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Assembly constituency 46 · Uttarakhand

Kapkot is assembly constituency number 46 in Uttarakhand, in Bageshwar district, and one of the segments of the Almora Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Suresh Gariya of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 48.8% of the vote, 4,046 votes ahead of Lalit Farswan (INC).

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Kapkot · 2022AC 46
  1. 01
    Suresh Gariya
    BJP
    31,275
    48.83%
  2. 02
    Lalit Farswan
    INC
    27,229
    42.51%
  3. 03
    Bhoopesh Upadhyay
    AAP
    3,529
    5.51%
  4. 04
    Rajendra Singh
    Independent
    513
    0.80%
  5. 05
    Har Govind Joshi
    BSP
    506
    0.79%
  6. 1 other candidate · 215 votesNOTA · 785 (1.23%)

Margin 4,046 votes · 6.32% of valid votes

1,01,772
Registered electors
2022 election
63.4%
Turnout
+1.1 pts vs 2017
4,046
Victory margin
6.3% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 64,052 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kapkot 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Suresh GariyaMale · 38 yrsBJP31,275
48.83%
2Lalit FarswanMale · 50 yrsINC27,229
42.51%
3Bhoopesh UpadhyayMale · 40 yrsAAP3,529
5.51%
—NOTANOTA785
1.23%
4Rajendra SinghMale · 50 yrsIndependent513
0.80%
5Har Govind JoshiMale · 52 yrsBSP506
0.79%
6Hari Ram ShastryMale · 80 yrs · SCSP215
0.34%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%10%20%30%40%50%201220172022BJP 48.8%INC 42.5%AAP 5.5%BSP 0.8%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Suresh GariyaBJP · 48.8% · margin 4,046Turnout63.4%
2017Balwant Singh BhouriyalBJP · 45.5% · margin 5,982Turnout62.3%
2012Lalit FarswanINC · 43.5% · margin 1,369Turnout60.4%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Kapkot result 2017

Kapkot 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Balwant Singh BhouriyalBJP27,213
45.53%
2Lalit FarswanINC21,231
35.52%
3Bhoopesh UpadhyayBSP6,964
11.65%
4Bhagwat Singh DasilaIndependent1,242
2.08%
—NOTANOTA1,116
1.87%
5Ram Singh AithaniUKKD951
1.59%
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6Dayal Singh KapkotiIndependent641
1.07%
7Govind LalIndependent220
0.37%
8Karam Singh DanuIndependent196
0.33%

Kapkot result 2012

Kapkot 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Lalit FarswanINC22,335
43.50%
2Balwant SinghBJP20,966
40.83%
3Karam Singh DanuBSP1,934
3.77%
4Govind Singh BhandariIndependent1,493
2.91%
5Harish Chandra Pathak (er.)UKDP1,318
2.57%
6Himmat Singh AithaniIndependent1,218
2.37%
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7Ram SinghIndependent997
1.94%
8Sundar Singh MeharaUtRM449
0.87%
9Anand Singh KapkotiIndependent396
0.77%
10Har Govind JoshiHND240
0.47%
Map

Kapkot 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 Bageshwar district

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

BJPINCBSPAAPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Ajay TamtaBJP34,642 66.4%
  • Pradeep TamtaINC15,080 28.9%
  • Narayan RamBSP971 1.9%
  • Kiran AryaUPP600 1.2%
  • Arjun PrasadIndependent361 0.7%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 19,562 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Kapkot assembly seat in 2022?

Suresh Gariya of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Kapkot in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election with 31,275 votes, which was 48.83% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kapkot?

The margin was 4,046 votes (6.32% of valid votes). The runner-up was Lalit Farswan of the Indian National Congress with 27,229 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kapkot in 2022?

Turnout was 63.36%: 64,484 of 1,01,772 registered electors voted, across 188 polling stations. That is 1.1 points higher than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kapkot part of?

Kapkot 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 Kapkot a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Kapkot?

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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