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)