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Assembly constituency 44 · Uttarakhand

Pithoragarh is assembly constituency number 44 in Uttarakhand, in Pithoragarh district, and one of the segments of the Almora Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Mayukh Mahar of the Indian National Congress won with 47.5% of the vote, 6,054 votes ahead of Chandra Pant (BJP).

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Pithoragarh · 2022AC 44
  1. 01
    Mayukh Mahar
    INC
    33,269
    47.48%
  2. 02
    Chandra Pant
    BJP
    27,215
    38.84%
  3. 03
    Nitin Markana
    Independent
    6,585
    9.40%
  4. 04
    Chandra Prakash Punera
    AAP
    730
    1.04%
  5. 05
    (engineer) Kartik Tamta
    ASPKR
    717
    1.02%
  6. 2 other candidates · 996 votesNOTA · 558 (0.80%)

Margin 6,054 votes · 8.64% of valid votes

1,13,947
Registered electors
2022 election
62.1%
Turnout
-0.3 pts vs 2017
6,054
Victory margin
8.6% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 7 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 70,070 valid votes, NOTA included.

Pithoragarh 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Mayukh MaharMale · 66 yrsINC33,269
47.48%
2Chandra PantFemale · 54 yrsBJP27,215
38.84%
3Nitin MarkanaMale · 29 yrsIndependent6,585
9.40%
4Chandra Prakash PuneraMale · 43 yrsAAP730
1.04%
5(engineer) Kartik TamtaMale · 28 yrs · SCASPKR717
1.02%
—NOTANOTA558
0.80%
6Khursid AhmadMale · 42 yrsBSP526
0.75%
7Virendera Vir Vikram SinghMale · 38 yrsSP470
0.67%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%201220172022INC 47.5%BJP 38.8%BSP 0.8%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Mayukh MaharINC · 47.5% · margin 6,054Turnout62.1%
2019 byeChandra PantBJP · 51.6% · margin 3,267Turnout46.2%
2017Prakash PantBJP · 49.4% · margin 2,684Turnout62.4%
2012Mayukh SinghINC · 59.7% · margin 13,197Turnout65.2%

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

Pithoragarh bye-election, 25 Nov 2019

Turnout 46.2% · 50,751 of 1,09,957 electors voted

Pithoragarh bye-election 2019-11-25 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Chandra PantBJP26,086
51.57%
2Anju LunthiINC22,819
45.11%
—NOTANOTA844
1.67%
3Manoj Kumar BhattSP835
1.65%

Pithoragarh result 2017

Pithoragarh 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Prakash PantBJP32,941
49.42%
2Mayukh MaharINC30,257
45.39%
—NOTANOTA1,072
1.61%
3Lalit Mohan BhattIndependent613
0.92%
4Mahendra SinghIndependent529
0.79%
5Raghuvar RamBSP519
0.78%
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6Sushma MathurUKKD304
0.46%
7Manoj Kumar JoshiIndependent126
0.19%
8Krishnanand KapriIndependent111
0.17%
9Ramesh BishtSP108
0.16%
10GulajarIndependent78
0.12%

Pithoragarh result 2012

Pithoragarh 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Mayukh SinghINC33,976
59.71%
2Prakash PantBJP20,779
36.52%
3Ram Datt JoshiBSP918
1.61%
4Guljar KhanIndependent686
1.21%
5Santosh RawatShiv Sena542
0.95%
Map

Pithoragarh 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

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

  • Ajay TamtaBJP34,336 64.9%
  • Pradeep TamtaINC16,862 31.9%
  • Arjun PrasadIndependent590 1.1%
  • Narayan RamBSP517 1.0%
  • Kiran AryaUPP292 0.6%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 17,474 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Pithoragarh assembly seat in 2022?

Mayukh Mahar of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Pithoragarh in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election with 33,269 votes, which was 47.48% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Pithoragarh?

The margin was 6,054 votes (8.64% of valid votes). The runner-up was Chandra Pant of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 27,215 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Pithoragarh in 2022?

Turnout was 62.15%: 70,823 of 1,13,947 registered electors voted, across 151 polling stations. That is 0.3 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Pithoragarh part of?

Pithoragarh 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 Pithoragarh had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 25 Nov 2019, Chandra Pant (Bharatiya Janata Party) won by 3,267 votes.

Is Pithoragarh a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Pithoragarh?

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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