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Assembly constituency 1 · Uttarakhand · SC

Purola is assembly constituency number 1 in Uttarakhand, in Uttarkashi district, and one of the segments of the Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Durgeshwar Lal of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 54.0% of the vote, 6,296 votes ahead of Malchand (INC).

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Purola · 2022AC 1
  1. 01
    Durgeshwar Lal
    BJP
    27,856
    53.95%
  2. 02
    Malchand
    INC
    21,560
    41.76%
  3. 03
    Prakash
    AAP
    538
    1.04%
  4. 04
    Ram Prasad
    RSHTLKNTP
    495
    0.96%
  5. 05
    Chain Singh
    SP
    464
    0.90%
  6. 1 other candidate · 389 votesNOTA · 330 (0.64%)

Margin 6,296 votes · 12.19% of valid votes

74,551
Registered electors
2022 election
69.7%
Turnout
-3.7 pts vs 2017
6,296
Victory margin
12.2% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 51,632 valid votes, NOTA included.

Purola 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Durgeshwar LalMale · 36 yrs · SCBJP27,856
53.95%
2MalchandMale · 55 yrs · SCINC21,560
41.76%
3PrakashMale · 37 yrs · SCAAP538
1.04%
4Ram PrasadMale · 35 yrs · SCRSHTLKNTP495
0.96%
5Chain SinghMale · 55 yrs · SCSP464
0.90%
6Ujali DeviFemale · 44 yrs · SCBSP389
0.75%
—NOTANOTA330
0.64%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%201220172022BJP 54.0%INC 41.8%AAP 1.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Durgeshwar LalBJP · 54.0% · margin 6,296Turnout69.7%
2017RajkumarINC · 35.9% · margin 1,013Turnout73.4%
2012MalchandBJP · 39.8% · margin 3,832Turnout77.7%

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

Purola result 2017

Purola 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1RajkumarINC17,798
35.93%
2MalchandBJP16,785
33.89%
3Durgeshwar LalIndependent13,508
27.27%
—NOTANOTA762
1.54%
4RamlalBSP679
1.37%

Purola result 2012

Purola 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1MalchandBJP18,098
39.75%
2RajkumarIndependent14,266
31.33%
3Rajesh JuwanthaINC10,804
23.73%
4Kishan LalBSP1,659
3.64%
5Prakash DevnataUtPP706
1.55%
Map

Purola 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 Uttarkashi district

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

BJPINCBSPAAPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Boby PanwarIndependent25,647 55.4%
  • Mala Rajya Lakshmi ShahBJP13,536 29.3%
  • Jot Singh GunsolaINC3,659 7.9%
  • Navneet Singh Gosainraup1,074 2.3%
  • NemchandBSP496 1.1%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, IND led here by 12,111 EVM votes.

Open Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Purola assembly seat in 2022?

Durgeshwar Lal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Purola in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election with 27,856 votes, which was 53.95% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Purola?

The margin was 6,296 votes (12.19% of valid votes). The runner-up was Malchand of the Indian National Congress with 21,560 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Purola in 2022?

Turnout was 69.68%: 51,950 of 74,551 registered electors voted, across 184 polling stations. That is 3.7 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Purola part of?

Purola is an assembly segment of the Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency in Uttarakhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Boby Panwar got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Purola a reserved constituency?

Yes. Purola is reserved for scheduled castes (sc), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Purola?

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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