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Assembly constituency 55 · Uttarakhand

Champawat is assembly constituency number 55 in Uttarakhand, in Champawat district, and one of the segments of the Almora Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Kailash Chandra Gahtori of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 50.3% of the vote, 5,304 votes ahead of Hemesh Kharkwal (INC). A bye-election on 31 May 2022 was won by Pushkar Singh Dhami (BJP), the current MLA.

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Champawat · 2022AC 55
  1. 01
    Kailash Chandra Gahtori
    BJP
    32,547
    50.26%
  2. 02
    Hemesh Kharkwal
    INC
    27,243
    42.07%
  3. 03
    Madan Singh Mahar
    AAP
    2,557
    3.95%
  4. 04
    Rakesh Chandra Verma
    BSP
    506
    0.78%
  5. 05
    Jagdish Bhatt
    Independent
    465
    0.72%
  6. 2 other candidates · 491 votesNOTA · 946 (1.46%)

Margin 5,304 votes · 8.19% of valid votes

97,430
Registered electors
2022 election
66.9%
Turnout
+0.5 pts vs 2017
5,304
Victory margin
8.2% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 7 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 64,755 valid votes, NOTA included.

Champawat 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kailash Chandra GahtoriMale · 52 yrsBJP32,547
50.26%
2Hemesh KharkwalMale · 51 yrsINC27,243
42.07%
3Madan Singh MaharMale · 52 yrsAAP2,557
3.95%
—NOTANOTA946
1.46%
4Rakesh Chandra VermaMale · 61 yrsBSP506
0.78%
5Jagdish BhattMale · 46 yrsIndependent465
0.72%
6Deepak BelwalMale · 27 yrsIndependent280
0.43%
7Mohd. HarunMale · 28 yrsSP211
0.33%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%20%40%60%201220172022BJP 50.3%INC 42.1%AAP 4.0%UKKD 1.6%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022 byePushkar Singh DhamiBJP · 92.9% · margin 55,025Turnout64.4%
2022Kailash Chandra GahtoriBJP · 50.3% · margin 5,304Turnout66.9%
2017Kailash Chandra GahtoriBJP · 62.3% · margin 17,360Turnout66.4%
2012Sri Hemesh KharkwalINC · 40.5% · margin 6,953Turnout65.8%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Champawat bye-election, 31 May 2022

Turnout 64.4% · 62,898 of 97,619 electors voted

Champawat bye-election 2022-05-31 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Pushkar Singh DhamiBJP58,258
92.94%
2Nirmala GahtoriINC3,233
5.16%
3Manoj Kumar BhattSP413
0.66%
4Himanshu GarkotiIndependent402
0.64%
—NOTANOTA377
0.60%

Champawat result 2017

Champawat 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kailash Chandra GahtoriBJP36,601
62.30%
2Hemesh KharkwalINC19,241
32.75%
—NOTANOTA1,044
1.78%
3Trilok Chand SorariUKKD939
1.60%
4Dinesh ChandraBSP928
1.58%

Champawat result 2012

Champawat 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sri Hemesh KharkwalINC20,330
40.51%
2Sri Madan SinghBSP13,377
26.66%
3Smt Haripriya Joshi Alias Hema JoshiBJP8,610
17.16%
4Sri Pan DevIndependent2,661
5.30%
5Sri Harshvardhan SinghUKDP2,042
4.07%
6Smt Lila Wati GahtoriIndependent867
1.73%
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7Sri Rakesh AgarwalIndependent824
1.64%
8Sri Manoj Kumar BhattSP430
0.86%
9Sri Tahir HusenIndependent382
0.76%
10Sri Kailash Chandra RayIndependent245
0.49%
11Sri Anand Prakash GuptaIndependent209
0.42%
12Sri Shyam Sundar SinghTMC207
0.41%
Map

Champawat 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 Champawat district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

BJPINCBSPAAPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Champawat is one of the assembly segments of Almora. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Almora candidates.

  • Ajay TamtaBJP39,534 72.9%
  • Pradeep TamtaINC13,270 24.5%
  • Narayan RamBSP675 1.2%
  • Kiran AryaUPP232 0.4%
  • Arjun PrasadIndependent223 0.4%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 26,264 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Champawat.

Who won the Champawat assembly seat in 2022?

Kailash Chandra Gahtori of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Champawat in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election with 32,547 votes, which was 50.26% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Champawat?

The margin was 5,304 votes (8.19% of valid votes). The runner-up was Hemesh Kharkwal of the Indian National Congress with 27,243 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Champawat in 2022?

Turnout was 66.91%: 65,187 of 97,430 registered electors voted, across 151 polling stations. That is 0.5 points higher than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Champawat part of?

Champawat 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.

Has Champawat had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 31 May 2022, Pushkar Singh Dhami (Bharatiya Janata Party) won by 55,025 votes.

Is Champawat a reserved constituency?

No. Champawat is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Champawat?

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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