Kanalichhina Assembly constituency

Kanalichhina Legislative Assembly constituency was one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It was abolished in 2012 following the delimitation.^[1][2][3]

Kanalichhina
Former constituency for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Established	2002
Abolished	2012

Kanalichhina Legislative Assembly constituency was a part of Almora (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
2002	Kashi Singh Airy[4]		Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
2007	Mayukh Mahar[5]		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Kanalichhina^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mayukh Mahar	12,911	42.21%	23.66
	UKD	Kashi Singh Airy	8,438	27.59%	7.37
	BJP	Shanti Bhandari	6,231	20.37%	3.91
	Independent	Dinesh Chandra	673	2.20%	New
	NCP	Krishnanand	558	1.82%	New
	Samata Party	Mamta Chand	548	1.79%	0.81
	BSP	Mohan Chandra Garkoti	508	1.66%	0.73
	SP	Chandra Singh	285	0.93%	0.39
	AIFB	Sundar Singh	226	0.74%	New
	BJSH	Mahesh Chandra Upadhyay	209	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			4,473	14.62%	3.94
Turnout			30,587	65.88%	8.10
Registered electors			46,435		0.00
	INC gain from UKD		Swing	7.25

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Kanalichhina^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKD	Kashi Singh Airy	9,378	34.96%	New
	BJP	Jagjeevan	6,513	24.28%	New
	INC	Manoj Ojha	4,977	18.55%	New
	Independent	Bahadur Singh Karki	1,287	4.80%	New
	Uttarakhand Janwadi Party	Tara Chand	1,017	3.79%	New
	Independent	Madan Mohan Bhatt	880	3.28%	New
	Independent	Mahesh Singh	832	3.10%	New
	Samata Party	Lt. Col. Jagmohan Chand Thakur	698	2.60%	New
	Independent	Krishna Bahadur	400	1.49%	New
	SP	Mohan Ram	354	1.32%	New
	BSP	Raghubar	250	0.93%	New
Margin of victory			2,865	10.68%
Turnout			26,826	57.86%
Registered electors			46,437
	UKD win (new seat)