Didihat Assembly constituency

Didihat
Constituency No. 43 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttarakhand
DistrictPithoragarh
Lok Sabha constituencyAlmora
Established1967
Total electors82,849[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2022

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

It is part of Pithoragarh district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party
1967Gopal Dutt OjhaIndian National Congress
1969
1974
1977Narayan Singh BhainsoraJanata Party
1980Charu Chandra Ojha Indian National Congress
1985Kashi Singh AiryIndependent politician
1989
1991Lilaram SharmaIndian National Congress
1993Kashi Singh AiryUttarakhand Kranti Dal
1996Bishan Singh ChuphalBharatiya Janata Party
Major boundary changes
2002Bishan Singh ChuphalBharatiya Janata Party
2007
Major boundary changes
2012Bishan Singh ChuphalBharatiya Janata Party
2017
2022

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Didihat[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJPBishan Singh Chuphal20,594 37.69% Increase4.07
IndependentKishan Bhandari 17,368 31.79% New
INCPradeep Singh Pal 14,298 26.17% Decrease1.80
NOTANone of the above 831 1.52% Increase0.10
UKDGovind Singh 717 1.31% Decrease4.29
AAPDiwan Singh Mehta 340 0.62% New
IndependentAnil Singh 313 0.57% New
SPSurendra Singh Gurung 180 0.33% New
Margin of victory 3,226 5.90% Increase1.33
Turnout54,641 62.58% Increase1.47
Registered electors87,311 Increase3.13
BJPholdSwingIncrease4.07

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Didihat[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJPBishan Singh Chuphal17,392 33.61% Decrease12.83
IndependentKishan Bhandari 15,024 29.04% New
INCPradeep Singh Pal 14,470 27.97% Increase4.91
UKDKashi Singh Airy2,896 5.60% New
NOTANone of the above 737 1.42% New
BSPHar Govind Pant 631 1.22% Decrease21.20
IndependentBikrant Panday 520 1.01% New
Margin of victory 2,368 4.58% Decrease18.80
Turnout51,739 61.11% Increase0.93
Registered electors84,662 Increase12.20
BJPholdSwingDecrease12.83

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Didihat[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJPBishan Singh Chuphal21,089 46.44% Increase15.27
INCRewati Joshi 10,472 23.06% Decrease2.40
BSPJagjiwan Kanyal 10,183 22.42% Increase20.00
NCPDiwan Singh 1,273 2.80% New
Uttarakhand Parivartan PartyKrishnanand 839 1.85% New
IndependentJagdish Chand 817 1.80% New
URMMoti Ram Sagar 408 0.90% New
Margin of victory 10,617 23.38% Increase17.67
Turnout45,410 60.18% Decrease1.43
Registered electors75,458 Increase15.83
BJPholdSwingIncrease15.27

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Didihat[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJPBishan Singh Chuphal12,512 31.17% Decrease8.14
INCHem Pant 10,218 25.46% Increase2.49
AIFBGajendra Singh 5,858 14.59% New
IndependentJagjeevan Kanyal 5,840 14.55% New
UKDGhanshyam Joshi 2,914 7.26% Decrease18.57
BSPYogesh 973 2.42% Increase0.78
IndependentChandra Singh Karki 947 2.36% New
SPKharak Singh 876 2.18% Decrease0.06
Margin of victory 2,294 5.72% Decrease7.77
Turnout40,138 61.68% Increase9.24
Registered electors65,148 Increase2.36
BJPholdSwingDecrease8.14

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Didihat[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJPBishan Singh Chuphal13,104 39.32% New
UKDGhanshyam Joshi 8,609 25.83% New
INCRamesh Chandra Kapri 7,655 22.97% New
IndependentBasanti Devi 1,458 4.37% New
Uttarakhand Janwadi PartyKewla Nand Pant 1,206 3.62% New
SPKamla Karki 749 2.25% New
BSPJeet Ram 549 1.65% New
Margin of victory 4,495 13.49%
Turnout33,330 52.53%
Registered electors63,644
BJPwin (new seat)

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References

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