2009 Indian general election in Uttarakhand

2009 Indian general election in Uttarakhand
13 May 2009
5 seats
Turnout53.43% ( 5.36%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Harish Rawat B.C. Khanduri
Party INC BJP
Alliance UPA NDA
Leader's seat Haridwar Did not contest
Last election 1 3
Seats won 5 0
Seat change 4 3
Popular vote 13,54,468 10,61,358
Percentage 43.14% 33.80%
Swing 4.83% 7.18%
Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

The 2009 Indian general election in Uttarakhand, occurred for 5 seats in the state. All 5 seats were won by the Indian National Congress.

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party B. C. Khanduri 5

  United Progressive Alliance

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

List of Candidates

Results

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
INC 13,54,468 43.14 4.83 5 5 4
BJP 10,61,358 33.80 7.18 5 0 3
BSP 4,78,394 15.24 8.47 5 0
SP 57,316 1.83 6.10 2 0 1
Others 1,02,383 3.25 30 0
IND 86,126 2.74 0.11 29 0
Total 31,40,045 100% - 76 5 -

Elected MPs

Following is the list of elected MPs from Uttarakhand.

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Tehri Garhwal Vijay Bahuguna INC 263,083 45.04 Jaspal Rana BJP 210,144 35.98 52,939 9.06
2 Garhwal Satpal Maharaj INC 236,949 44.41 Tejpal Singh Rawat BJP 219,552 41.15 17,397 3.26
3 Almora Pradeep Tamta INC 200,824 41.77 Ajay Tamta BJP 193,874 40.33 6,950 1.44
4 Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar K. C. Singh Baba INC 321,377 42.64 Bachi Singh Rawat BJP 232,965 30.91 88,412 11.73
5 Hardwar Harish Rawat INC 332,235 42.16 Swami Yatindranand Giri BJP 204,823 25.99 127,412 16.17

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Uttarakhand

SI No. Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Harish Rawat Hardwar Minister of State (MoS) Labour and Employment 28 May 2009 19 January 2011 INC
Agriculture and Food Processing Industries 19 January 2011 28 October 2012 INC
Parliamentary Affairs 12 July 2011 28 October 2012 INC
Cabinet Minister Water Resources 28 October 2012 2 February 2014 INC

Assembly segment wise lead

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2012 election)
Indian National Congress 51 32
Bharatiya Janata Party 19 31
Others 0 7
Total 70


By-election

By-elections were held in 2012 for Tehri Garhwal constituency as Elected MP Vijay Bahuguna became the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.

In the election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah defeated Saket Bahuguna, son of Vijay Bahuguna by margin of over 22,000.[1]

See also

References

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