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Assembly constituency 49 · Uttarakhand

Salt is assembly constituency number 49 in Uttarakhand, in Almora district, and one of the segments of the Almora Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Mahesh Jeena of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 49.6% of the vote, 3,688 votes ahead of Ranjeet Singh Rawat (INC).

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Salt · 2022AC 49
  1. 01
    Mahesh Jeena
    BJP
    22,393
    49.65%
  2. 02
    Ranjeet Singh Rawat
    INC
    18,705
    41.47%
  3. 03
    Rakesh Nath
    UKKD
    1,292
    2.86%
  4. 04
    Suresh Bisht
    AAP
    628
    1.39%
  5. 05
    Surendra Singh
    Independent
    540
    1.20%
  6. 4 other candidates · 1,212 votesNOTA · 331 (0.73%)

Margin 3,688 votes · 8.18% of valid votes

97,946
Registered electors
2022 election
46.5%
Turnout
+0.5 pts vs 2017
3,688
Victory margin
8.2% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 45,101 valid votes, NOTA included.

Salt 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Mahesh JeenaMale · 55 yrsBJP22,393
49.65%
2Ranjeet Singh RawatMale · 62 yrsINC18,705
41.47%
3Rakesh NathMale · 40 yrsUKKD1,292
2.86%
4Suresh BishtMale · 73 yrsAAP628
1.39%
5Surendra SinghMale · 44 yrsIndependent540
1.20%
6Lalit Mohan SinghMale · 37 yrsIndependent442
0.98%
—NOTANOTA331
0.73%
7Jagdish ChandraMale · 38 yrs · SCUPP327
0.73%
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8Bhole Shankar Arya (advocate)Male · 35 yrs · SCBSP324
0.72%
9Bhupendra SinghMale · 44 yrsSP119
0.26%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%20%40%60%201220172022BJP 49.6%INC 41.5%UKKD 2.9%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Mahesh JeenaBJP · 49.6% · margin 3,688Turnout46.5%
2021 byeMahesh JeenaBJP · 52.2% · margin 4,697Turnout43.4%
2017Surender Singh JeenaBJP · 49.2% · margin 2,904Turnout46.0%
2012Surendra Singh JeenaBJP · 51.1% · margin 5,444Turnout52.0%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Salt bye-election, 17 Apr 2021

Turnout 43.4% · 42,157 of 97,150 electors voted

Salt bye-election 2021-04-17 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Mahesh JeenaBJP21,874
52.20%
2Smt. Ganga PancholiINC17,177
40.99%
—NOTANOTA721
1.72%
3Surendra SinghIndependent620
1.48%
4Jagdish ChandraUPP493
1.18%
5Shiv Singh RawatIndependent466
1.11%
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6Pan SinghIndependent346
0.83%
7Nand KishorPPID209
0.50%

Salt result 2017

Salt 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Surender Singh JeenaBJP21,581
49.17%
2Ganga PancholiINC18,677
42.55%
—NOTANOTA812
1.85%
3Bhuvan JoshiIndependent669
1.52%
4Bhole ShankarBSP664
1.51%
5Ganga DeviUKDD459
1.05%
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6Narayan SinghUPP268
0.61%
7Mahipal SinghIndependent262
0.60%
8Rakesh Singh BishtUKKD187
0.43%
9Bhagawat SinghIndependent184
0.42%
10Kuber Singh ManralIndependent132
0.30%

Salt result 2012

Salt 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Surendra Singh JeenaBJP23,956
51.08%
2Ranjeet RawatINC18,512
39.47%
3Bhuwan JoshiIndependent822
1.75%
4Dinesh Chandra SinghUtRM784
1.67%
5Purushottam SharmaCPI(ML)(L)741
1.58%
6Narayan SinghUPP681
1.45%
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7Anoop Ram KohaliBSP635
1.35%
8Pan SinghUKDP485
1.03%
9BhupendarRLD285
0.61%
Map

Salt 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

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

  • Ajay TamtaBJP23,549 72.4%
  • Pradeep TamtaINC7,450 22.9%
  • Narayan RamBSP604 1.9%
  • Arjun PrasadIndependent287 0.9%
  • Kiran AryaUPP258 0.8%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 16,099 EVM votes.

Open Almora Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Salt assembly seat in 2022?

Mahesh Jeena of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Salt in the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election with 22,393 votes, which was 49.65% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Salt?

The margin was 3,688 votes (8.18% of valid votes). The runner-up was Ranjeet Singh Rawat of the Indian National Congress with 18,705 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Salt in 2022?

Turnout was 46.48%: 45,528 of 97,946 registered electors voted, across 139 polling stations. That is 0.5 points higher than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Salt part of?

Salt 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.

Has Salt had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 17 Apr 2021, Mahesh Jeena (Bharatiya Janata Party) won by 4,697 votes.

Is Salt a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Salt?

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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