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Assembly constituency 41 · Uttarakhand

Kotdwar is assembly constituency number 41 in Uttarakhand, in Garhwal district, and one of the segments of the Garhwal Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Ritu Khanduri Bhushan of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 41.6% of the vote, 3,687 votes ahead of Surendra Singh Negi (INC).

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Kotdwar · 2022AC 41
  1. 01
    Ritu Khanduri Bhushan
    BJP
    32,103
    41.58%
  2. 02
    Surendra Singh Negi
    INC
    28,416
    36.81%
  3. 03
    Dherandra Singh Chauhan
    Independent
    12,484
    16.17%
  4. 04
    Arvind Kumar
    AAP
    1,975
    2.56%
  5. 05
    Vikas Kumar
    BSP
    579
    0.75%
  6. 6 other candidates · 1,137 votesNOTA · 506 (0.66%)

Margin 3,687 votes · 4.78% of valid votes

1,17,941
Registered electors
2022 election
65.8%
Turnout
-2.9 pts vs 2017
3,687
Victory margin
4.8% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 11 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 77,200 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kotdwar 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ritu Khanduri BhushanFemale · 56 yrsBJP32,103
41.58%
2Surendra Singh NegiMale · 72 yrsINC28,416
36.81%
3Dherandra Singh ChauhanMale · 63 yrsIndependent12,484
16.17%
4Arvind KumarMale · 45 yrsAAP1,975
2.56%
5Vikas KumarMale · 38 yrs · SCBSP579
0.75%
—NOTANOTA506
0.66%
6Mahima ChaudharyFemale · 29 yrsIndependent364
0.47%
7Sunil BahukhandiMale · 46 yrsIndependent217
0.28%
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8(captain Re.) Mukesh Kumar RawatMale · 55 yrsUKKD181
0.23%
9Rohit DandriyalMale · 30 yrsUKDD172
0.22%
10Satish ChandraMale · 57 yrsBMUP119
0.15%
11Akash NegiMale · 25 yrsRTORP84
0.11%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%20%40%60%201220172022BJP 41.6%INC 36.8%BSP 0.8%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Ritu Khanduri BhushanBJP · 41.6% · margin 3,687Turnout65.8%
2017(dr) Harak Singh RawatBJP · 56.1% · margin 11,318Turnout68.7%
2012Surendra Singh NegiINC · 51.2% · margin 4,623Turnout71.4%

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

Kotdwar result 2017

Kotdwar 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1(dr) Harak Singh RawatBJP39,859
56.07%
2Surendra Singh NegiINC28,541
40.15%
3Renu AgarwalBSP764
1.07%
—NOTANOTA459
0.65%
4(dr) DineshUPP355
0.50%
5Sudhir Kumar BahugunaIndependent267
0.38%
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6Sudha PatwalIndependent266
0.37%
7Harish Chander DwivediUKKD168
0.24%
8Shammi KapoorIndependent138
0.19%
9Shyam LalIndependent137
0.19%
10Anoop ThapliyalIndependent68
0.10%
11Mahitab Singh RawatIndependent64
0.09%

Kotdwar result 2012

Kotdwar 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Surendra Singh NegiINC31,797
51.19%
2Maj Gen (retd) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri AvsmBJP27,174
43.75%
3Raje SinghBSP1,486
2.39%
4Sur Singh GusainIndependent583
0.94%
5Gita Ram SundriyalUtRM337
0.54%
6Rajendra Singh AryaIndependent310
0.50%
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7Mahesh Chandra NegiUtPP287
0.46%
8Manish BhattSP139
0.22%
Map

Kotdwar 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 Garhwal district

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

BJPINCBSPAAPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Anil BaluniBJP43,190 62.5%
  • Ganesh GodiyalINC24,344 35.2%
  • Ashutosh SinghUKKD397 0.6%
  • Dheer SinghBSP306 0.4%
  • Sonu KumarIndependent183 0.3%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 18,846 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Kotdwar assembly seat in 2022?

Ritu Khanduri Bhushan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Kotdwar in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election with 32,103 votes, which was 41.58% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kotdwar?

The margin was 3,687 votes (4.78% of valid votes). The runner-up was Surendra Singh Negi of the Indian National Congress with 28,416 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kotdwar in 2022?

Turnout was 65.81%: 77,618 of 1,17,941 registered electors voted, across 143 polling stations. That is 2.9 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kotdwar part of?

Kotdwar 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.

Is Kotdwar a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Kotdwar?

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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