Almora Lok Sabha constituency

Almora
UK-3
Almora ; UK-3
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Almora Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
Assembly constituencies	14: Dharchula, Didihat, Pithoragarh, Gangolihat, Kapkot, Bageshwar, Dwarahat, Salt, Ranikhet, Someshwar, Almora, Jageshwar, Lohaghat and Champawat
Established	1951
Total electors	13,39,327
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Ajay Tamta
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Pradeep Tamta

Almora Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttarakhand. This constituency came into existence in 1952, following the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies. It comprises four districts namely Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat and Pithoragarh. Since 2009, this constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Caste candidates.

Assembly segments

After the formation of Uttarakhand

At present, Almora Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following fourteen Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituency segments of Uttarakhand:^[2]

#	Name	District	Member
42	Dharchula	Pithoragarh	Harish Singh Dhami	INC	BJP
43	Didihat		Bishan Singh Chuphal	BJP	BJP
44	Pithoragarh		Mayukh Mahar	INC	BJP
45	Gangolihat (SC)		Fakir Ram Tamta	BJP	BJP
46	Kapkot	Bageshwar	Suresh Singh Gariya	BJP	BJP
47	Bageshwar (SC)	Bageshwar	Parwati Das	BJP	BJP
48	Dwarahat	Almora	Madan Singh Bisht	INC	BJP
49	Salt		Mahesh Singh Jeena	BJP	BJP
50	Ranikhet		Pramod Nainwal	BJP	BJP
51	Someshwar (SC)		Rekha Arya	BJP	BJP
52	Almora		Manoj Tiwari	INC	BJP
53	Jageshwar		Mohan Singh Mahara	BJP	BJP
54	Lohaghat	Champawat	Khushal Singh Adhikari	INC	BJP
55	Champawat	Champawat	Pushkar Singh Dhami	BJP	BJP

Before the formation of Uttarakhand

Almora Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituency segments of Uttar Pradesh:

District	Assembly constituency segments
District	Name	SC/ST
Almora
	Almora
	Ranikhet
Bageshwar	Bageshwar	SC
Pithoragarh
	Didihat
	Pithoragarh

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
1952	Devi Datt Pant	Indian National Congress
1955^	Badri Datt Pandey
1957	Hargovind Pant
1957^	Jang Bahadur Singh Bisht
1962
1967
1971	Narendra Singh Bisht	Indian National Congress
1977	Murli Manohar Joshi	Janata Party
1980	Harish Rawat	Indian National Congress
1984
1989
1991	Jeewan Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Bachi Singh Rawat
1998
1999
2004
2009	Pradeep Tamta	Indian National Congress
2014	Ajay Tamta	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024

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^By-election

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Almora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajay Tamta	429,167	64.20	0.17
	INC	Pradeep Tamta	1,95,070	29.18	1.30
	NOTA	None of the above	17,019	2.55	0.27
Majority			2,34,097	35.02	1.47
Turnout			6,52,726	48.74	3.57
	BJP hold		Swing

General Elections, 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Almora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajay Tamta	444,651	64.03	11.03
	INC	Pradeep Tamta	2,11,665	30.48	7.96
	NOTA	None of the above	15,505	2.23	0.09
Margin of victory			2,32,986	33.55	18.99
Turnout			6,99,807	52.31	0.06
	BJP hold		Swing	1.04

General Elections, 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Almora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajay Tamta	348,186	53.00	12.67
	INC	Pradeep Tamta	2,52,496	38.44	3.33
	NOTA	None of the above	15,245	2.32	N/A
Margin of victory			95,690	14.56	12.68
Turnout			6,56,525	52.37	6.51
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	11.00

General Elections, 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Almora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pradeep Tamta	202,228	41.70	0.99
	BJP	Ajay Tamta	1,95,705	40.36	4.32
	BSP	Bahadur Ram Dhauni	45,143	9.31	New
Margin of victory			6,523	1.34	0.65
Turnout			4,84,920	45.86	6.51
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General Elections, 2004

2004 Indian general elections: Almora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bachi Singh Rawat	225,742	44.68
	INC	Renuka Rawat	2,15,690	42.69
	UKD	Kashi Singh Airy	27,340	5.41
Margin of victory			10,052	1.99
Turnout			5,05,223	52.37	49.89
	BJP hold		Swing

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References

^ Chandak, Anuj (25 May 2024). "EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases" (PDF) (Press release). New Delhi. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2024.
^ "Uttarakhand state: Assembly Constituencies- Corresponding Districts & Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand website. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
^ "State wise list of MPs (Uttar Pradesh)". Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
^ "State wise list of MPs (Uttarakhand)". Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
^ Almora CNN IBN
^ "Election Result". Archived from the original on 24 April 2018.

External links

Almora lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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[1] Chandak, Anuj (25 May 2024). "EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases" (PDF) (Press release). New Delhi. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2024.

[2] "Uttarakhand state: Assembly Constituencies- Corresponding Districts & Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand website. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2010.

[3] "State wise list of MPs (Uttar Pradesh)". Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

[4] "State wise list of MPs (Uttarakhand)". Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

[5] Almora CNN IBN

[6] "Election Result". Archived from the original on 24 April 2018.

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