Almora Lok Sabha constituency

Almora Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttarakhand. This constituency came into existence in 1952, following the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies. It comprises four districts namely Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat and Pithoragarh. Since 2009, this constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Caste candidates.

Almora UK-3
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Almora Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
Assembly constituencies	14: Dharchula, Didihat, Pithoragarh, Gangolihat, Kapkot, Bageshwar, Dwarahat, Salt, Ranikhet, Someshwar, Almora, Jageshwar, Lohaghat and Champawat
Established	1951
Total electors	13,39,327[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Ajay Tamta
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Pradeep Tamta

Assembly segments

After the formation of Uttarakhand

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

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
42	Dharchula	Pithoragarh	Harish Singh Dhami		INC		BJP
43	Didihat		Bishan Singh Chuphal		BJP		BJP
44	Pithoragarh		Mayukh Mahar		INC		BJP
45	Gangolihat (SC)		Fakir Ram Tamta		BJP		BJP
46	Kapkot	Bageshwar	Suresh Singh Gariya		BJP		BJP
47	Bageshwar (SC)		Parwati Das		BJP		BJP
48	Dwarahat	Almora	Madan Singh Bisht		INC		BJP
49	Salt		Mahesh Singh Jeena		BJP		BJP
50	Ranikhet		Pramod Nainwal		BJP		BJP
51	Someshwar (SC)		Rekha Arya		BJP		BJP
52	Almora		Manoj Tiwari		INC		BJP
53	Jageshwar		Mohan Singh Mahara		BJP		BJP
54	Lohaghat	Champawat	Khushal Singh Adhikari		INC		BJP
55	Champawat		Pushkar Singh Dhami		BJP		BJP

Before the formation of Uttarakhand

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

District	Assembly constituency segments
	Name	SC/ST
Almora
	Almora
	Ranikhet
Bageshwar	Bageshwar	SC
Pithoragarh
	Didihat
	Pithoragarh

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	Devi Datt Pant		Indian National Congress
1955^	Badri Datt Pandey
1957	Hargovind Pant
1957^	Jang Bahadur Singh Bisht
1962
1967
1971	Narendra Singh Bisht		Indian National Congress
1977	Murli Manohar Joshi		Janata Party
1980	Harish Rawat		Indian National Congress
1984
1989
1991	Jeewan Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Bachi Singh Rawat
1998
1999
2004
2009	Pradeep Tamta		Indian National Congress
2014	Ajay Tamta		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024

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^By-election

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Almora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajay Tamta	429,167	64.20	0.17
	INC	Pradeep Tamta	1,95,070	29.18	1.30
	NOTA	None of the above	17,019	2.55	0.27
Majority			2,34,097	35.02	1.47
Turnout			6,75,014	49.33	2.98
	BJP hold		Swing

General Elections, 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Almora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajay Tamta	444,651	64.03	11.03
	INC	Pradeep Tamta	2,11,665	30.48	7.96
	NOTA	None of the above	15,505	2.23	0.09
Margin of victory			2,32,986	33.55	18.99
Turnout			6,99,807	52.31	0.06
	BJP hold		Swing	1.04

General Elections, 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Almora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajay Tamta	348,186	53.00	12.67
	INC	Pradeep Tamta	2,52,496	38.44	3.33
	NOTA	None of the above	15,245	2.32	N/A
Margin of victory			95,690	14.56	12.68
Turnout			6,56,525	52.37	6.51
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	11.00

General Elections, 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Almora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pradeep Tamta	202,228	41.70	0.99
	BJP	Ajay Tamta	1,95,705	40.36	4.32
	BSP	Bahadur Ram Dhauni	45,143	9.31	New
Margin of victory			6,523	1.34	0.65
Turnout			4,84,920	45.86	6.51
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General Elections, 2004

2004 Indian general elections: Almora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bachi Singh Rawat	225,742	44.68
	INC	Renuka Rawat	2,15,690	42.69
	UKD	Kashi Singh Airy	27,340	5.41
Margin of victory			10,052	1.99
Turnout			5,05,223	52.37	49.89
	BJP hold		Swing

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See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Uttarakhand