Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency

Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttarakhand. This constituency came into existence in 1957, following the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies. It comprises five districts namely Chamoli, Nainital (part), Pauri Garhwal, Rudraprayag and Tehri Garhwal (part).

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Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
Assembly constituencies	14: Badrinath, Tharali, Karnaprayag, Kedarnath, Rudraprayag, Devprayag, Narendranagar, Yamkeshwar, Pauri, Srinagar, Chaubattakhal, Lansdowne, Kotdwar and Ramnagar
Established	1952
Total electors	13,69,388[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Anil Baluni
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

After the formation of Uttarakhand

At present, Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following fourteen Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[2]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
4	Badrinath	Chamoli	Lakhpat Singh Butola		INC		BJP
5	Tharali (SC)		Bhupal Ram Tamta		BJP		BJP
6	Karnaprayag		Anil Nautiyal		BJP		BJP
7	Kedarnath	Rudraprayag	Asha Nautiyal		BJP		BJP
8	Rudraprayag		Bharat Singh Chaudhary		BJP		BJP
10	Devprayag	Tehri Garhwal	Vinod Kandari		BJP		BJP
11	Narendranagar		Subodh Uniyal		BJP		BJP
36	Yamkeshwar	Pauri Garhwal	Renu Bisht		BJP		BJP
37	Pauri (SC)		Rajkumar Pori		BJP		BJP
38	Srinagar		Dhan Singh Rawat		BJP		BJP
39	Chaubattakhal		Satpal Maharaj		BJP		BJP
40	Lansdowne		Dilip Singh Rawat		BJP		BJP
41	Kotdwar		Ritu Khanduri Bhushan		BJP		BJP
61	Ramnagar	Nainital	Diwan Singh Bisht		BJP		BJP

Before the formation of Uttarakhand

Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituency segments of Uttar Pradesh:

District	Assembly constituency segments
	Name	SC/ST
Bijnor	Najibabad
Chamoli
	Badri–Kedar
	Karnaprayag
Pauri Garhwal
	Lansdowne
	Pauri

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	Bhakt Darshan		Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967
1971	Pratap Singh Negi		Indian National Congress
1977	Pandit. Jagannath Sharma		Janata Party
1980	Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna		Indian National Congress
1982^			Independent
1984	Chandra Mohan Singh Negi		Indian National Congress
1989			Janata Dal
1991	B. C. Khanduri		Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Satpal Maharaj		All India Indira Congress (T)
1998	B. C. Khanduri		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2008^	Tejpal Singh Rawat
2009	Satpal Maharaj		Indian National Congress
2014	B. C. Khanduri		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Tirath Singh Rawat
2024	Anil Baluni

^By election

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Garhwal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anil Baluni	432,159	58.60	9.65
	INC	Ganesh Godiyal	2,68,656	36.43	8.92
	NOTA	None of the Above	11,375	1.54	0.11
Margin of victory			1,36,503	22.17	18.58
Turnout			7,46,210	53.14	1.98
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Garhwal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Tirath Singh Rawat	506,980	68.25	8.77
	INC	Manish Khanduri	2,04,311	27.51	4.92
	NOTA	None of the Above	12,276	1.65	0.38
Margin of victory			3,02,669	40.75	13.69
Turnout			7,48,022	55.17	1.19
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Garhwal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri	405,690	59.48	15.07
	INC	Harak Singh Rawat	2,21,164	32.43	8.72
	BSP	Dheer Singh Bisht	9,250	1.36
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,659	1.27	N/A
Margin of victory			1,84,526	27.06	23.80
Turnout			6,84,014	53.98
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	10.71

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Garhwal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Satpal Maharaj	236,949	44.12
	BJP	Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Tejpal Singh Rawat	2,19,552	40.88
	BSP	Rajeev Agarwal	34,622	6.45
	CPI	Lalita Prasad Bhatt	7,330	1.36
Margin of victory			17,397	3.26
Turnout			5,33,843	48.87
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Uttarakhand