Skip to main content
Bharat Surveyभारत सर्वे
Assembly constituency 42 · Uttarakhand

Dharchula is assembly constituency number 42 in Uttarakhand, in Pithoragarh district, and one of the segments of the Almora Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Harish Singh Dhami of the Indian National Congress won with 48.0% of the vote, 1,118 votes ahead of Dhan Singh Dhami (dhan Da) (BJP).

Request data for this seat All Uttarakhand seats
Dharchula · 2022AC 42
  1. 01
    Harish Singh Dhami
    INC
    27,007
    47.95%
  2. 02
    Dhan Singh Dhami (dhan Da)
    BJP
    25,889
    45.96%
  3. 03
    Jeevan Singh Thakur
    Independent
    825
    1.46%
  4. 04
    Narayan Ram
    AAP
    643
    1.14%
  5. 05
    Kailash Singh Pangtey
    Independent
    575
    1.02%
  6. 3 other candidates · 980 votesNOTA · 406 (0.72%)

Margin 1,118 votes · 1.98% of valid votes

90,798
Registered electors
2022 election
62.6%
Turnout
+0.0 pts vs 2017
1,118
Victory margin
2.0% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 8 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 56,325 valid votes, NOTA included.

Dharchula 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Harish Singh DhamiMale · 46 yrsINC27,007
47.95%
2Dhan Singh Dhami (dhan Da)Male · 49 yrsBJP25,889
45.96%
3Jeevan Singh ThakurMale · 31 yrsIndependent825
1.46%
4Narayan RamMale · 47 yrs · SCAAP643
1.14%
5Kailash Singh PangteyMale · 46 yrs · STIndependent575
1.02%
—NOTANOTA406
0.72%
6Ramesh SinghMale · 49 yrsUKKD406
0.72%
7Govind RamMale · 61 yrsBSP394
0.70%
Show 1 more candidate
8Manju DeviFemale · 34 yrs · SCSP180
0.32%
Past results

INC held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%10%20%30%40%50%201220172022INC 48.0%BJP 46.0%UKDP 14.1%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Harish Singh DhamiINC · 48.0% · margin 1,118Turnout62.6%
2017Harish SinghINC · 47.6% · margin 3,085Turnout62.6%
2014 byeHarish Chandra Singh RawatINC · 72.8% · margin 20,604Turnout52.6%
2012Harish DhamiINC · 33.2% · margin 5,306Turnout65.6%

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

Dharchula bye-election, 21 Jul 2014

Turnout 52.6% · 42,858 of 81,469 electors voted

Dharchula bye-election 2014-07-21 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Harish Chandra Singh RawatINC31,214
72.84%
2Bishnu Dutt JoshiBJP10,610
24.76%
—NOTANOTA1,028
2.40%

Dharchula result 2017

Dharchula 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Harish SinghINC25,597
47.56%
2Virendra Singh PalBJP22,512
41.82%
3Durga PrashadIndependent2,717
5.05%
4Lal SinghUKKD883
1.64%
5Devindra SinghIndependent631
1.17%
6Virendra SinghIndependent540
1.00%
Show 2 more candidates
—NOTANOTA500
0.93%
7Jitendra KumarBSP445
0.83%

Dharchula result 2012

Dharchula 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Harish DhamiINC15,739
33.19%
2Khushal SinghBJP10,433
22.00%
3Kashi Singh AiryUKDP6,685
14.10%
4Rajendara Singh KutiyalBSP4,389
9.26%
5Gagan Singh RajwarIndependent2,990
6.31%
6Virendra Singh PalUtRM2,347
4.95%
Show 6 more candidates
7Jagat MartoliaCPI(ML)(L)1,864
3.93%
8Shankar LalIndependent1,131
2.39%
9Laxmi Datt PantIndependent627
1.32%
10Jewan Singh DanuIndependent479
1.01%
11Govind SinghIndependent374
0.79%
12Dinesh SinghUPP361
0.76%
Map

Dharchula 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 Pithoragarh district

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

BJPINCBSPAAPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Ajay TamtaBJP26,512 63.9%
  • Pradeep TamtaINC13,415 32.4%
  • Narayan RamBSP561 1.4%
  • Kiran AryaUPP314 0.8%
  • Arjun PrasadIndependent250 0.6%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 13,097 EVM votes.

Open Almora Lok Sabha result
Data & field work for this seat

Booth-level results, printable maps, voter-list analysis and verified field surveys for this constituency. Tick what you need and our team will call with scope and a quote.

What do you need for Dharchula AC 42, Uttarakhand?

No payment online. We confirm scope and price on a call before any work starts.

FAQ

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

Who won the Dharchula assembly seat in 2022?

Harish Singh Dhami of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Dharchula in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election with 27,007 votes, which was 47.95% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Dharchula?

The margin was 1,118 votes (1.98% of valid votes). The runner-up was Dhan Singh Dhami (dhan Da) of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 25,889 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Dharchula in 2022?

Turnout was 62.65%: 56,884 of 90,798 registered electors voted, across 157 polling stations. That is 0.0 points higher than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Dharchula part of?

Dharchula 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 Dharchula had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 21 Jul 2014, Harish Chandra Singh Rawat (Indian National Congress) won by 20,604 votes.

Is Dharchula a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Dharchula?

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.

Related data

Each page below is built from an official source and credited on the page.