Kaladhungi Assembly constituency

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

Kaladhungi
Constituency No. 60 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Lok Sabha constituency	Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar
Total electors	171,639[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Banshidhar Bhagat
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

It includes the Kaladhungi and Kotabagh area as well as wards 34 to 55 in the Haldwani Municipal Corporation.

It is part of Nainital district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2012	Banshidhar Bhagat		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017
2022

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Kaladhungi^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Banshidhar Bhagat	67,847	57.34%	12.58
	INC	Mahesh Chandra	43,916	37.12%	12.53
	AAP	Manju Tiwari	1,825	1.54%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,436	1.21%	0.12
	BSP	Sunder Lal Arya	1,434	1.21%	1.12
Margin of victory			23,931	20.23%	0.05
Turnout			1,18,316	68.31%	0.48
Registered electors			1,73,201		16.69
	BJP hold		Swing	12.58

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Kaladhungi^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Banshidhar Bhagat	45,704	44.76%	15.87
	INC	Prakash Joshi	25,107	24.59%	1.29
	Independent	Mahesh Chandra	20,214	19.80%	New
	Independent	Harendra Singh Darmwal	4,294	4.21%	New
	BSP	Varun Pratap Singh Bhakuni	2,384	2.33%	9.90
	NOTA	None of the above	1,119	1.10%	New
	Independent	Mahendra Kumar Chaudhary	1,097	1.07%	New
	UKD	Dr. Suresh Dalakoti	889	0.87%	2.74
	Uttarakhand Parivartan Party	Surendra Singh Nigaltiya	625	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			20,597	20.17%	17.16
Turnout			1,02,104	68.79%	0.68
Registered electors			1,48,431		30.98
	BJP hold		Swing	15.87

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Kaladhungi^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Banshidhar Bhagat	22,744	28.89%	New
	INC	Prakash Joshi	20,374	25.88%	New
	Independent	Mahesh Sharma	11,809	15.00%	New
	BSP	Diwan Singh	9,636	12.24%	New
	Independent	Bhoopendra Singh "Bhai Ji"	8,925	11.34%	New
	UKD	Narayan Singh Jantawal	2,843	3.61%	New
	Independent	Veer Singh	746	0.95%	New
	URM	Surendra Singh Nigaltiya	625	0.79%	New
	Independent	Janardan Pant	395	0.50%	New
Margin of victory			2,370	3.01%
Turnout			78,730	69.47%
Registered electors			1,13,325
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Nainital district