Dehradun Assembly constituency

Former constituency of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, in India

Dehradun

Former constituency for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country| India
Region| North India
State| Uttarakhand
District| Dehradun
Established| 1951
Abolished| 2012

Dehradun Legislative Assembly constituency was a part of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1951 to 2000. It became a part of the Interim Uttarakhand Assembly from 2000 to 2002.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

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INC Independent ABJS JP BJP

Election | Winner | Party | Runner up | Party | Margin

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| 1951 | Shanti Prapanna Sharma  | Indian National Congress | Gulab Singh | Independent | 3,388
1957 | Brij Bhushan Saran  | Durga Prasad  | 4,575
1962 | Ram Swarup  | 282
| 1967 | Ram Swarup  | Independent | Nityanand Swami | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 2,017
| 1969 | Nityanand Swami | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | Krishan Chand Singhal  | Indian National Congress | 3,164
| 1974 | Bhola Dutt Saklani  | Indian National Congress | Nityanand Swami | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 11,570
| 1977 | Devendra Dutt Shastri  | Janata Party | Bhola Dutt Saklani  | Indian National Congress | 1,278
| 1980 | Dwarika Nath Dhawan  | Indian National Congress | Nityanand Swami | Independent | 19,086
1985 | Hira Singh Bisht | Harbans Kapoor | Bharatiya Janata Party | 29,390
| 1989 | Harbans Kapoor | Bharatiya Janata Party | Hira Singh Bisht | Indian National Congress | 10,182
1991 | Vinod Chandola  | 21,267
1993 | Dinesh Agrawal | 14,354
1996 | 40,733
Major boundary changes
| 2002 | Harbans Kapoor | Bharatiya Janata Party | Sanjay Sharma  | Indian National Congress | 2,924
2007 | Lalchand Sharma  | 7,033

## Election results

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### Assembly Election 2007

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2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BJP | Harbans Kapoor | 23,856  | 50.61%  | 9.50
| INC | Lal Chand  | 16,823  | 35.69%  | 3.18
| UKD | Virendra Uniyal  | 2,320  | 4.92%  | 3.35
| Shivsena | Amit  | 1,552  | 3.29%  | 0.68
| BSP | Shiv Kumar Agarwal  | 587  | 1.25%  | 0.11
| Independent | Gurudip Singh  | 436  | 0.92%  | New
| Independent | Shyam Sunder Yadav  | 338  | 0.72%  | New
| Independent | Pankaj Kukreti  | 310  | 0.66%  | New
| SP | Ritesh Sachdeva  | 304  | 0.64%  | 0.03
Margin of victory  | 7,033  | 14.92%  | 6.32
Turnout | 47,138  | 57.16%  | 14.87
Registered electors | 82,475  |  | 2.56
| BJP hold | Swing | 9.50  |

### Assembly Election 2002

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2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BJP | Harbans Kapoor | 13,977  | 41.11%  | New
| INC | Sanjay Sharma  | 11,053  | 32.51%  | New
| Independent | Anuj Nautiyal  | 5,848  | 17.20%  | New
| Shivsena | Gaurav Kumar  | 1,352  | 3.98%  | New
| UKD | Sarita Gaud  | 536  | 1.58%  | New
| Uttarakhand Janwadi Party | Asha Bahuguna  | 396  | 1.16%  | New
| BSP | Tausif Khan  | 387  | 1.14%  | New
| SP | Nabi Ahmed  | 209  | 0.61%  | New
Margin of victory  | 2,924  | 8.60%  |
Turnout | 34,003  | 42.29%  |
Registered electors | 80,418  |  |
| BJP win (new seat)

### 1996 results

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### 1993 results

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### 1991 results

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### 1989 results

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### 1985 results

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Hira Singh Bisht won election against harbans Kapoor

### 1977 results

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### 1969 results

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1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| ABJS | Nityanand Swami | 20,349  | 35.57  |
| INC | Krishan Chand Singhal  | 17,185  | 30.37  |
| Independent | Sunil Chandra Datta  | 15,076  | 26.65  |
| PSP | Rajendra Prasad Dobhal  | 3,210  | 5.67  |
| Independent | Ram Chander  | 335  | 0.59  |
| Independent | Girish Chandra Juyal  | 185  | 0.33  |
| Independent | Ram Avtar  | 157  | 0.28  |
| Independent | Irshad Ahmed  | 81  | 0.14  |
Majority |  |  |
Turnout | 56,578  | 62.08  |
| ABJS gain from Independent | Swing |  |

### 1967 results

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1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Ram Swaroop  | 21,191  | 38.60  |  10.95
| ABJS | Nityanand Swami | 19,174  | 34.93  |  11.69
| INC | Brij Bhushan Saran  | 14,038  | 25.57  |  2.71
| Independent | G.C. Chaurasia  | 492  | 0.90  | New
Majority | 2,017  | 3.67  |  10.41
Turnout | 54,895  | 65.96  |  -
| Independent gain from INC | Swing |  |

### 1962 results

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1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| INC | Brij Bhushan Saran  | 12,638  | 28.28  |  16.07
| Independent | Ram Swaroop  | 12,356  | 27.65  | New
| ABJS | Nityanand Swami | 9,210  | 23.24  |  -
| Independent | Sunil Chandra Dutta  | 6,017  | 13.46  | New
| PSP | Sadhu Singh  | 4,248  | 9.50  | New
| Independent | Babu Ram Gupta  | 144  | 0.32  | New
| Independent | B.S. Hudsun  | 82  | 0.18  | New
Majority | 282  | 0.63  |  14.08
Turnout | 44,695  | 65.96  |  9.57
| INC hold | Swing |  |

### 1957 results

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1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| INC | Brij Bhushan Saran  | 13,793  | 44.35  | New
| Independent | Durga Prasad  | 9,218  | 29.64  | New
| ABJS | Nityanand Swami | 7,228  | 23.24  | New
| Independent | Chandan Singh  | 859  | 2.76  | New
Majority | 4,575  | 14.71  | New
Turnout | 31,098  | 56.39  | New
| INC win (new seat)

## See also

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* Dehradun Cantonment (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)

## References

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1. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
3. ^ "Election Result".
4. ^ "Election Result".
5. ^ "Election Result".
6. ^ "Election Result".

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