2019 Indian general election in Uttarakhand

2019 Indian general election in Uttarakhand
11 April 2019
5 seats
Turnout61.88% ( 0.21%)[1]
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ajay Bhatt Harish Rawat
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader's seat Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar (won) Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar (lost)
Last election 5 0
Seats won 5 0
Seat change
Popular vote 29,54,833 15,20,767
Percentage 61.01% 31.40%
Swing 5.11% 3%
Constituencies of the Lok Sabha in Uttarakhand
Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2019 Indian general election were held for the 5 Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand on 11 April 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.[2] All of the 5 seats were won by the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party Ajay Bhatt 5

  United Progressive Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Harish Rawat 5

Candidates

Constituency
NDA UPA
1 Tehri Garhwal BJP Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah INC Pritam Singh
2 Garhwal BJP Tirath Singh Rawat INC Manish Khanduri
3 Almora (SC) BJP Ajay Tamta INC Pradeep Tamta
4 Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar BJP Ajay Bhatt INC Harish Rawat
5 Haridwar BJP Ramesh Pokhriyal INC Ambrish Kumar

Opinion polls

Date published Polling agency Lead
NDA UPA
Jan 2019 India TV-CNX 4 1 3

Results

Party wise

Party BJP INC BSP
Votes 61.01%, 29,54,833 31.40%, 15,20,767 4.48%, 2,16,755
Seats 5 (100%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
5 / 5
0 / 5
0 / 5

Detailed Results

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
BJP 29,54,833 61.01 5.69 5 5
INC 15,20,767 31.40 2.63 5 0
BSP 2,16,755 4.48 4 0
Others 51,621 1.07 21 0
IND 48,003 0.99 0.74 17 0
NOTA 50,946 1.05 0.04
Total 48,42,925 100% - 52 5 -

Constituency wise

Constituency Winner'[3]' Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Tehri Garhwal Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah BJP 565,333 64.30 Pritam Singh INC 264,747 30.11 300,586 34.19
2 Garhwal Tirath Singh Rawat BJP 506,980 67.78 Manish Khanduri INC 204,311 27.31 302,669 40.47
3 Almora Ajay Tamta BJP 444,651 63.54 Pradeep Tamta INC 211,665 30.25 232,986 33.29
4 Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar Ajay Bhatt BJP 772,195 61.24 Harish Rawat INC 433,099 34.35 339,096 26.89
5 Hardwar Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' BJP 665,674 52.28 Ambrish Kumar INC 406,945 31.96 258,729 20.32

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Uttarakhand

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' Hardwar Cabinet Minister Minister of Human Resource Development
(Renamed as Ministry of Education) 		31 May
2019 		7 July
2021
(Resigned) 		BJP
2 Ajay Bhatt Nainital-udhamsingh Nagar MoS MoS in the Ministry of Defence
MoS in the Ministry of Tourism 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024

Assembly segments wise lead of parties

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2022 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 65 47
Indian National Congress 5 19
Bahujan Samaj Party 0 2
Others  – 2
Total 70

See also

References

  1. ^ Final voter turnout of phase 1 and phase 2 of the Lok Sabha elections 2019. Election Commission of India (20 April 2019)
  2. ^ Singh, Vijaita (1 September 2018). "General election will be held in 2019 as per schedule, says Rajnath Singh". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. ^ Final voter turnout of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, The Election Commission of India (20 April 2019, updated 4 May 2019)
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