Pithoragarh Assembly constituency

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

Pithoragarh
Constituency for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttarakhand
DistrictPithoragarh
LS constituencyAlmora
Total electors109,705[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2022

It is part of Pithoragarh district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly
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

2022
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
Azad Samaj Party 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

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.

By-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
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

References
  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. "Election Commission of India - State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttarakhand". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  4. "Bye Elections July 2019 to December 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  5. "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.

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