Nainital Assembly constituency

Nainital Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It includes Nainital area of Nainital District.

Nainital
Constituency No. 58 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Lok Sabha constituency	Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sarita Arya
Party	BJP

Nainital Legislative Assembly constituency is a part of Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1957	Narayan Datt Tiwari		Praja Socialist Party
1962
1967	P. Singh
1969	Dungar Singh		Indian National Congress
1974	Bal Krishna Sanwal
1977	Ram Datt Joshi		Janata Party
1980	Shivnarayan Singh Negi		Indian National Congress
1985	Kishan Singh Taragi
1989
1991	Banshidhar Bhagat		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1996
Major boundary changes
2002	Dr. Narayan Singh Jantwal		Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
2007	Kharak Singh Bohra		Bharatiya Janata Party
Major boundary changes
2012	Sarita Arya		Indian National Congress
2017	Sanjiv Arya		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Sarita Arya

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Nainital^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sarita Arya[a]	31,770	52.19%	3.34
	INC	Sanjiv Arya	23,889	39.24%	2.18
	AAP	Hem Chandra Arya	2,789	4.58%	New
	UKD	Om Prakash (Subhash Kumar)	904	1.48%	New
	BSP	Rajkamal Sonkar	830	1.36%	0.26
	NOTA	None of the above	695	1.14%	0.32
Margin of victory			7,881	12.95%	1.16
Turnout			60,877	54.98%	1.92
Registered electors			1,10,734		2.47
	BJP hold		Swing	3.34

1. Dr. Bhuvan Arya was initially announced as the AAP candidate. In the sixth list, Hem Arya was made the candidate.

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Nainital^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanjeev Arya	30,036	48.85%	11.42
	INC	Sarita Arya	22,789	37.06%	12.63
	Independent	Hem Chandra Arya	5,505	8.95%	New
	Independent	K. L. Arya	1,035	1.68%	New
	BSP	Sunder Lal Arya	997	1.62%	7.05
	NOTA	None of the above	899	1.46%	New
Margin of victory			7,247	11.79%	0.48
Turnout			61,484	56.89%	2.37
Registered electors			1,08,069		14.53
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	0.84

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Nainital^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sarita Arya	25,563	49.69%	27.58
	BJP	Hem Chandra Arya	19,255	37.43%	12.98
	BSP	Snjay Kumar Alias Sanju	4,460	8.67%	3.37
	Independent	Padma Arya	878	1.71%	New
	UKD	Vinod Kumar	763	1.48%	22.24
	SP	Devanand Alias Deva	503	0.98%	0.37
Margin of victory			6,308	12.26%	11.54
Turnout			51,444	54.52%	5.07
Registered electors			94,360
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	25.24

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Nainital^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kharak Singh Bohara	12,347	24.45%	7.38
	UKD	Dr. Narayan Singh Jantwal	11,980	23.73%	3.02
	INC	Jaya Bisht	11,164	22.11%	1.14
	NCP	Dr. Harish Singh Bisht	6,267	12.41%	New
	BSP	Mahesh Bhatt	6,079	12.04%	6.42
	Independent	Harish Chandra	1,113	2.20%	New
	BJSH	Deepak Shah	466	0.92%	New
	Independent	Khushal Singh	463	0.92%	New
	Jan Morcha	Zameer Ahmad	309	0.61%	New
	SP	Mohan Chandra	307	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			367	0.73%	5.05
Turnout			50,495	59.59%	12.33
Registered electors			84,737
	BJP gain from UKD		Swing	2.29

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Nainital^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKD	Dr. Narayan Singh Jantiwal	10,864	26.74%	New
	INC	Jaya Bisht	8,517	20.97%	New
	BSP	Dr. Bhupal Singh Bhakuni	7,499	18.46%	New
	BJP	Shanti Mehra	6,936	17.07%	New
	Independent	Kishan Singh Negi	1,382	3.40%	New
	Independent	Balkrishna Alias Balkishan	714	1.76%	New
	Independent	Jagdish Chandra	576	1.42%	New
	Independent	Mohan Chandra	559	1.38%	New
	Independent	Harish Chandra	551	1.36%	New
	Independent	Dinesh	539	1.33%	New
	Independent	Pushpa Katoch	481	1.18%	New
Margin of victory			2,347	5.78%
Turnout			40,623	47.26%
Registered electors			85,959
	UKD win (new seat)