| Champawat | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 55 for theUttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Champawat |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Almora |
| Total electors | 96,016[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Champawat Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70Legislative Assembly constituencies ofUttarakhand state inIndia.[2] It is a part ofAlmora Lok Sabha constituency.
In the2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election,Pushkar Singh Dhami lost from hisKhatima seat. In order to continue as the Chief Minister, Dhami had to win as an MLA from another seat, within 6 months. To enable this,Kailash Chandra Gahtori resigned from his seat,[3] and by-elections were called for. Pushkar Singh Dhami won the Champawat by-poll with a record margin of over 55,000 votes.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pushkar Singh Dhami | 58,258 | 93.50% |  43.24 | |
| INC | Nirmala Gahtori | 3,233 | 5.19% |  36.74 | |
| SP | Manoj Kumar Bhatt | 413 | 0.66% | 0.33 | |
| Independent | Himanshu Garkoti | 402 | 0.65% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 377 | 0.61% | 0.86 | |
| Margin of victory | 55,025 | 88.31% | 80.12 | ||
| Turnout | 62,306 | 64.43% | 2.64 | ||
| Registered electors | 97,619 | 0.19 | |||
| BJPhold | Swing | 43.24 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kailash Chandra Gahtori | 32,547 | 50.26% | 11.80 | |
| INC | Hemesh Kharkwal | 27,243 | 42.07% | 9.45 | |
| AAP | Madan Singh Mahar | 2,557 | 3.95% | New | |
| NOTA | Nota | 946 | 1.46% | New | |
| BSP | Rakesh Chandra Verma | 506 | 0.78% | 0.79 | |
| Independent | Jagdish Bhatt | 465 | 0.72% | New | |
| Independent | Deepak Belwal | 280 | 0.43% | New | |
| SP | Mohammad Haarun | 207 | 0.33% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 5,304 | 8.19% | 21.24 | ||
| Turnout | 64,755 | 66.46% | 0.03 | ||
| Registered electors | 97,430 | 9.74 | |||
| BJPhold | Swing | 11.80 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kailash Chandra Gahtori | 36,601 | 62.06% | 44.90 | |
| INC | Hemesh Kharkwal | 19,241 | 32.62% | 7.89 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,044 | 1.77% | New | |
| UKD | Trilok Chand Sorari | 939 | 1.59% | 2.48 | |
| BSP | Dinesh Chandra | 928 | 1.57% | 25.08 | |
| Margin of victory | 17,360 | 29.43% | 15.58 | ||
| Turnout | 58,979 | 66.43% | 0.67 | ||
| Registered electors | 88,781 | 16.34 | |||
| BJPgain fromINC | Swing | 21.55 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Hemesh Kharkwal | 20,330 | 40.51% | 11.51 | |
| BSP | Madan Singh | 13,377 | 26.65% | 20.95 | |
| BJP | Haripriya Joshi Alias Hema Joshi | 8,610 | 17.16% | 24.74 | |
| Independent | Pan Dev | 2,661 | 5.30% | New | |
| UKD | Harshvardhan Singh | 2,042 | 4.07% | 1.31 | |
| Independent | Lila Wati Gahtori | 867 | 1.73% | New | |
| Independent | Rakesh Agarwal | 824 | 1.64% | New | |
| SP | Manoj Kumar Bhatt | 430 | 0.86% | 0.56 | |
| Independent | Tahir Husen | 382 | 0.76% | New | |
| Independent | Kailash Chandra Ray | 245 | 0.49% | New | |
| Independent | Anand Prakash Gupta | 209 | 0.42% | New | |
| AITC | Shyam Sundar Singh | 207 | 0.41% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 6,953 | 13.85% | 0.96 | ||
| Turnout | 50,187 | 65.77% | 0.96 | ||
| Registered electors | 76,311 | 9.64 | |||
| INCgain fromBJP | Swing | 1.39 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Veena Maharana | 22,928 | 41.90% | 21.99 | |
| INC | Hemesh Kharkwal | 15,870 | 29.00% | 7.45 | |
| Independent | Bahadur Singh Patni | 6,220 | 11.37% | New | |
| BSP | Tahir Husen | 3,120 | 5.70% | 0.73 | |
| Independent | Rajendra Kumar | 1,781 | 3.25% | New | |
| UKD | Narayan Singh | 1,511 | 2.76% | 3.35 | |
| RLD | Rajesh Joshi | 922 | 1.68% | New | |
| SP | Manoj Kumar Bhatt | 778 | 1.42% | New | |
| Independent | Mohan Chandra Tripathi | 724 | 1.32% | New | |
| Vishwa Vikas Sangh | Hayat Singh Bisht | 507 | 0.93% | New | |
| Independent | Manohar Chand | 366 | 0.67% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 7,058 | 12.90% | 11.88 | ||
| Turnout | 54,727 | 64.89% | 10.04 | ||
| Registered electors | 84,449 | 18.91 | |||
| BJPgain fromINC | Swing | 20.35 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Hemesh Kharkwal | 8,380 | 21.55% | New | |
| Independent | Madan Singh Mahrana | 7,985 | 20.53% | New | |
| BJP | Hayat Singh Mahra | 7,743 | 19.91% | New | |
| Independent | Bimla Sajwan | 6,343 | 16.31% | New | |
| BSP | Tahir Husen | 2,501 | 6.43% | New | |
| UKD | Narayan Singh | 2,375 | 6.11% | New | |
| Independent | Manohar Chand | 1,017 | 2.61% | New | |
| Independent | Devidutt | 460 | 1.18% | New | |
| Uttarakhand Janwadi Party | Keshar Singh Bisht | 437 | 1.12% | New | |
| Independent | Vinod Chandra Joshi | 414 | 1.06% | New | |
| Independent | K. M. Dipti Rajwar | 392 | 1.01% | New | |
| Independent | Girish Chandra | 353 | 0.91% | New | |
| Independent | Bodh Singh | 320 | 0.82% | New | |
| Independent | Dayanand | 173 | 0.44% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 395 | 1.02% | |||
| Turnout | 38,893 | 54.76% | |||
| Registered electors | 71,020 | ||||
| INCwin (new seat) | |||||