Dehradun Cantt. is assembly constituency number 21 in Uttarakhand, in Dehradun district, and one of the segments of the Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Savita Kapoor of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 59.2% of the vote, 20,938 votes ahead of Suryakant Dhasmana (INC).
- 01Savita KapoorBJP45,49259.16%
- 02Suryakant DhasmanaINC24,55431.93%
- 03Ravinder Singh AnandAAP3,2654.25%
- 04Dinesh RawatIndependent1,0561.37%
- 05Anirudh KalaUKKD8131.06%
- 7 other candidates · 1,098 votesNOTA · 614 (0.80%)
Margin 20,938 votes · 27.23% of valid votes
All 12 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 76,892 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savita KapoorFemale · 66 yrs | BJP | 45,492 | 59.16% |
| 2 | Suryakant DhasmanaMale · 57 yrs | INC | 24,554 | 31.93% |
| 3 | Ravinder Singh AnandMale · 43 yrs | AAP | 3,265 | 4.25% |
| 4 | Dinesh RawatMale · 49 yrs | Independent | 1,056 | 1.37% |
| 5 | Anirudh KalaMale · 33 yrs | UKKD | 813 | 1.06% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 614 | 0.80% |
| 6 | Jaspal SinghMale · 39 yrs | BSP | 426 | 0.55% |
| 7 | Mohd. SalimMale · 46 yrs | PECP | 181 | 0.24% |
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| 8 | Dr. R K PathakMale · 53 yrs | SP | 134 | 0.17% |
| 9 | Nanda Kishor SemwalMale · 44 yrs | Independent | 109 | 0.14% |
| 10 | Sachin ChhetriMale · 40 yrs | Independent | 99 | 0.13% |
| 11 | Geeta ChandolaFemale · 51 yrs | Independent | 76 | 0.10% |
| 12 | Vinod AswalMale · 52 yrs | raup | 73 | 0.09% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Dehradun Cantt. result 2017
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shri Harbans Kapoor | BJP | 41,142 | 56.48% |
| 2 | Shri Suryakant Dhasmana | INC | 24,472 | 33.60% |
| 3 | Shri Anoop Nautiyal | Independent | 3,285 | 4.51% |
| 4 | Shri Naveen Bisht | Independent | 1,303 | 1.79% |
| 5 | Shri Devendra Kumar | BSP | 802 | 1.10% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 641 | 0.88% |
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| 6 | Kunwar Japendra Singh Uttarakhandi | RLD | 325 | 0.45% |
| 7 | Shri Laxman Singh Negi ( Anil Negi) | NCP | 283 | 0.39% |
| 8 | Shri Kapil Bhatia | Independent | 159 | 0.22% |
| 9 | Shri Sanjay Goyal | Independent | 149 | 0.20% |
| 10 | Dr. R.K. Pathak | SP | 110 | 0.15% |
| 11 | Shri Sribilash | UKKD | 103 | 0.14% |
| 12 | Shri Arun Khanna | Independent | 64 | 0.09% |
Dehradun Cantt. result 2012
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harbans Kapoor | BJP | 29,719 | 47.43% |
| 2 | Devendra Singh Sethi | INC | 24,624 | 39.30% |
| 3 | Rajendra Pant | UtRM | 3,391 | 5.41% |
| 4 | Noopur Gupta | BSP | 1,570 | 2.51% |
| 5 | Adesh Garg | Independent | 1,118 | 1.78% |
| 6 | Jyotsna | Independent | 567 | 0.90% |
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| 7 | Bijendar Singh Thapa | TMC | 367 | 0.59% |
| 8 | Sanjay Bhatt | UKDP | 315 | 0.50% |
| 9 | Subhash Chand Jasoria | SP | 295 | 0.47% |
| 10 | Rahul Chauhan | Shiv Sena | 260 | 0.41% |
| 11 | Indradev Shukla | Independent | 160 | 0.26% |
| 12 | Rajeev Gupta | RJSD | 111 | 0.18% |
| 13 | Beer Singh Rawat | NCP | 100 | 0.16% |
| 14 | Pt. Madan Gopal Chove | IJP | 62 | 0.10% |
Dehradun Cantt. 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 Dehradun district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Dehradun Cantt. is one of the assembly segments of Tehri Garhwal. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Tehri Garhwal candidates.
- Mala Rajya Lakshmi ShahBJP49,270 70.6%
- Jot Singh GunsolaINC17,078 24.5%
- Boby PanwarIndependent2,512 3.6%
- NemchandBSP391 0.6%
- Navneet Singh Gosainraup172 0.2%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 32,192 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Dehradun Cantt..
Who won the Dehradun Cantt. assembly seat in 2022?
Savita Kapoor of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Dehradun Cantt. in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election with 45,492 votes, which was 59.16% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Dehradun Cantt.?
The margin was 20,938 votes (27.23% of valid votes). The runner-up was Suryakant Dhasmana of the Indian National Congress with 24,554 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Dehradun Cantt. in 2022?
Turnout was 56.89%: 77,113 of 1,35,555 registered electors voted, across 154 polling stations. That is 0.3 points lower than in 2017.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Dehradun Cantt. part of?
Dehradun Cantt. is an assembly segment of the Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency in Uttarakhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Mala Rajya Lakshmi Shah got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Dehradun Cantt. a reserved constituency?
No. Dehradun Cantt. is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Dehradun Cantt.?
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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