Kedarnath Assembly constituency

Kedarnath Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It includes Ukhimath Tehsil & KC Chopta Jakhani of Rudraprayag Tehsil area.

Kedarnath
Constituency No. 7 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Rudraprayag
Lok Sabha constituency	Garhwal
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Asha Nautiyal
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Kedarnath Legislative Assembly constituency is a part of Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2002	Asha Nautiyal		Bharatiya Janata Party
2007
Major boundary changes
2012	Shaila Rani Rawat		Indian National Congress
2017	Manoj Rawat
2022	Shaila Rani Rawat		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024^	Asha Nautiyal

• ^ denotes by-election

Election results

2024 by-election

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly by-election, 2024: Kedarnath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Asha Nautiyal	23,814	43.74	7.7
	INC	Manoj Rawat	18,192	33.42	12.74
	Independent	Tribhuwan Rawat	9,311	17.10	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	834	1.53	0.29
Majority			5,622	10.32	3.62
Turnout			53,526	58.89%	6.39
	BJP hold		Swing

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Kedarnath^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shaila Rani Rawat	21,886	36.04%	15.79
	Independent	Kuldeep Singh Rawat	13,423	22.11%	New
	INC	Manoj Rawat	12,557	20.68%	3.87
	AAP	Sumant	4,647	7.65%	New
	Independent	Devesh Nautiyal	3,068	5.05%	New
	Independent	Kuldeep Singh Rawat	795	1.31%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	751	1.24%	0.03
	UKD	Gajpal Singh Rawat	746	1.23%	3.60
	Independent	Rekha Devi	697	1.15%	New
	CPI(M)	Rajaram	689	1.13%	New
	BSP	Shyam Lal Chandrawal	584	0.96%	0.17
Margin of victory			8,463	13.94%	12.40
Turnout			60,723	65.28%	0.49
Registered electors			93,016		7.99
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	11.50

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Kedarnath^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manoj Rawat	13,906	24.55%	15.92
	Independent	Kuldeep Singh Rawat	13,037	23.01%	New
	Independent	Asha Nautiyal	11,786	20.80%	New
	BJP	Shaila Rani Rawat	11,472	20.25%	15.49
	UKD	Gangadhar	2,734	4.83%	New
	CPI(M)	Gangadhar Nautiyal	1,001	1.77%	3.09
	NOTA	None of the above	715	1.26%	New
	Independent	Shambhu Prasad	650	1.15%	New
	Sainik Samaj Party	Vikram Singh	456	0.80%	New
	BSP	Kundan Lal	447	0.79%	3.10
Margin of victory			869	1.53%	3.19
Turnout			56,653	65.77%	0.43
Registered electors			86,135		14.10
	INC hold		Swing	15.92

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Kedarnath^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shaila Rani Rawat	19,960	40.46%	13.25
	BJP	Asha Nautiyal	17,632	35.74%	2.74
	CPI(M)	Gangadhar Nautiyal	2,395	4.86%	1.52
	BSP	Ramesh Prasad Chamola	1,918	3.89%	1.66
	Independent	Dinesh Chandra	1,859	3.77%	New
	URM	Durgpal Chauhan	1,501	3.04%	New
	CPI	Laxmi Jaggi	1,492	3.02%	2.93
	Independent	Om Prakash Vashisth	435	0.88%	New
	LJP	Shambhu Prasad	289	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			2,328	4.72%	1.07
Turnout			49,329	65.35%	3.32
Registered electors			75,489
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	7.46

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Kedarnath^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Asha Nautiyal	16,971	33.01%	2.86
	INC	Kunwar Singh Negi	13,992	27.21%	5.06
	Independent	Rajendra Singh	3,811	7.41%	New
	CPI(M)	Gangadhar Nautiyal	3,278	6.38%	3.88
	CPI	Ravindra Singh	3,062	5.95%	1.79
	BSP	Vinod Chandra	2,853	5.55%	5.16
	BJSH	Dinesh Chandra	2,627	5.11%	New
	Independent	Laxman Singh	2,301	4.47%	New
	NCP	Veer Singh Budera	1,101	2.14%	0.18
	Independent	Rajbeer Singh	525	1.02%	New
	Independent	Tulsi Ram Bhatt	379	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			2,979	5.79%	2.19
Turnout			51,419	62.66%	7.97
Registered electors			82,894
	BJP hold		Swing	2.86

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Kedarnath^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Asha Nautiyal	13,080	30.14%	New
	INC	Shaila Rani Rawat	9,615	22.16%	New
	BSP	Lakshman Singh	4,646	10.71%	New
	Independent	Pardeep Bagwari	2,995	6.90%	New
	UKD	Avtar Singh	2,905	6.69%	New
	Independent	Rajendra Singh	2,351	5.42%	New
	CPI	Jai Narayan	1,807	4.16%	New
	CPI(M)	Gangadhar Nautiyal	1,083	2.50%	New
	Uttarakhand Janwadi Party	Maya Ram	893	2.06%	New
	NCP	Partap Singh	851	1.96%	New
	Independent	Mohan Singh	670	1.54%	New
Margin of victory			3,465	7.98%
Turnout			43,397	54.09%
Registered electors			80,270
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Badri–Kedar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)