Rishikesh is assembly constituency number 24 in Uttarakhand, in Dehradun district, and one of the segments of the Haridwar Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Prem Chand Aggarwal of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 50.0% of the vote, 19,057 votes ahead of Jayendra Chand Ramola (INC).
- 01Prem Chand AggarwalBJP52,46050.04%
- 02Jayendra Chand RamolaINC33,40331.86%
- 03Kanak DhanaiUJPA13,08012.48%
- 04Raje Singh NegiAAP2,7812.65%
- 05Shri Mohan Singh AswalUKKD7610.73%
- 7 other candidates · 1,534 votesNOTA · 819 (0.78%)
Margin 19,057 votes · 18.18% of valid votes
All 12 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,04,838 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prem Chand AggarwalMale · 61 yrs | BJP | 52,460 | 50.04% |
| 2 | Jayendra Chand RamolaMale · 45 yrs | INC | 33,403 | 31.86% |
| 3 | Kanak DhanaiMale · 27 yrs | UJPA | 13,080 | 12.48% |
| 4 | Raje Singh NegiMale · 38 yrs | AAP | 2,781 | 2.65% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 819 | 0.78% |
| 5 | Shri Mohan Singh AswalMale · 50 yrs | UKKD | 761 | 0.73% |
| 6 | Er. Sandeep BasnetMale · 30 yrs | Independent | 414 | 0.39% |
| 7 | Anoop Singh RanaMale · 49 yrs | UTRKHJNTP | 297 | 0.28% |
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| 8 | Jagjeet SinghMale · 32 yrs | SAD(M) | 231 | 0.22% |
| 9 | Sanjay SrivastavaMale · 52 yrs | NDS | 174 | 0.17% |
| 10 | Kadam Singh BaliyanMale · 51 yrs | SP | 173 | 0.17% |
| 11 | Usha RawatFemale · 68 yrs | Independent | 165 | 0.16% |
| 12 | Babli DeviFemale · 39 yrs | UtRM | 80 | 0.08% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Rishikesh result 2017
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Premchand Aggarwal | BJP | 45,082 | 45.84% |
| 2 | Rajpal Singh Kharola | INC | 30,281 | 30.79% |
| 3 | Sandeep Gupta | Independent | 17,149 | 17.44% |
| 4 | Lallan Bhardwaj Rajbhar | BSP | 2,866 | 2.91% |
| 5 | Vivek Tiwari | Independent | 889 | 0.90% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 775 | 0.79% |
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| 6 | Rajendra Prasad Gairola | UKKD | 344 | 0.35% |
| 7 | Vijaylaxmi Gusain | Independent | 240 | 0.24% |
| 8 | Mohit Kumar | Independent | 230 | 0.23% |
| 9 | Gurucharan | NCP | 217 | 0.22% |
| 10 | Ram Krishana Tiwari | SAVIPA | 168 | 0.17% |
| 11 | Usha Aswal | Independent | 107 | 0.11% |
Rishikesh result 2012
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Premchand Aggarwal | BJP | 29,090 | 35.88% |
| 2 | Rajpal Kharola | INC | 21,819 | 26.91% |
| 3 | Deep Sharma | Independent | 17,669 | 21.79% |
| 4 | Lallan Bharadwaj Rajbhar | BSP | 5,047 | 6.23% |
| 5 | Surandra Singh Kaintura | UtRM | 1,429 | 1.76% |
| 6 | Shobha Ram Raturi | SaSP | 1,360 | 1.68% |
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| 7 | Anil Kalura | UKDP | 1,191 | 1.47% |
| 8 | Sanjay Pokhriyal | Independent | 624 | 0.77% |
| 9 | Gopal Purohit | Independent | 592 | 0.73% |
| 10 | Yogesh Kumar Uniyal | Independent | 583 | 0.72% |
| 11 | Suresh Chandra Dabral | Independent | 318 | 0.39% |
| 12 | Kripal Singh Rawat | Independent | 274 | 0.34% |
| 13 | Ramsharan Bhatt | Independent | 193 | 0.24% |
| 14 | Virender Bhardwaj | LJP | 179 | 0.22% |
| 15 | Vishwanath Raturi (babloo) | SP | 173 | 0.21% |
| 16 | Arti | JD(U) | 169 | 0.21% |
| 17 | Naresh Chandra Baloni | TMC | 143 | 0.18% |
| 18 | Ashish | Independent | 123 | 0.15% |
| 19 | Ajay Kathuria | Independent | 100 | 0.12% |
Rishikesh 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 Dehradun district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Rishikesh is one of the assembly segments of Haridwar. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Haridwar candidates.
- Trivendra Singh RawatBJP67,383 74.1%
- Virendra RawatINC15,133 16.6%
- Umesh Kumar PatrakarIndependent5,843 6.4%
- Jamil AhmadBSP714 0.8%
- Balbir Singh BhandariUTRASMNTP175 0.2%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 52,250 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Rishikesh.
Who won the Rishikesh assembly seat in 2022?
Prem Chand Aggarwal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Rishikesh in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election with 52,460 votes, which was 50.04% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Rishikesh?
The margin was 19,057 votes (18.18% of valid votes). The runner-up was Jayendra Chand Ramola of the Indian National Congress with 33,403 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Rishikesh in 2022?
Turnout was 62.10%: 1,04,855 of 1,68,852 registered electors voted, across 180 polling stations. That is 2.7 points lower than in 2017.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Rishikesh part of?
Rishikesh is an assembly segment of the Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency in Uttarakhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Trivendra Singh Rawat got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Rishikesh a reserved constituency?
No. Rishikesh is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Rishikesh?
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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