Purola Assembly constituency

Purola
Constituency No. 1 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
LS constituency	Tehri Garhwal
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Durgeshwar Lal
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

Purola is one of the 70 assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand a northern state of India. It is a part of Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2002	Mal Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party
2007	Rajesh Uraf Rajesh Juwantha		Indian National Congress
2012	Mal Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017	Rajkumar		Indian National Congress
2022	Durgeshwar Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Purola[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Durgeshwar Lal	27,856	53.95%	20.06
	INC	Mal Chand	21,560	41.76%	5.82
	AAP	Prakash	538	1.04%	New
	Rashtriya Lokneeti Party	Ram Prasad	495	0.96%	New
	SP	Chain Singh	464	0.90%	New
	BSP	Ujali Devi	389	0.75%	0.62
	NOTA	None of the above	330	0.64%	0.90
Margin of victory			6,296	12.19%	10.15
Turnout			51,632	69.26%	4.13
Registered electors			74,551		10.45
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	18.02

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Purola[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajkumar (politician)	17,798	35.93%	12.21
	BJP	Mal Chand	16,785	33.89%	5.86
	Independent	Durgeshwar Lal	13,508	27.27%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	762	1.54%	New
	BSP	Ramlal	679	1.37%	2.27
Margin of victory			1,013	2.05%	6.37
Turnout			49,532	73.39%	4.27
Registered electors			67,496		15.10
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	3.81

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Purola[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mal Chand	18,098	39.74%	22.85
	Independent	Rajkumar	14,266	31.33%	New
	INC	Rajesh Juwantha	10,804	23.73%	13.46
	BSP	Kishan Lal	1,659	3.64%	1.20
	UPP	Prakash Devnata	706	1.55%	New
Margin of victory			3,832	8.42%	7.15
Turnout			45,536	77.65%	3.90
Registered electors			58,640
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	2.56

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Purola[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajesh Uraf Rajesh Juwantha	15,467	37.18%	5.57
	Independent	Mal Chand	14,942	35.92%	New
	BJP	Amrit Singh	7,027	16.89%	23.90
	UKD	Gulbiya Singh	1,179	2.83%	1.85
	NCP	Ramlal	1,119	2.69%	New
	BSP	Surya Prakash	1,016	2.44%	0.03
	Independent	Madan Mohan Arya	848	2.04%	New
Margin of victory			525	1.26%	7.91
Turnout			41,598	73.76%	10.43
Registered electors			56,403
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	3.61

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election : Purola[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mal Chand	13,209	40.79%	New
	INC	Shanti Devi Alias Shanti Juwantha	10,238	31.62%	New
	Uttarakhand Janwadi Party	Shailendra Lal	4,610	14.24%	New
	Independent	Sakal Chand	1,668	5.15%	New
	SP	Virendra Lal	1,097	3.39%	New
	BSP	Hirpal Arya	800	2.47%	New
	Independent	Gulbiya	443	1.37%	New
	UKD	Jethu Lal	318	0.98%	New
Margin of victory			2,971	9.17%
Turnout			32,383	63.34%
Registered electors			51,144
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)

References

1. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2022 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
2. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2017 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
3. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.
4. "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.
5. "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.

External links

• "Record of all Uttarakhand Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
• http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf
• http://ceo.uk.gov.in/files/Election2012/RESULTS_2012_Uttarakhand_State.pdf
• http://www.elections.in/uttarakhand/assembly-constituencies/purola.html

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