Uttarakhand: Parliamentary elections

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Uttarakhand 2014

 

S.No.	Costituency	Name Of Member	Party
1	Almora	Ajay Tamta	BJP
2	Garhwal	Maj Gen (Retd.) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (Avsm)	BJP
3	Hardwar	Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank	BJP
4	Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar	Bhagat Singh Koshyari	BJP
5	Tehri Garhwal	Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah	BJP

 

 

2019

BJP wins

May 24, 2019: The Times of India

Constituencies won by the main political parties in the Lok Sabha elections of 2014 and 2019 in Uttarakhand
From: May 24, 2019: The Times of India

All five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand were clinched convincingly by the BJP, with the party improving its 2014 tally. In fact, the results this time were characterised by huge victory margins — each of the five candidates were ahead of their nearest competitors by over 2 lakh votes.

Contrary to expectations, Congress could not put up a fight even in seats where it was predicted that the party would have a close contest with the BJP. In Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar, for instance, which had one of the most keenlywatched battles between state BJP president Ajay Bhatt and former CM Harish Rawat, Bhatt garnered over 61% votes and trounced Rawat by a margin of over 3.3 lakh votes, the highest in this time in the state.

In Tehri Garhwal, another seat where the fight was initially thought to be tight, BJP’s Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah got 5,54,431 votes, over 30% more than state Congress chief Pritam Singh.

Pauri was no different. Congress candidate Manish Khanduri, the son of former CM BC Khanduri was defeated by BJP’s Tirath Singh Rawat by over 2.8 lakh votes. BJP took Almora too and in Haridwar, incumbent BJP MP Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank retained the seat, winning it by a margin of 2.58 lakh votes.

Political watchers said while for the BJP, the results seem to be a reaffirmation of the faith the electorate has placed on PM Narendra Modi’s leadership, the verdict has dealt a blow to the state Congress, already reeling under factionalism and successive electoral defeats.

“For Congress, it is time for serious introspection,” said Jay Singh Rawat, a political analyst.