Almora Assembly constituency

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

Almora
Constituency No. 52 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Almora
LS constituency	Almora
Total electors	90,372[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Manoj Tewari
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

It is part of Almora district.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1957	Govind Singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1962	Ganga Singh		Indian National Congress
1967	R Chandra		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969	Hari Singh		Indian National Congress
1974	Rama
1977	Shobhan Singh Jeena		Janata Party
1980	Govardhan		Indian National Congress
1985	Saraswati Devi
1989	Saraswati Devi
1991	Puran Chandra Sharma		Bhartiya Janata Party
1993	Govind Singh Kunjwal		Indian National Congress
1996	Raghunath Singh Chauhan		Bhartiya Janata Party
2002	Kailash Sharma
2007	Manoj Tiwari		Indian National Congress
2012
2017	Raghunath Singh Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Manoj Tiwari		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Almora^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manoj Tiwari	24,439	44.90%	4.60
	BJP	Kailash Sharma	24,312	44.67%	5.92
	Independent	Vinay Kirola	2,067	3.80%	New
	AAP	Amit Joshi	1,665	3.06%	New
	UKD	Bhanu Prakash Joshi	518	0.95%	New
	Independent	Vinod Chandra Tiwari	413	0.76%	New
	None of the Above	Nota	401	0.74%	0.45
	BSP	Ashok Kumar	365	0.67%	2.49
Margin of victory			127	0.23%	10.05
Turnout			54,428	59.42%	0.55
Registered electors			91,603		3.07
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	5.68

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Almora^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raghunath Singh Chauhan	26,464	50.58%	19.00
	INC	Manoj Tiwari	21,085	40.30%	6.24
	BSP	Dr. Sanjay Tamta	1,654	3.16%	11.09
	None of the Above	None of the Above	623	1.19%	New
	Independent	Virendra Kumar	517	0.99%	New
	Independent	Mohd Habib	514	0.98%	New
	CPI(M)	Dinesh Pande	425	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			5,379	10.28%	7.80
Turnout			52,316	58.86%	1.76
Registered electors			88,878		13.22
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	16.52

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Almora^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manoj Tiwari	16,211	34.06%	12.80
	BJP	Raghunath Singh Chauhan	15,030	31.58%	9.00
	BSP	Shekhar Lakhchaura	6,781	14.25%	10.34
	Independent	Kailash Sharma	6,582	13.83%	New
	Independent	Bala Devi	977	2.05%	New
	Independent	Nandan Ram Tamta	543	1.14%	New
	Independent	Jaswant Singh Adhikari	507	1.07%	New
	URM	Shobha Joshi	421	0.88%	New
	SP	Arjun Bhakuni	274	0.58%	0.46
	Uttarakhand Parivartan Party	Ad. Govind Lal Verma	251	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			1,181	2.48%	3.80
Turnout			47,589	60.62%	2.52
Registered electors			78,503		4.53
	INC hold		Swing	12.80

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Almora^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manoj Tiwari	22,223	46.86%	22.17
	BJP	Kailash Sharma	19,243	40.58%	11.29
	BJSH	Ravinder Singh	1,877	3.96%	New
	BSP	Karam Singh	1,854	3.91%	6.14
	UKD	Shamsher Singh Bisht	1,735	3.66%	0.89
	SP	Kishan Singh	489	1.03%	0.85
Margin of victory			2,980	6.28%	1.69
Turnout			47,421	63.18%	12.64
Registered electors			75,104		8.66
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	17.57

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Almora^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kailash Sharma	10,224	29.29%	New
	INC	Manoj Tiwari	8,620	24.70%	New
	Independent	Dharam Singh Mehara	7,629	21.86%	New
	BSP	Ashok / A. K. Sikandar Panwar	3,507	10.05%	New
	UKD	P. C. Tewari	1,587	4.55%	New
	Independent	Puran Singh Rayal	1,108	3.17%	New
	NCP	Avtar Singh Rawat	678	1.94%	New
	SP	Girish Singh Mehata	657	1.88%	New
	Bharatiya Berozgar Mazdoor Kisan Dal	Rajendra Singh Vani	584	1.67%	New
	Samata Party	Neeraj Nayal	310	0.89%	New
Margin of victory			1,604	4.60%
Turnout			34,904	50.52%
Registered electors			69,116
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Almora district

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. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2022 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
4. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2017 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
5. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

External links

• "Record of all Uttarakhand Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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