Gangotri Assembly constituency

Gangotri
Gangotri
Constituency No. 3 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
LS constituency	Tehri Garhwal
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Suresh Singh Chauhan
Party	Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected year	2022

Gangotri Legislative Assembly constituency^[1] is one of the 70 assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand a northern state of India.^[2] Gangotri is part of Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency.^[3]^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Gangotri^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Singh Chauhan	29,619	49.66%	3.82
	INC	Vijaypal Singh Sajwan	21,590	36.20%	7.51
	AAP	Col. Ajay Kothyal (Retd.)	6,161	10.33%	New
	Independent	Navneet Uniyal	476	0.80%	New
	BSP	Budhi Lal	394	0.66%	0.37
	CPI	Mahavir Prasad	372	0.62%	0.36
	UKD	Jasveer Singh	351	0.59%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	241	0.40%	1.27
Margin of victory			8,029	13.46%	3.69
Turnout			59,649	67.47%	0.51
Registered electors			88,403		7.27
	BJP hold		Swing	3.82

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Gangotri^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gopal Singh Rawat	25,683	45.84%	19.69
	INC	Vijaypal Singh Sajwan	16,073	28.69%	11.36
	Independent	Suratram Nautiyal	9,491	16.94%	New
	Independent	Bhupendra Singh	1,526	2.72%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	937	1.67%	New
	BSP	Vijaypal Tangani	576	1.03%	1.11
	CPI	Mahaveer Prasad	553	0.99%	1.69
	Rashtriya Jan Sahay Dal	Rajbeer Singh Parmar	412	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			9,610	17.15%	3.26
Turnout			56,028	67.98%	2.80
Registered electors			82,415		15.37
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	5.80

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Gangotri^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijaypal Singh Sajwan	20,246	40.04%	3.30
	BJP	Gopal Singh Rawat	13,223	26.15%	21.48
	Independent	Suresh Singh	6,436	12.73%	New
	Independent	Kishan Singh	5,595	11.07%	New
	Independent	Hari Shankar	1,417	2.80%	New
	CPI	Dinesh Nautiyal	1,356	2.68%	1.78
	BSP	Hukam Singh	1,080	2.14%	2.48
	UKD	Bhagwati Prasad Bahuguna	584	1.16%	New
	Uttarakhand Parivartan Party	Ravindra	287	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			7,023	13.89%	3.00
Turnout			50,560	70.78%	0.52
Registered electors			71,433		1.42
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	7.59

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Gangotri^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gopal Singh Rawat	24,250	47.63%	29.52
	INC	Vijaypal Singh Sajwan	18,704	36.74%	15.83
	BSP	Chaitram	2,348	4.61%	2.13
	CPI	Kamala Ram	2,272	4.46%	14.83
	Independent	Pratap Singh	832	1.63%	New
	BJSH	Jagdish Singh Pokhriyal	611	1.20%	New
	NCP	Dr. Devendra Dutt Semwal	472	0.93%	New
	Independent	Naresh Chamoli	380	0.75%	New
	LJP	Narayani	377	0.74%	New
	JD(S)	Pooranchand	257	0.50%	New
Margin of victory			5,546	10.89%	9.27
Turnout			50,911	70.47%	10.46
Registered electors			72,462		15.01
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	26.72

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Gangotri^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijaypal Singh Sajwan	7,878	20.91%	*New*
	CPI	Kamala Ram Nautiyal	7,268	19.29%	New
	BJP	Budhi Singh Panwar	6,822	18.11%	New
	Independent	Hari Singh Rana	6,005	15.94%	New
	Uttarakhand Janwadi Party	Chandan Singh Rana	4,082	10.83%	New
	Independent	Devendra Dutt Semwal	1,081	2.87%	New
	Independent	Jagendra Singh Bist	948	2.52%	New
	BSP	Budhi Ballabh Joshi	936	2.48%	New
	Independent	Kamleshwar	646	1.71%	New
	Independent	Shanti Prasad Thapliyal	613	1.63%	New
	Samata Party	Mahabeer Singh Chauhan	447	1.19%	New
Margin of victory			610	1.62%
Turnout			37,675	59.90%
Registered electors			63,007
	INC win (new seat)

"Record of all Uttarakhand Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 January 2024.