Lalkuwa is assembly constituency number 56 in Uttarakhand, in Nainital district, and one of the segments of the Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Dr. Mohan Singh Bisht of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 53.2% of the vote, 17,527 votes ahead of Harish Rawat (INC).
- 01Dr. Mohan Singh BishtBJP46,30753.23%
- 02Harish RawatINC28,78033.08%
- 03Sandhya DalakotiIndependent3,9084.49%
- 04Pawan Kumar ChauhanIndependent2,3392.69%
- 05Kundan Singh MehtaIndependent1,5521.78%
- 8 other candidates · 3,421 votesNOTA · 689 (0.79%)
Margin 17,527 votes · 20.15% of valid votes
All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 86,996 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Mohan Singh BishtMale · 53 yrs | BJP | 46,307 | 53.23% |
| 2 | Harish RawatMale · 73 yrs | INC | 28,780 | 33.08% |
| 3 | Sandhya DalakotiFemale · 39 yrs | Independent | 3,908 | 4.49% |
| 4 | Pawan Kumar ChauhanMale · 59 yrs | Independent | 2,339 | 2.69% |
| 5 | Kundan Singh MehtaMale · 64 yrs | Independent | 1,552 | 1.78% |
| 6 | Yashpal AryaMale · 49 yrs · SC | Independent | 901 | 1.04% |
| 7 | Chandra Sekhar PandeyMale · 62 yrs | AAP | 898 | 1.03% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 689 | 0.79% |
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| 8 | Virenderpuri MaharajMale · 50 yrs | Independent | 527 | 0.61% |
| 9 | Prithvipal Singh RawatMale · 53 yrs | BSP | 410 | 0.47% |
| 10 | Bahadur Singh JangiMale · 73 yrs | CPI(ML)(L) | 324 | 0.37% |
| 11 | Naveen Chandra PantMale · 33 yrs | Independent | 162 | 0.19% |
| 12 | Ram SinghMale · 52 yrs · SC | RPI(A) | 103 | 0.12% |
| 13 | Manoj PandeyMale · 32 yrs | SP | 96 | 0.11% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Lalkuwa result 2017
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naveen Chandra Dumka | BJP | 44,293 | 54.81% |
| 2 | Harish Chandra Durgapal | INC | 17,185 | 21.27% |
| 3 | Harendra Singh Bora | Independent | 14,709 | 18.20% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,216 | 1.50% |
| 4 | Rajeev Mohan | BSP | 964 | 1.19% |
| 5 | Purushottam Sharma | CPI(ML)(L) | 793 | 0.98% |
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| 6 | Virendra Puri Maharaj | Independent | 592 | 0.73% |
| 7 | Chandan Singh Rana | Shiv Sena | 407 | 0.50% |
| 8 | Vijay Joshi | Independent | 238 | 0.29% |
| 9 | Deepa Bhatt | UKKD | 224 | 0.28% |
| 10 | Rajender Singh Bisht | Independent | 191 | 0.24% |
Lalkuwa result 2012
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harish Chandra Durgapal | Independent | 25,189 | 37.37% |
| 2 | Nawin Chandra Dumka | BJP | 16,341 | 24.24% |
| 3 | Harendra Singh | INC | 13,863 | 20.57% |
| 4 | Devki Nandan Suyal | BSP | 3,719 | 5.52% |
| 5 | Basant Joshi | UKDP | 1,849 | 2.74% |
| 6 | Bhuwan Chandra Pokhariya | Independent | 1,803 | 2.67% |
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| 7 | Kamal Joshi | Independent | 1,218 | 1.81% |
| 8 | Man Singh Pal | CPI(ML)(L) | 945 | 1.40% |
| 9 | Prakash Joshi | Independent | 654 | 0.97% |
| 10 | Sanjay Singh | SP | 627 | 0.93% |
| 11 | Verenderpuri | Independent | 569 | 0.84% |
| 12 | Mahesh Chandra | BCP | 251 | 0.37% |
| 13 | Sunder Singh Khanka | UtRM | 195 | 0.29% |
| 14 | Mukesh Chandola | UPP | 180 | 0.27% |
Lalkuwa 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 Nainital district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Lalkuwa is one of the assembly segments of Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar candidates.
- Ajay BhattBJP54,351 71.0%
- Prakash JoshiINC20,128 26.3%
- Akhtar AliBSP580 0.8%
- Hitesh PathakIndependent352 0.5%
- Akhalesh KumarAKBRPRVP285 0.4%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 34,223 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Lalkuwa.
Who won the Lalkuwa assembly seat in 2022?
Dr. Mohan Singh Bisht of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Lalkuwa in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election with 46,307 votes, which was 53.23% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Lalkuwa?
The margin was 17,527 votes (20.15% of valid votes). The runner-up was Harish Rawat of the Indian National Congress with 28,780 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Lalkuwa in 2022?
Turnout was 72.34%: 87,887 of 1,21,488 registered electors voted, across 142 polling stations. That is 0.0 points lower than in 2017.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Lalkuwa part of?
Lalkuwa is an assembly segment of the Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar Lok Sabha constituency in Uttarakhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Ajay Bhatt got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Lalkuwa a reserved constituency?
No. Lalkuwa is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Lalkuwa?
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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