# Almora Assembly constituency

Almora 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 |
| 1957 | Govind Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1962 | Ganga Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | R Chandra | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1969 | Hari Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1974 | Rama | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Shobhan Singh Jeena | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Govardhan | Indian National Congress |
| 1985 | Saraswati Devi | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Saraswati Devi | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Puran Chandra Sharma | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| 1993 | Govind Singh Kunjwal | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Raghunath Singh Chauhan | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| 2002 | Kailash Sharma | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| 2007 | Manoj Tiwari | Indian National Congress |
| 2012 | Manoj Tiwari | Indian National Congress |
| 2017 | Raghunath Singh Chauhan | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2022 | Manoj Tiwari | Indian National Congress |

## Election results
### Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Almora :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Manoj Tiwari | 24,439 | 44.90% | 4.60 |
| | BJP | Kailash Sharma | 24,312 | 44.67% | 5.92 |
| | Independent | Vinay Kirola | 2,067 | 3.80% | New |
| | AAP | Amit Joshi | 1,665 | 3.06% | New |
| | UKD | Bhanu Prakash Joshi | 518 | 0.95% | New |
| | Independent | Vinod Chandra Tiwari | 413 | 0.76% | New |
| | None of the Above | Nota | 401 | 0.74% | 0.45 |
| | BSP | Ashok Kumar | 365 | 0.67% | 2.49 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 127 | 0.23% | 10.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,428 | 59.42% | 0.55 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 91,603 | | 3.07 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | 5.68 | |

### Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Almora :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Raghunath Singh Chauhan | 26,464 | 50.58% | 19.00 |
| | INC | Manoj Tiwari | 21,085 | 40.30% | 6.24 |
| | BSP | Dr. Sanjay Tamta | 1,654 | 3.16% | 11.09 |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 623 | 1.19% | New |
| | Independent | Virendra Kumar | 517 | 0.99% | New |
| | Independent | Mohd Habib | 514 | 0.98% | New |
| | CPI(M) | Dinesh Pande | 425 | 0.81% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,379 | 10.28% | 7.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,316 | 58.86% | 1.76 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 88,878 | | 13.22 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | 16.52 | |

### Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Almora :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Manoj Tiwari | 16,211 | 34.06% | 12.80 |
| | BJP | Raghunath Singh Chauhan | 15,030 | 31.58% | 9.00 |
| | BSP | Shekhar Lakhchaura | 6,781 | 14.25% | 10.34 |
| | Independent | Kailash Sharma | 6,582 | 13.83% | New |
| | Independent | Bala Devi | 977 | 2.05% | New |
| | Independent | Nandan Ram Tamta | 543 | 1.14% | New |
| | Independent | Jaswant Singh Adhikari | 507 | 1.07% | New |
| | URM | Shobha Joshi | 421 | 0.88% | New |
| | SP | Arjun Bhakuni | 274 | 0.58% | 0.46 |
| | Uttarakhand Parivartan Party | Ad. Govind Lal Verma | 251 | 0.53% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,181 | 2.48% | 3.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,589 | 60.62% | 2.52 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 78,503 | | 4.53 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 12.80 | |

### Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Almora :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Manoj Tiwari | 22,223 | 46.86% | 22.17 |
| | BJP | Kailash Sharma | 19,243 | 40.58% | 11.29 |
| | BJSH | Ravinder Singh | 1,877 | 3.96% | New |
| | BSP | Karam Singh | 1,854 | 3.91% | 6.14 |
| | UKD | Shamsher Singh Bisht | 1,735 | 3.66% | 0.89 |
| | SP | Kishan Singh | 489 | 1.03% | 0.85 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,980 | 6.28% | 1.69 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,421 | 63.18% | 12.64 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 75,104 | | 8.66 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | 17.57 | |

### Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Almora :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Kailash Sharma | 10,224 | 29.29% | New |
| | INC | Manoj Tiwari | 8,620 | 24.70% | New |
| | Independent | Dharam Singh Mehara | 7,629 | 21.86% | New |
| | BSP | Ashok / A. K. Sikandar Panwar | 3,507 | 10.05% | New |
| | UKD | P. C. Tewari | 1,587 | 4.55% | New |
| | Independent | Puran Singh Rayal | 1,108 | 3.17% | New |
| | NCP | Avtar Singh Rawat | 678 | 1.94% | New |
| | SP | Girish Singh Mehata | 657 | 1.88% | New |
| | Bharatiya Berozgar Mazdoor Kisan Dal | Rajendra Singh Vani | 584 | 1.67% | New |
| | Samata Party | Neeraj Nayal | 310 | 0.89% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,604 | 4.60% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,904 | 50.52% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 69,116 | | |
| | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) |