Lohaghat Assembly constituency

Lohaghat Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in northern India.^[2]

Lohaghat
Constituency No. 54 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Lok Sabha constituency	Almora
Total electors	107,240[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Khushal Singh Adhikari
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

It is part of Champawat district. Khushal Singh Adhikari is the current MLA from Lohaghat.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2002	Mahendra Singh Mahra		Indian National Congress
2007
2012	Puran Singh Fartyal		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017
2022	Khushal Singh Adhikari		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Lohaghat^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Khushal Singh Adhikari	32,950	51.65%	5.71
	BJP	Puran Singh Phartyal	26,912	42.18%	5.18
	Independent	Himesh Chandra Kalkhuriya	1,247	1.95%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,104	1.73%	0.43
	AAP	Rajesh Singh Bisht	908	1.42%	New
	SP	Nisar Khan	363	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			6,038	9.46%	8.04
Turnout			63,800	58.56%	1.47
Registered electors			1,08,949		6.41
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	4.28

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Lohaghat^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Puran Singh Phartyal	27,685	47.37%	11.65
	INC	Khushal Singh Adhikari	26,851	45.94%	9.29
	NOTA	None of the above	1,261	2.16%	New
	Independent	Prakash Singh	725	1.24%	New
	Independent	Jyoti Prakash Tamta	724	1.24%	New
	BSP	Devilal Sharma Alias Raju	713	1.22%	3.02
	Independent	Rajendra Singh	379	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			834	1.43%	20.95
Turnout			58,450	57.09%	1.98
Registered electors			1,02,389		9.43
	BJP hold		Swing	11.65

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Lohaghat^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Puran Singh Phartyal	30,429	59.02%	26.58
	INC	Mahendra Singh Mahra	18,894	36.65%	0.43
	BSP	Govind Pandey	2,187	4.24%	1.65
Margin of victory			11,535	22.37%	18.59
Turnout			51,559	55.10%	1.89
Registered electors			93,567
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Lohaghat^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mahendra Singh Mahra	15,433	36.21%	13.85
	BJP	Krishna Chandra Punetha	13,823	32.43%	11.56
	Independent	Lalit Mohan Pandey	4,635	10.88%	New
	UKD	Prahlad Singh	3,209	7.53%	11.79
	Independent	Kalyan Singh	1,529	3.59%	New
	Independent	Sundar Singh	1,124	2.64%	New
	BSP	Ambi Ram	1,103	2.59%	7.45
	Independent	Suresh Tewari	1,052	2.47%	New
	SP	Usha Devi	711	1.67%	0.44
Margin of victory			1,610	3.78%	2.29
Turnout			42,619	57.01%	5.15
Registered electors			74,780
	INC hold		Swing	13.85

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Lohaghat^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mahendra Singh Mahra	7,648	22.36%	New
	BJP	Krishna Chandra Punetha	7,138	20.87%	New
	UKD	Navin Murari	6,609	19.32%	New
	BSP	Puran Singh Phartyal	3,432	10.03%	New
	Independent	Kailash Chandra Gahtori	2,767	8.09%	New
	Independent	Hukam Singh Kunwar	1,839	5.38%	New
	Independent	Har Govind Singh Bohra	1,614	4.72%	New
	Independent	Abha Singh	844	2.47%	New
	Independent	Lalit Lal Verma	807	2.36%	New
	SP	Vipin Punetha	421	1.23%	New
	Independent	Bhagwan Singh Mahra	401	1.17%	New
Margin of victory			510	1.49%
Turnout			34,204	51.84%
Registered electors			65,980
	INC win (new seat)

See also

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