejpal Singh Rawat

2009

| Satpal Maharaj

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

2014

| B. C. Khanduri

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}

2019

| Tirath Singh Rawat

2024

| Anil Baluni

^By election

Election results

=2024=

{{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general elections: Garhwal}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Anil Baluni

|votes = 4,32,159

|percentage = 58.60

|change = {{decrease}}9.65}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Ganesh Godiyal

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 2,68,656

|percentage = 36.43

|change = {{increase}}8.92}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 11,375

|percentage = 1.54

|change = {{decrease}}0.11}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 1,36,503

|percentage = 22.17

|change = {{decrease}}18.58}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,46,210

|percentage = 53.14

|change = {{decrease}}1.98

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{notelist}}

=2019=

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general elections: Garhwal}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Tirath Singh Rawat

|votes = 5,06,980

|percentage = 68.25

|change = {{increase}}8.77

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Manish Khanduri

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 2,04,311

|percentage = 27.51

|change = {{decrease}}4.92

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 12,276

|percentage = 1.65

|change = {{increase}}0.38

}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 3,02,669

|percentage = 40.75

|change = {{increase}}13.69

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,48,022

|percentage = 55.17

|change = {{increase}}1.19

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2014=

{{Election box begin | title=2014 Indian general elections: Garhwal}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri

|votes = 4,05,690

|percentage = 59.48

|change = {{increase}}15.07

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Harak Singh Rawat

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 2,21,164

|percentage = 32.43

|change = {{decrease}}8.72

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Dheer Singh Bisht

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|votes = 9,250

|percentage = 1.36

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 8,659

|percentage = 1.27

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 1,84,526

|percentage = 27.06

|change = {{increase}}23.80

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,84,014

|percentage = 53.98

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing = {{increase}}10.71

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2009=

{{Election box begin | title=2009 Indian general elections: Garhwal}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Satpal Maharaj

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 2,36,949

|percentage = 44.12

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Tejpal Singh Rawat

|votes = 2,19,552

|percentage = 40.88

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Rajeev Agarwal

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|votes = 34,622

|percentage = 6.45

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Lalita Prasad Bhatt

|party =Communist Party of India

|votes = 7,330

|percentage = 1.36

|change =

}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 17,397

|percentage = 3.26

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,33,843

|percentage = 48.87

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References

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