# Dwarahat Assembly constituency

Dwarahat Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India.
It is part of Almora district.

## Member of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 2002 | Bipin Chandra Tripathi | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal |
| ^2005 | Pushpesh Tripathi | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal |
| 2007 | Pushpesh Tripathi | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal |
| 2012 | Madan Singh Bisht | Indian National Congress |
| 2017 | Mahesh Singh Negi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2022 | Madan Singh Bisht | Indian National Congress |
^ denotes bye election

## Election results
### Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dwarahat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Madan Singh Bisht | 17,766 | 36.19% | 7.17 |
| | BJP | Anil Singh Shahi | 17,584 | 35.82% | 7.24 |
| | UKD | Pushpesh Tripathi | 9,804 | 19.97% | 5.96 |
| | Independent | Bhupal Singh Alias Pappu Bhandari | 1,138 | 2.32% | New |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 791 | 1.61% | 0.34 |
| | AAP | Prakash Chandra | 506 | 1.03% | New |
| | Peoples Party of India (Democratic) | Dr. Pramod Kumar | 427 | 0.87% | New |
| | BSP | Anand Ballabh | 354 | 0.72% | 1.05 |
| | SP | Ganesh Chandra | 340 | 0.69% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 182 | 0.37% | 13.67 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,096 | 52.20% | 0.37 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 94,056 | | 3.79 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | 6.87 | |

### Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dwarahat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Mahesh Singh Negi | 20,221 | 43.06% | 17.65 |
| | INC | Madan Singh Bisht | 13,628 | 29.02% | 4.87 |
| | UKD | Pushpesh Tripathi | 6,581 | 14.01% | 12.26 |
| | Independent | Kuber Singh Kathayat | 2,126 | 4.53% | New |
| | Independent | Bhupal Singh Alias Pappu Bhandari | 1,196 | 2.55% | New |
| | BSP | Girish Chaudhary | 830 | 1.77% | 2.82 |
| | Independent | Nandan Giri | 776 | 1.65% | New |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 597 | 1.27% | New |
| | Bharat Ki Lok Jimmedar Party | Kundan Singh Rawat | 503 | 1.07% | New |
| | Independent | Jay Prakash Kandpal | 342 | 0.73% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,593 | 14.04% | 6.42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,963 | 51.82% | 0.05 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 90,620 | | 7.66 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | 9.17 | |

### Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dwarahat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Madan Singh Bisht | 14,798 | 33.89% | 13.59 |
| | UKD | Pushpesh Tripathi | 11,472 | 26.27% | 2.28 |
| | BJP | Narendra Singh | 11,096 | 25.41% | 3.42 |
| | BSP | Pramod Kumar | 2,004 | 4.59% | 0.62 |
| | Independent | Rajendra Singh | 1,152 | 2.64% | New |
| | Uttarakhand Parivartan Party | P. C. Tewari | 1,066 | 2.44% | New |
| | Independent | Birendra Singh Bajetha | 675 | 1.55% | New |
| | Independent | Devi Dutt Joshi | 458 | 1.05% | New |
| | Independent | Pawan Chandra Pandey | 430 | 0.98% | New |
| | URM | Vipin Chandra | 425 | 0.97% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,326 | 7.62% | 1.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,666 | 51.88% | 6.77 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 84,170 | | 26.65 |
| | INC gain from UKD | INC gain from UKD | Swing | 5.34 | |

### Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dwarahat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKD | Pushpesh Tripathi | 11,128 | 28.55% | 8.44 |
| | BJP | Sadanand | 8,573 | 21.99% | 0.38 |
| | Independent | Madan Singh Bisht | 8,184 | 21.00% | New |
| | INC | Mahesh Singh | 7,912 | 20.30% | 3.37 |
| | BSP | Kamal Kishor | 1,549 | 3.97% | 6.59 |
| | JD(U) | Nandan Giri | 1,116 | 2.86% | New |
| | SP | Puran Chandra | 516 | 1.32% | 0.67 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,555 | 6.55% | 6.76 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,978 | 58.70% | 9.49 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 66,459 | | 8.72 |
| | UKD hold | UKD hold | Swing | 8.44 | |

### Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dwarahat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKD | Bipin Chandra Tripathi | 11,114 | 36.99% | New |
| | INC | Puran Chandra | 7,112 | 23.67% | New |
| | BJP | Balwant Singh | 6,495 | 21.62% | New |
| | BSP | Lalit Mohan Joshi | 3,173 | 10.56% | New |
| | Independent | Lalit Mohan | 946 | 3.15% | New |
| | Uttarakhand Janwadi Party | Hira Singh Thapa | 610 | 2.03% | New |
| | SP | Pratap Singh | 598 | 1.99% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,002 | 13.32% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,048 | 49.19% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 61,128 | | |
| | UKD win (new seat) | UKD win (new seat) | UKD win (new seat) | UKD win (new seat) | UKD win (new seat) |