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Assembly constituency 50 · Uttarakhand

Ranikhet is assembly constituency number 50 in Uttarakhand, in Almora district, and one of the segments of the Almora Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Pramod Nainwal of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 50.0% of the vote, 2,584 votes ahead of Karan Mahara (INC).

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Ranikhet · 2022AC 50
  1. 01
    Pramod Nainwal
    BJP
    21,047
    50.05%
  2. 02
    Karan Mahara
    INC
    18,463
    43.90%
  3. 03
    Nandan Singh Bisht
    AAP
    656
    1.56%
  4. 04
    Deepak Kargeti
    Independent
    519
    1.23%
  5. 05
    Manoj Kumar
    BSP
    416
    0.99%
  6. 2 other candidates · 391 votesNOTA · 562 (1.34%)

Margin 2,584 votes · 6.14% of valid votes

81,029
Registered electors
2022 election
52.3%
Turnout
+0.5 pts vs 2017
2,584
Victory margin
6.1% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 7 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 42,054 valid votes, NOTA included.

Ranikhet 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Pramod NainwalMale · 50 yrsBJP21,047
50.05%
2Karan MaharaMale · 49 yrsINC18,463
43.90%
3Nandan Singh BishtMale · 60 yrsAAP656
1.56%
—NOTANOTA562
1.34%
4Deepak KargetiMale · 29 yrsIndependent519
1.23%
5Manoj KumarMale · 49 yrsBSP416
0.99%
6Tula Singh TariyalMale · 64 yrsUKKD288
0.68%
7Sunita RikhariFemale · 35 yrsSP103
0.24%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%201220172022BJP 50.0%INC 43.9%AAP 1.6%BSP 1.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Pramod NainwalBJP · 50.0% · margin 2,584Turnout52.3%
2017Karan MaharaINC · 46.4% · margin 4,981Turnout51.8%
2012Ajay BhattBJP · 35.9% · margin 78Turnout53.4%

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

Ranikhet result 2017

Ranikhet 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Karan MaharaINC19,035
46.42%
2Ajay BhattBJP14,054
34.27%
3Pramod NainwalIndependent5,701
13.90%
4Kripal RamBSP1,169
2.85%
—NOTANOTA637
1.55%
5Pratap Singh ShahiUKKD414
1.01%

Ranikhet result 2012

Ranikhet 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ajay BhattBJP14,089
35.88%
2Karan MaharaINC14,011
35.68%
3Puran SinghBSP9,346
23.80%
4Mahendra Singh BishtIndependent765
1.95%
5Kishan LalIndependent476
1.21%
6Puran Chandra JoshiSP315
0.80%
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7Pratibha NegiUKDP269
0.68%
Map

Ranikhet 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 Almora district

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

BJPINCBSPAAPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Ajay TamtaBJP20,612 61.2%
  • Pradeep TamtaINC11,596 34.4%
  • Narayan RamBSP610 1.8%
  • Kiran AryaUPP273 0.8%
  • Arjun PrasadIndependent202 0.6%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 9,016 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Ranikhet assembly seat in 2022?

Pramod Nainwal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Ranikhet in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election with 21,047 votes, which was 50.05% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Ranikhet?

The margin was 2,584 votes (6.14% of valid votes). The runner-up was Karan Mahara of the Indian National Congress with 18,463 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Ranikhet in 2022?

Turnout was 52.32%: 42,396 of 81,029 registered electors voted, across 136 polling stations. That is 0.5 points higher than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Ranikhet part of?

Ranikhet 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.

Is Ranikhet a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Ranikhet?

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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