Dhumakot Assembly constituency

Dhumakot Legislative Assembly constituency was one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India.^[1][2] It was abolished in 2012 following the delimitation.^[3]

Dhumakot
Former constituency for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pauri Garhwal
Established	2002
Abolished	2012

Dhumakot Legislative Assembly constituency was a part of Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2002	Tejpal Singh Rawat		Indian National Congress
2007
2007 By-election	B. C. Khanduri		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly By-election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Dhumakot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. C. Khanduri	22,708	70.76%	30.16
	INC	Surendra Singh Negi	8,537	26.60%	18.81
	Independent	Manish Sundriyal	848	2.64%	New
Margin of victory			14,171	44.16%	39.35
Turnout			32,093	59.79%	4.77
Registered electors			53,986		6.40
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	25.35

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Dhumakot^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tejpal Singh Rawat	14,319	45.41%	11.76
	BJP	Khushal Mani	12,803	40.60%	10.81
	UKD	Anand Prakash	1,362	4.32%	2.12
	BSP	Dhananjai	768	2.44%	0.42
	BJSH	Devendra Bharti	756	2.40%	New
	Independent	Manish Sundriyal	518	1.64%	New
	Vishwa Vikas Sangh	Devendra Pal Singh Rawat	403	1.28%	New
	SP	Anil Chaturvedi	384	1.22%	0.79
	Independent	Aditya Ram Joshi	222	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			1,516	4.81%	0.95
Turnout			31,535	54.89%	7.16
Registered electors			57,677		4.42
	INC hold		Swing	11.76

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Dhumakot^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tejpal Singh Rawat	8,830	33.65%	New
	BJP	Khushal Mani Ghildiyal	7,818	29.79%	New
	Independent	Virendra Singh	2,728	10.39%	New
	Independent	Dinesh Chandra Balodhi	2,713	10.34%	New
	Independent	Sudershan Singh Alias Roshan Singh	1,227	4.68%	New
	UKD	Anand Prakash Juyal	576	2.19%	New
	BSP	Bhawan Singh	530	2.02%	New
	SP	Puran Singh Rawat	527	2.01%	New
	Independent	Prem Singh Gusain	479	1.83%	New
	Independent	Yogendra Singh Rawat	412	1.57%	New
	Independent	Dr. Devendra Pal Singh Rawat	404	1.54%	New
Margin of victory			1,012	3.86%
Turnout			26,244	47.73%
Registered electors			55,238
	INC win (new seat)

References

1. "Ac_pc". gov.ua.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
2. "Assembly Constituencies". gov.ua.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Ceo.uk.gov.in. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
4. "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.
5. "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.

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