Khatima Assembly constituency

Khatima Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It includes Khatima area of Udham Singh Nagar district^[2] and is a part of Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Khatima
Constituency No. 70 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Udham Singh Nagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar
Total electors	120,145[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bhuwan Chandra Kapri
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1991	Lakhan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Yashpal Arya		Indian National Congress
1996	Suresh Chandra Arya		Bharatiya Janata Party
2002	Gopal Singh Rana		Indian National Congress
2007
2012	Pushkar Singh Dhami		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017
2022	Bhuwan Chandra Kapri		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Khatima^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhuwan Chandra Kapri	48,177	51.89%	18.85
	BJP	Pushkar Singh Dhami	41,598	44.80%	8.43
	BSP	Ramesh Singh	937	1.01%	20.91
	AAP	Sawindarjeet Singh Kaler	764	0.82%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	656	0.71%	0.39
Margin of victory			6,579	7.09%	3.75
Turnout			92,850	75.57%	0.91
Registered electors			1,22,870		15.70
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	15.52

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Khatima^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pushkar Singh Dhami	29,539	36.37%	6.46
	INC	Bhuwan Chandra Kapri	26,830	33.03%	10.96
	BSP	Ramesh Singh Rana	17,804	21.92%	8.16
	Independent	Dr. Lalit Singh	4,516	5.56%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	890	1.10%	New
	Independent	Ramesh Chandra Rana	452	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			2,709	3.34%	4.50
Turnout			81,223	76.48%	0.92
Registered electors			1,06,200		16.57
	BJP hold		Swing	6.46

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Khatima^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pushkar Singh Dhami	20,586	29.91%	10.07
	INC	Davendra Chand	15,192	22.07%	19.05
	Independent	Ramesh Singh Rana	13,845	20.11%	New
	BSP	Dr. G. C. Pandey	9,475	13.76%	2.10
	SP	Kunwar Jaivardhan Singh	4,056	5.89%	0.34
	Independent	Ramesh Chandar Joshi Urf Ramu Bhaya	1,804	2.62%	New
	Maidani Kranti Dal	Chaudhary Sudeshpal Singh	640	0.93%	New
	UKD	Vinod Chand	564	0.82%	17.16
	Independent	Manvinder Singh Khaira	543	0.79%	New
	Independent	Chetram	469	0.68%	New
	Independent	Daya Krishna Joshi Urf Dayalu Guru	467	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			5,394	7.84%	13.45
Turnout			68,835	75.56%	8.38
Registered electors			91,104
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	11.21

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Khatima^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gopal Singh Rana	36,561	41.12%	3.20
	BJP	Gopal Singh Harlal	17,637	19.84%	5.32
	UKD	K. R. Singh	15,989	17.98%	3.90
	BSP	Bheem Singh	10,368	11.66%	8.22
	SP	Dan Singh	5,544	6.24%	4.45
	Independent	Harnam Singh	1,559	1.75%	New
	Independent	Surendra Singh	459	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			18,924	21.28%	3.25
Turnout			88,913	67.19%	8.69
Registered electors			1,32,349
	INC hold		Swing	3.20

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Khatima^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gopal Singh Rana	22,588	37.92%	New
	BSP	Dan Singh	11,844	19.88%	New
	BJP	Sushama Rana	8,648	14.52%	New
	UKD	K. R. Singh	8,392	14.09%	New
	SP	Veer Singh	6,364	10.68%	New
	Independent	Dinesh Vyas	1,228	2.06%	New
	Uttarakhand Janwadi Party	Indra Singh	509	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			10,744	18.04%
Turnout			59,573	58.50%
Registered electors			1,01,845
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Udham Singh Nagar district