Rudrapur is assembly constituency number 66 in Uttarakhand, in Udham Singh Nagar * district, and one of the segments of the Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Shiv Arora of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 45.7% of the vote, 19,750 votes ahead of Meena Sharma (INC).
- 01Shiv AroraBJP60,60245.69%
- 02Meena SharmaINC40,85230.80%
- 03Rajkumar ThukralIndependent26,98820.35%
- 04Nand LalAAP1,2120.91%
- 05Chandrakeshwar RaoBSP1,0950.83%
- 4 other candidates · 1,348 votesNOTA · 554 (0.42%)
Margin 19,750 votes · 14.89% of valid votes
All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,32,651 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiv AroraMale · 51 yrs | BJP | 60,602 | 45.69% |
| 2 | Meena SharmaFemale · 50 yrs | INC | 40,852 | 30.80% |
| 3 | Rajkumar ThukralMale · 55 yrs | Independent | 26,988 | 20.35% |
| 4 | Nand LalMale · 41 yrs | AAP | 1,212 | 0.91% |
| 5 | Chandrakeshwar RaoMale · 36 yrs · SC | BSP | 1,095 | 0.83% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 554 | 0.42% |
| 6 | Ganga SagarMale · 39 yrs | BSRD | 383 | 0.29% |
| 7 | Surendra SinghMale · 43 yrs | Independent | 373 | 0.28% |
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| 8 | Soni SrivastavFemale · 40 yrs | NDS | 305 | 0.23% |
| 9 | Satpal Singh ThukralMale · 48 yrs | SP | 287 | 0.22% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Rudrapur result 2017
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajkumar Thukral | BJP | 68,754 | 58.89% |
| 2 | Tilak Raj Behar | INC | 43,983 | 37.67% |
| 3 | Jaswant Singh | BSP | 1,471 | 1.26% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 596 | 0.51% |
| 4 | B.d.kandpal | UKKD | 427 | 0.37% |
| 5 | Sanjay Sahni | Independent | 420 | 0.36% |
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| 6 | Himan Singh Negi | Independent | 332 | 0.28% |
| 7 | Surendra Upadhyay | Independent | 249 | 0.21% |
| 8 | Vinod Kumar | SP | 188 | 0.16% |
| 9 | Kailash Chandra | Independent | 132 | 0.11% |
| 10 | Surendra Singhal | RLD | 107 | 0.09% |
| 11 | Manpreet Singh | Independent | 94 | 0.08% |
Rudrapur result 2012
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raj Kumar Thukral | BJP | 37,291 | 39.78% |
| 2 | Tilak Raj Behar | INC | 33,337 | 35.56% |
| 3 | Premananad Mahajan | BSP | 18,681 | 19.93% |
| 4 | Tajindra Singh | SP | 1,785 | 1.90% |
| 5 | Sanjay Sahni | Independent | 843 | 0.90% |
| 6 | Kailash Chandra | Independent | 442 | 0.47% |
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| 7 | Bhupal Singh Dangwal | UKDP | 316 | 0.34% |
| 8 | Vijay Singh | Independent | 300 | 0.32% |
| 9 | Rajesh Kumar | Independent | 287 | 0.31% |
| 10 | Shakeel Ahmmad | PECP | 157 | 0.17% |
| 11 | K.K. Bora | CPI(ML)(L) | 131 | 0.14% |
| 12 | Somnath | BCP | 101 | 0.11% |
| 13 | Rani Devi | LJP | 76 | 0.08% |
Rudrapur 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 Udham Singh Nagar * district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Rudrapur is one of the assembly segments of Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar candidates.
- Ajay BhattBJP92,106 74.5%
- Prakash JoshiINC28,242 22.9%
- Akhtar AliBSP1,669 1.4%
- Akhalesh KumarAKBRPRVP287 0.2%
- Hitesh PathakIndependent258 0.2%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 63,864 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Rudrapur.
Who won the Rudrapur assembly seat in 2022?
Shiv Arora of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Rudrapur in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election with 60,602 votes, which was 45.69% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Rudrapur?
The margin was 19,750 votes (14.89% of valid votes). The runner-up was Meena Sharma of the Indian National Congress with 40,852 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Rudrapur in 2022?
Turnout was 68.97%: 1,32,914 of 1,92,723 registered electors voted, across 213 polling stations. That is 4.4 points lower than in 2017.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Rudrapur part of?
Rudrapur is an assembly segment of the Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar Lok Sabha constituency in Uttarakhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Ajay Bhatt got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Rudrapur a reserved constituency?
No. Rudrapur is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Rudrapur?
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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- Udham Singh Nagar population and religionCensus 2011 district profile
- Gram panchayat list, Udham Singh NagarEvery block, panchayat and village (LGD)
- Uttarakhand state profileSeats, parties and turnout at a glance
- Uttarakhand Lok Sabha resultsEvery parliamentary seat, 2024 and earlier
- Uttarakhand districts: Census 2011Population, religion, SC/ST by district
- Gram panchayat list, UttarakhandBlocks, panchayats and villages (LGD)
- CSR spend in UttarakhandCompany CSR spending by year and sector (MCA)
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