Dehradun Assembly constituency

Dehradun
Dehradun
Former constituency for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Established	1951
Abolished	2012

Dehradun Legislative Assembly constituency was a part of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1951 to 2000. It became a part of the Interim Uttarakhand Assembly from 2000 to 2002.

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Election		Winner	Party	Runner up	Party	Margin
	1951	Shanti Prapanna Sharma	Indian National Congress	Gulab Singh	Independent	3,388
	1957	Brij Bhushan Saran		Durga Prasad		4,575
	1962	Brij Bhushan Saran		Ram Swarup		282
	1967	Ram Swarup	Independent	Nityanand Swami	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	2,017
	1969	Nityanand Swami	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	Krishan Chand Singhal	Indian National Congress	3,164
	1974	Bhola Dutt Saklani	Indian National Congress	Nityanand Swami	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	11,570
	1977	Devendra Dutt Shastri	Janata Party	Bhola Dutt Saklani	Indian National Congress	1,278
	1980	Dwarika Nath Dhawan	Indian National Congress	Nityanand Swami	Independent	19,086
	1985	Hira Singh Bisht	Indian National Congress	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party	29,390
	1989	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party	Hira Singh Bisht	Indian National Congress	10,182
	1991			Vinod Chandola		21,267
	1993			Dinesh Agrawal		14,354
	1996			Dinesh Agrawal		40,733
Major boundary changes
	2002	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party	Sanjay Sharma	Indian National Congress	2,924
	2007	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party	Lalchand Sharma	Indian National Congress	7,033

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harbans Kapoor	23,856	50.61%	9.50
	INC	Lal Chand	16,823	35.69%	3.18
	UKD	Virendra Uniyal	2,320	4.92%	3.35
	Shivsena	Amit	1,552	3.29%	0.68
	BSP	Shiv Kumar Agarwal	587	1.25%	0.11
	Independent	Gurudip Singh	436	0.92%	New
	Independent	Shyam Sunder Yadav	338	0.72%	New
	Independent	Pankaj Kukreti	310	0.66%	New
	SP	Ritesh Sachdeva	304	0.64%	0.03
Margin of victory			7,033	14.92%	6.32
Turnout			47,138	57.16%	14.87
Registered electors			82,475		2.56
	BJP hold		Swing	9.50

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harbans Kapoor	13,977	41.11%	*New*
	INC	Sanjay Sharma	11,053	32.51%	New
	Independent	Anuj Nautiyal	5,848	17.20%	New
	Shivsena	Gaurav Kumar	1,352	3.98%	New
	UKD	Sarita Gaud	536	1.58%	New
	Uttarakhand Janwadi Party	Asha Bahuguna	396	1.16%	New
	BSP	Tausif Khan	387	1.14%	New
	SP	Nabi Ahmed	209	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			2,924	8.60%
Turnout			34,003	42.29%
Registered electors			80,418
	BJP win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	ABJS	Nityanand Swami	20,349	35.57
	INC	Krishan Chand Singhal	17,185	30.37
	Independent	Sunil Chandra Datta	15,076	26.65
	PSP	Rajendra Prasad Dobhal	3,210	5.67
	Independent	Ram Chander	335	0.59
	Independent	Girish Chandra Juyal	185	0.33
	Independent	Ram Avtar	157	0.28
	Independent	Irshad Ahmed	81	0.14
Majority
Turnout			56,578	62.08
	ABJS gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ram Swaroop	21,191	38.60	10.95
	ABJS	Nityanand Swami	19,174	34.93	11.69
	INC	Brij Bhushan Saran	14,038	25.57	2.71
	Independent	G.C. Chaurasia	492	0.90	New
Majority			2,017	3.67	10.41
Turnout			54,895	65.96	–
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

Members of Legislative Assembly