Kotdwar Assembly constituency

Kotdwar Legislative Assembly constituency Vidhan Sabha constituency ^[2][3] is one of the 70 assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand, a northern state of India. Kotdwar is a part of Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency.

Kotdwar
Constituency No. 41 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pauri Garhwal
Lok Sabha constituency	Garhwal
Total electors	115,891[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ritu Khanduri Bhushan
Party	BJP
Elected year	2022

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2002	Surendra Singh Negi		Indian National Congress
2007	Shailendra Singh Rawat		Bharatiya Janata Party
2012	Surendra Singh Negi		Indian National Congress
2017	Dr. Harak Singh Rawat		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Ritu Khanduri Bhushan

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Kotdwar^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ritu Khanduri Bhushan	32,103	41.58	14.47
	INC	Surendra Singh Negi	28,416	36.81	3.33
	Independent	Dherandra Singh Chauhan	12,484	16.17	New
	AAP	Arvind Kumar	1,975	2.56	New
	BSP	Vikas Kumar	579	0.75	0.32
	NOTA	None of the above	506	0.66	0.01
Margin of victory			3,687	4.78	11.14
Turnout			77,200	65.46	3.22
Registered electors			1,17,941		13.90
	BJP hold		Swing	14.47

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Kotdwar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Harak Singh Rawat	39,859	56.06	12.45
	INC	Surendra Singh Negi	28,541	40.14	10.89
	BSP	Renu Agarwal	764	1.07	1.31
	NOTA	None of the above	459	0.65	New
Margin of victory			11,318	15.92	8.50
Turnout			71,106	68.67	2.77
Registered electors			1,03,545		18.71
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	5.03

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Kotdwar^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Surendra Singh Negi	31,797	51.03	6.40
	BJP	Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Avsm	27,174	43.61	2.56
	BSP	Raje Singh	1,486	2.38	1.76
	Independent	Sur Singh Gusain	583	0.94	New
	URM	Gita Ram Sundriyal	337	0.54	New
Margin of victory			4,623	7.42	5.87
Turnout			62,315	71.44	10.60
Registered electors			87,222
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	4.86

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Kotdwar^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shailendra Singh Rawat	26,903	46.17	New
	INC	Surendra Singh Negi	26,003	44.63	4.95
	BSP	Dinesh Chandra Balodhi	2,417	4.15	5.80
	UKD	Vipen Kotnala	882	1.51	0.34
	Independent	Mahendra Singh	704	1.21	New
	LJP	Surendra Singh	650	1.12	New
	SP	Kuldeep Singh	471	0.81	0.45
Margin of victory			900	1.54	25.20
Turnout			58,268	61.00	7.73
Registered electors			95,762
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	3.40

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Kotdwar^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Surendra Singh Negi	20,087	49.57	New
	Independent	Bhuwnesh Kharkwal	9,250	22.83	New
	BSP	Shashikant	4,031	9.95	New
	Uttarakhand Janwadi Party	Dherandra Singh Chauhan	1,886	4.65	New
	Independent	Vijendra Kumar Chaudhari	814	2.01	New
	Independent	Dilendra Kumar	510	1.26	New
	SP	Anil Kumar Bhandari	509	1.26	New
	Independent	Alok Singh	486	1.20	New
	Samata Party	Jagmohan Prasad	476	1.17	New
	UKD	Nandan Singh	474	1.17	New
	Independent	Vishwa Pal	458	1.13	New
Margin of victory			10,837	26.74
Turnout			40,520	53.20
Registered electors			76,281
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Tehri Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency)