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Assembly constituency 7 · Uttarakhand

Kedarnath is assembly constituency number 7 in Uttarakhand, in Rudraprayag * district, and one of the segments of the Garhwal Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Shaila Rani Rawat of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 36.0% of the vote, 8,463 votes ahead of Kuldeep Singh Rawat (IND). A bye-election on 20 Nov 2024 was won by Asha Nautiyal (BJP), the current MLA.

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Kedarnath · 2022AC 7
  1. 01
    Shaila Rani Rawat
    BJP
    21,886
    36.04%
  2. 02
    Kuldeep Singh Rawat
    Independent
    13,423
    22.11%
  3. 03
    Manoj Rawat
    INC
    12,557
    20.68%
  4. 04
    Sumant
    AAP
    4,647
    7.65%
  5. 05
    Devesh Nautiyal
    Independent
    3,068
    5.05%
  6. 8 other candidates · 4,391 votesNOTA · 751 (1.24%)

Margin 8,463 votes · 13.94% of valid votes

93,016
Registered electors
2022 election
66.1%
Turnout
+0.4 pts vs 2017
8,463
Victory margin
13.9% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 60,723 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kedarnath 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Shaila Rani RawatFemale · 65 yrsBJP21,886
36.04%
2Kuldeep Singh RawatMale · 47 yrsIndependent13,423
22.11%
3Manoj RawatMale · 54 yrsINC12,557
20.68%
4SumantMale · 41 yrsAAP4,647
7.65%
5Devesh NautiyalMale · 47 yrsIndependent3,068
5.05%
6Kuldeep SinghMale · 36 yrsIndependent795
1.31%
—NOTANOTA751
1.24%
7Gajpal Singh RawatMale · 62 yrsUKKD746
1.23%
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8Rekha DeviFemale · 42 yrsIndependent697
1.15%
9RajaramMale · 59 yrsCPI(M)689
1.13%
10Shyam Lal ChandrawalMale · 60 yrs · SCBSP584
0.96%
11Suraj SinghMale · 26 yrsIndependent360
0.59%
12Manoj Kumar TinsolaMale · 38 yrs · SCPPID280
0.46%
13BadrishMale · 37 yrs · SCSP240
0.40%
Past results

The seat changed hands: INC won in 2017, BJP in 2022.

0%10%20%30%40%50%201220172022BJP 36.0%INC 20.7%CPI(M) 1.1%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2024 byeAsha NautiyalBJP · 43.7% · margin 5,622Turnout58.3%
2022Shaila Rani RawatBJP · 36.0% · margin 8,463Turnout66.1%
2017Manoj RawatINC · 24.7% · margin 869Turnout65.8%
2012Shaila Rani RawatINC · 42.0% · margin 2,328Turnout65.3%

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

Kedarnath bye-election, 20 Nov 2024

Turnout 58.3% · 54,703 of 93,824 electors voted

Kedarnath bye-election 2024-11-20 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Asha NautiyalBJP23,814
43.74%
2Manoj RawatINC18,192
33.42%
3Tribhuwan SinghIndependent9,311
17.10%
4Dr. Ashutosh BhandariUKKD1,314
2.41%
—NOTANOTA834
1.53%
5Ex. Asst. Comdt. R. P. SinghIndependent493
0.91%
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6Pradeep Roshan RudiyaPPID483
0.89%

Kedarnath result 2017

Kedarnath 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Manoj RawatINC13,906
24.74%
2Kuldeep Singh RawatIndependent13,037
23.20%
3AshaIndependent11,786
20.97%
4Shaila Rani RawatBJP11,472
20.41%
5GangadharUKKD2,734
4.86%
6GangadharCPI(M)1,001
1.78%
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—NOTANOTA715
1.27%
7Shambhu Prasad BhattIndependent650
1.16%
8Vikram SinghSASP456
0.81%
9Kundan LalBSP447
0.80%

Kedarnath result 2012

Kedarnath 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Shaila Rani RawatINC19,960
42.04%
2AshaBJP17,632
37.13%
3Gangadhar NautiyalCPI(M)2,395
5.04%
4Ramesh Prasad ChamolaBSP1,918
4.04%
5Dinesh Chandra SemwalIndependent1,859
3.92%
6Durgpal ChauhanUtRM1,501
3.16%
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7Laxmi JaggiCPI1,492
3.14%
8Om Prakash VashisthIndependent435
0.92%
9Shambhu PrasadLJP289
0.61%
Map

Kedarnath 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 Rudraprayag * district

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

BJPINCBSPAAPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Anil BaluniBJP30,536 58.2%
  • Ganesh GodiyalINC20,164 38.4%
  • Sonu KumarIndependent312 0.6%
  • Dheer SinghBSP287 0.5%
  • Ashutosh SinghUKKD271 0.5%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 10,372 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Kedarnath assembly seat in 2022?

Shaila Rani Rawat of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Kedarnath in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election with 21,886 votes, which was 36.04% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kedarnath?

The margin was 8,463 votes (13.94% of valid votes). The runner-up was Kuldeep Singh Rawat of the Independent with 13,423 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kedarnath in 2022?

Turnout was 66.14%: 61,524 of 93,016 registered electors voted, across 173 polling stations. That is 0.4 points higher than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kedarnath part of?

Kedarnath is an assembly segment of the Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency in Uttarakhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Anil Baluni got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Has Kedarnath had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 20 Nov 2024, Asha Nautiyal (Bharatiya Janata Party) won by 5,622 votes.

Is Kedarnath a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Kedarnath?

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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