Lalkuan Assembly constituency

Lalkuan Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India.^[2] It includes the Lalkuan , Halduchaur and Bindukhatta area in Lalkuan tehsil and Gaulapar and Chorgallia in Haldwani tehsil. It also includes wards from 55 to 60 of Haldwani Municipal Corporation.

Lalkuan
Constituency No. 56 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Lok Sabha constituency	Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar
Total electors	120,392[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. S. Bisht
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

It is part of Nainital district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2012	Harish Chandra Durgapal		Independent politician
2017	Naveen Chandra Dumka		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Dr. Mohan Singh Bisht

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Lalkuan^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Mohan Singh Bisht	46,307	53.23%	1.43
	INC	Harish Rawat	28,780	33.08%	11.87
	Independent	Sandhya Dalakoti	3,908	4.49%	New
	Independent	Pawan Kumar Chauhan	2,339	2.69%	New
	Independent	Kundan Singh Mehta	1,552	1.78%	New
	Independent	Yashpal Arya	901	1.04%	New
	AAP	Chandra Sekhar Pandey	898	1.03%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	689	0.79%	0.71
	Independent	Virenderpuri Maharaj	527	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			17,527	20.15%	13.31
Turnout			86,996	71.61%	0.76
Registered electors			1,21,488		8.51
	BJP hold		Swing	1.43

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Lalkuan^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Naveen Chandra Dumka	44,293	54.66%	30.45
	INC	Harish Chandra Durgapal	17,185	21.21%	0.67
	Independent	Harendra Singh Bora	14,709	18.15%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,216	1.50%	New
	BSP	Rajeev Mohan	964	1.19%	4.32
	CPI(ML)L	Purushottam Sharma	793	0.98%	0.42
	Independent	Virendra Puri Maharaj	592	0.73%	New
	Shivsena	Chandan Singh Rana	407	0.50%	New
Margin of victory			27,108	33.45%	20.35
Turnout			81,029	72.37%	2.41
Registered electors			1,11,965		24.05
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing	17.34

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Lalkuan^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Harish Chandra Durgapal	25,189	37.32%	New
	BJP	Nawin Chandra Dumka	16,341	24.21%	New
	INC	Harendra Singh	13,863	20.54%	New
	BSP	Devki Nandan Suyal	3,719	5.51%	New
	UKD	Basant Joshi	1,849	2.74%	New
	Independent	Bhuwan Chandra Pokhariya	1,803	2.67%	New
	Independent	Kamal Joshi	1,218	1.80%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Man Singh Pal	945	1.40%	New
	Independent	Prakash Joshi	654	0.97%	New
	SP	Sanjay Singh	627	0.93%	New
	Independent	Verenderpuri	569	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			8,848	13.11%
Turnout			67,494	74.78%
Registered electors			90,260
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

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