Rudraprayag is assembly constituency number 8 in Uttarakhand, in Rudraprayag * district, and one of the segments of the Garhwal Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Bharat Singh Chaudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 46.8% of the vote, 9,802 votes ahead of Pradeep Prasad Thapliyal (INC).
- 01Bharat Singh ChaudharyBJP29,66046.78%
- 02Pradeep Prasad ThapliyalINC19,85831.32%
- 03Matbar Singh KandariIndependent4,8387.63%
- 04Mohit DimriUKKD4,6237.29%
- 05Sudhir NegiIndependent1,2191.92%
- 7 other candidates · 2,328 votesNOTA · 871 (1.37%)
Margin 9,802 votes · 15.46% of valid votes
All 12 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 63,397 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bharat Singh ChaudharyMale · 62 yrs | BJP | 29,660 | 46.78% |
| 2 | Pradeep Prasad ThapliyalMale · 47 yrs | INC | 19,858 | 31.32% |
| 3 | Matbar Singh KandariMale · 79 yrs | Independent | 4,838 | 7.63% |
| 4 | Mohit DimriMale · 34 yrs | UKKD | 4,623 | 7.29% |
| 5 | Sudhir NegiMale · 46 yrs | Independent | 1,219 | 1.92% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 871 | 1.37% |
| 6 | Sudhir RauthanMale · 45 yrs | CPI | 694 | 1.09% |
| 7 | Pyar Singh NegiMale · 42 yrs | AAP | 413 | 0.65% |
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| 8 | Mahabir Singh JagwanMale · 45 yrs | Independent | 412 | 0.65% |
| 9 | Birendra Pratap SinghMale · 30 yrs · SC | BMUP | 323 | 0.51% |
| 10 | Laxman SinghMale · 51 yrs | NDS | 193 | 0.30% |
| 11 | MohitMale · 25 yrs · SC | SP | 181 | 0.29% |
| 12 | Bhagwati PrasadMale · 64 yrs | Independent | 112 | 0.18% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Rudraprayag result 2017
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bharat Singh | BJP | 29,333 | 50.42% |
| 2 | Laxmi Singh Rana | INC | 14,701 | 25.27% |
| 3 | Pradeep Prasad Thapliyal | Independent | 5,818 | 10.00% |
| 4 | Jagmohan Singh Rauthan | Independent | 3,342 | 5.74% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,266 | 2.18% |
| 5 | Surjeet Lal | BSP | 801 | 1.38% |
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| 6 | Lalita Prasad | CPI | 746 | 1.28% |
| 7 | Bhagwati Prasad | Independent | 711 | 1.22% |
| 8 | Jai Om Prakash | Independent | 642 | 1.10% |
| 9 | Jagdish Singh | Independent | 359 | 0.62% |
| 10 | Devendra Prasad | UKKD | 237 | 0.41% |
| 11 | Anil Rawat | Independent | 220 | 0.38% |
Rudraprayag result 2012
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harak Singh Rawat | INC | 15,469 | 29.65% |
| 2 | Matbar Singh Kandari | BJP | 14,143 | 27.10% |
| 3 | Bharat Singh Chaudhary | Independent | 7,988 | 15.31% |
| 4 | Arjun Singh | UtRM | 6,331 | 12.13% |
| 5 | Virendra Singh | Independent | 3,354 | 6.43% |
| 6 | Dheer Singh | BSP | 1,355 | 2.60% |
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| 7 | Kishori Nandan Dobhal | UKDP | 910 | 1.74% |
| 8 | Kuldip Singh | SP | 720 | 1.38% |
| 9 | Bhagwati Prasad | Independent | 717 | 1.37% |
| 10 | Kundan Lal | LJP | 716 | 1.37% |
| 11 | Vijendra Prasad | Independent | 477 | 0.91% |
Rudraprayag 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 Rudraprayag * district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Rudraprayag is one of the assembly segments of Garhwal. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Garhwal candidates.
- Anil BaluniBJP34,688 62.7%
- Ganesh GodiyalINC18,041 32.6%
- Dheer SinghBSP486 0.9%
- Sonu KumarIndependent431 0.8%
- Ashutosh SinghUKKD270 0.5%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 16,647 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Rudraprayag.
Who won the Rudraprayag assembly seat in 2022?
Bharat Singh Chaudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Rudraprayag in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election with 29,660 votes, which was 46.78% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Rudraprayag?
The margin was 9,802 votes (15.46% of valid votes). The runner-up was Pradeep Prasad Thapliyal of the Indian National Congress with 19,858 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Rudraprayag in 2022?
Turnout was 60.38%: 63,908 of 1,05,849 registered electors voted, across 188 polling stations. That is 1.1 points higher than in 2017.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Rudraprayag part of?
Rudraprayag is an assembly segment of the Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency in Uttarakhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Anil Baluni got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Rudraprayag a reserved constituency?
No. Rudraprayag is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Rudraprayag?
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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