Almora is assembly constituency number 52 in Uttarakhand, in Almora district, and one of the segments of the Almora Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Manoj Tewari of the Indian National Congress won with 44.9% of the vote, 127 votes ahead of Kailash Sharma (BJP).
- 01Manoj TewariINC24,43944.90%
- 02Kailash SharmaBJP24,31244.67%
- 03Vinay KirolaIndependent2,0673.80%
- 04Amit JoshiAAP1,6653.06%
- 05Bhanu Prakash JoshiUKKD5180.95%
- 4 other candidates · 1,026 votesNOTA · 401 (0.74%)
Margin 127 votes · 0.23% of valid votes
All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 54,428 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manoj TewariMale · 51 yrs | INC | 24,439 | 44.90% |
| 2 | Kailash SharmaMale · 54 yrs | BJP | 24,312 | 44.67% |
| 3 | Vinay KirolaMale · 36 yrs | Independent | 2,067 | 3.80% |
| 4 | Amit JoshiMale · 41 yrs | AAP | 1,665 | 3.06% |
| 5 | Bhanu Prakash JoshiMale · 35 yrs | UKKD | 518 | 0.95% |
| 6 | Vinod Chandra TiwariMale · 27 yrs | Independent | 413 | 0.76% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 401 | 0.74% |
| 7 | Ashok KumarMale · 35 yrs · SC | BSP | 365 | 0.67% |
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| 8 | Gopal RamMale · 36 yrs · SC | UPP | 136 | 0.25% |
| 9 | Arjun Singh BhakuniMale · 61 yrs | SP | 112 | 0.21% |
The seat changed hands: BJP won in 2017, INC in 2022.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Almora result 2017
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raghunath Singh Chauhan | BJP | 26,464 | 50.93% |
| 2 | Manoj Tewari | INC | 21,085 | 40.57% |
| 3 | Dr.sanjay Tamta | BSP | 1,654 | 3.18% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 623 | 1.20% |
| 4 | Virendra Kumar | Independent | 517 | 0.99% |
| 5 | Mohd Habib | Independent | 514 | 0.99% |
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| 6 | Dinesh Pande | CPI(M) | 425 | 0.82% |
| 7 | Bhuwan Chandra Joshi | Independent | 219 | 0.42% |
| 8 | Rekha Dhasmana | UPP | 157 | 0.30% |
| 9 | Kundan Singh Bisht | UKKD | 130 | 0.25% |
| 10 | Prakash Chandra Bhatt | Independent | 106 | 0.20% |
| 11 | Jaswant Singh | SP | 72 | 0.14% |
Almora result 2012
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manoj Tiwari | INC | 16,211 | 34.07% |
| 2 | Raghunath Singh Chauhan | BJP | 15,030 | 31.59% |
| 3 | Shekhar Lakhchaura | BSP | 6,781 | 14.25% |
| 4 | Kailash Sharma | Independent | 6,582 | 13.83% |
| 5 | Bala Devi | Independent | 977 | 2.05% |
| 6 | Nandan Ram Tamta | Independent | 543 | 1.14% |
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| 7 | Jaswant Singh Adhikari | Independent | 507 | 1.07% |
| 8 | Shobha Joshi | UtRM | 421 | 0.88% |
| 9 | Arjun Bhakuni | SP | 274 | 0.58% |
| 10 | Ad. Govind Lal Verma | UPP | 251 | 0.53% |
Almora outlined in orange among the other Uttarakhand seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2022. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Almora district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Almora is one of the assembly segments of Almora. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Almora candidates.
- Ajay TamtaBJP27,099 59.0%
- Pradeep TamtaINC17,148 37.4%
- Narayan RamBSP555 1.2%
- Kiran AryaUPP441 1.0%
- Arjun PrasadIndependent211 0.5%
In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 9,951 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Almora.
Who won the Almora assembly seat in 2022?
Manoj Tewari of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Almora in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election with 24,439 votes, which was 44.90% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Almora?
The margin was 127 votes (0.23% of valid votes). The runner-up was Kailash Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 24,312 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Almora in 2022?
Turnout was 59.99%: 54,956 of 91,603 registered electors voted, across 155 polling stations. That is 1.1 points higher than in 2017.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Almora part of?
Almora is an assembly segment of the Almora Lok Sabha constituency in Uttarakhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Ajay Tamta got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Almora a reserved constituency?
No. Almora is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Almora?
The Uttarakhand assembly elected in 2022 completes its five-year term in 2027, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Uttarakhand assembly elections of 2022 and 2017 and 2012 (2022 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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- Gram panchayat list, AlmoraEvery block, panchayat and village (LGD)
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