# Ranikhet Assembly constituency

Ranikhet Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 constituencies in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand a northern state of India. Ranikhet is also part of Almora Lok Sabha constituency. Before 2000, this constituency was part of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

* 1951-62: Constituency does not exist
See Ranikhet South Assembly constituency
| Election | Name | Party |
| 1967 | Chandra Bhanu Gupta | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Chandra Bhanu Gupta | Indian National Congress |
| 1974 | Mahendra Singh Mahra | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Mahendra Singh Mahra | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Jaswant Singh Bisht | Independent |
| 1985 | Puran Singh Mahra | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Jaswant Singh Bisht | Independent |
| 1991 | Bachi Singh Rawat | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1993 | Bachi Singh Rawat | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1996 | Ajay Bhatt | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Major boundary changes ||||
| 2002 | Ajay Bhatt | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2007 | Karan Mahara | Indian National Congress |
| 2012 | Ajay Bhatt | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2017 | Karan Mahara | Indian National Congress |
| 2022 | Pramod Nainwal | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Ranikhet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Dr. Pramod Nainwal | 21,047 | 50.05% | 15.91 |
| | INC | Karan Mahara | 18,463 | 43.90% | 2.33 |
| | AAP | Nandan Singh Bisht | 656 | 1.56% | New |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 562 | 1.34% | 0.21 |
| | Independent | Deepak Kargeti | 519 | 1.23% | New |
| | BSP | Manoj Kumar | 416 | 0.99% | 1.85 |
| | UKD | Tula Singh Tariyal | 288 | 0.68% | 0.32 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,584 | 6.14% | 5.95 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,054 | 51.90% | 0.13 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 81,029 | | 1.88 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | 3.82 | |

### Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Ranikhet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Karan Mahara | 19,035 | 46.23% | 10.77 |
| | BJP | Ajay Bhatt | 14,054 | 34.13% | 1.52 |
| | Independent | Dr. Pramod Nainwal | 5,701 | 13.85% | New |
| | BSP | Kripal Ram | 1,169 | 2.84% | 20.81 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 637 | 1.55% | New |
| | UKD | Pratap Singh Shahi | 414 | 1.01% | 0.32 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,981 | 12.10% | 11.90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,173 | 51.77% | 1.61 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 79,537 | | 7.44 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | 10.57 | |

### Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Ranikhet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Ajay Bhatt | 14,089 | 35.66% | 0.62 |
| | INC | Karan Mahara | 14,011 | 35.46% | 1.37 |
| | BSP | Puran Singh | 9,346 | 23.65% | 5.28 |
| | Independent | Mahendra Singh Bisht | 765 | 1.94% | New |
| | Independent | Kishan Lal | 476 | 1.20% | New |
| | SP | Puran Chandra Joshi | 315 | 0.80% | 0.23 |
| | UKD | Pratibha Negi | 269 | 0.68% | 0.62 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 78 | 0.20% | 0.36 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,512 | 53.37% | 7.54 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 74,031 | | |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | 1.18 | |

### Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Ranikhet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Karan Mahara | 13,503 | 36.83% | 10.70 |
| | BJP | Ajay Bhatt | 13,298 | 36.27% | 2.52 |
| | BSP | Puran Singh | 6,736 | 18.37% | 14.37 |
| | Independent | Hari Singh | 1,108 | 3.02% | New |
| | BJSH | Prakash Chandra Singh | 511 | 1.39% | New |
| | UKD | Vimla Negi | 477 | 1.30% | 11.90 |
| | Vishwa Vikas Sangh | Shridhar Pant | 441 | 1.20% | New |
| | SP | Jaswant Singh | 378 | 1.03% | 0.54 |
| | SJP(R) | Pradeep Kumar Bhandari | 207 | 0.56% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 205 | 0.56% | 7.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,659 | 60.97% | 8.83 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 60,188 | | |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | 3.08 | |

### Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Ranikhet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Ajay Bhatt | 10,199 | 33.75% | New |
| | INC | Pooran Singh | 7,897 | 26.13% | New |
| | UKD | Narendra Singh | 3,990 | 13.20% | New |
| | Independent | Ramesh Singh Chilwal | 3,515 | 11.63% | New |
| | Uttarakhand Janwadi Party | Prakash Chandra Singh | 1,523 | 5.04% | New |
| | BSP | Kishan Lal | 1,209 | 4.00% | New |
| | Independent | Piyush Chandra | 754 | 2.50% | New |
| | SP | Balwant Singh | 474 | 1.57% | New |
| | JD(S) | Suchitra Rawat | 374 | 1.24% | New |
| | RLD | Mohan Chandra Belwal | 282 | 0.93% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,302 | 7.62% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,217 | 52.13% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 58,018 | | |
| | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) |