# Nainital Assembly constituency

Nainital Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It includes Nainital area of Nainital District.
Nainital Legislative Assembly constituency is a part of Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Name | Party |
| 1957 | Narayan Datt Tiwari | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1962 | Narayan Datt Tiwari | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1967 | P. Singh | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1969 | Dungar Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1974 | Bal Krishna Sanwal | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Ram Datt Joshi | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Shivnarayan Singh Negi | Indian National Congress |
| 1985 | Kishan Singh Taragi | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Kishan Singh Taragi | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Banshidhar Bhagat | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1993 | Banshidhar Bhagat | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1996 | Banshidhar Bhagat | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Major boundary changes ||||
| 2002 | Dr. Narayan Singh Jantwal | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal |
| 2007 | Kharak Singh Bohra | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Major boundary changes ||||
| 2012 | Sarita Arya | Indian National Congress |
| 2017 | Sanjiv Arya | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2022 | Sarita Arya | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### Assembly Election 2022

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Nainital :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Sarita Arya | 31,770 | 52.19% | 3.34 |
| | INC | Sanjiv Arya | 23,889 | 39.24% | 2.18 |
| | AAP | Hem Chandra Arya | 2,789 | 4.58% | New |
| | UKD | Om Prakash (Subhash Kumar) | 904 | 1.48% | New |
| | BSP | Rajkamal Sonkar | 830 | 1.36% | 0.26 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 695 | 1.14% | 0.32 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,881 | 12.95% | 1.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,877 | 54.98% | 1.92 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,10,734 | | 2.47 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 3.34 | |
* ↑ Dr. Bhuvan Arya was initially announced as the AAP candidate. In the sixth list, Hem Arya was made the candidate.

### Assembly Election 2017

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Nainital :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Sanjeev Arya | 30,036 | 48.85% | 11.42 |
| | INC | Sarita Arya | 22,789 | 37.06% | 12.63 |
| | Independent | Hem Chandra Arya | 5,505 | 8.95% | New |
| | Independent | K. L. Arya | 1,035 | 1.68% | New |
| | BSP | Sunder Lal Arya | 997 | 1.62% | 7.05 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 899 | 1.46% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,247 | 11.79% | 0.48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,484 | 56.89% | 2.37 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,08,069 | | 14.53 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | 0.84 | |

### Assembly Election 2012

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Nainital :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Sarita Arya | 25,563 | 49.69% | 27.58 |
| | BJP | Hem Chandra Arya | 19,255 | 37.43% | 12.98 |
| | BSP | Snjay Kumar Alias Sanju | 4,460 | 8.67% | 3.37 |
| | Independent | Padma Arya | 878 | 1.71% | New |
| | UKD | Vinod Kumar | 763 | 1.48% | 22.24 |
| | SP | Devanand Alias Deva | 503 | 0.98% | 0.37 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,308 | 12.26% | 11.54 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,444 | 54.52% | 5.07 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 94,360 | | |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | 25.24 | |

### Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Nainital :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Kharak Singh Bohara | 12,347 | 24.45% | 7.38 |
| | UKD | Dr. Narayan Singh Jantwal | 11,980 | 23.73% | 3.02 |
| | INC | Jaya Bisht | 11,164 | 22.11% | 1.14 |
| | NCP | Dr. Harish Singh Bisht | 6,267 | 12.41% | New |
| | BSP | Mahesh Bhatt | 6,079 | 12.04% | 6.42 |
| | Independent | Harish Chandra | 1,113 | 2.20% | New |
| | BJSH | Deepak Shah | 466 | 0.92% | New |
| | Independent | Khushal Singh | 463 | 0.92% | New |
| | Jan Morcha | Zameer Ahmad | 309 | 0.61% | New |
| | SP | Mohan Chandra | 307 | 0.61% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 367 | 0.73% | 5.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,495 | 59.59% | 12.33 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 84,737 | | |
| | BJP gain from UKD | BJP gain from UKD | Swing | 2.29 | |

### Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Nainital :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKD | Dr. Narayan Singh Jantiwal | 10,864 | 26.74% | New |
| | INC | Jaya Bisht | 8,517 | 20.97% | New |
| | BSP | Dr. Bhupal Singh Bhakuni | 7,499 | 18.46% | New |
| | BJP | Shanti Mehra | 6,936 | 17.07% | New |
| | Independent | Kishan Singh Negi | 1,382 | 3.40% | New |
| | Independent | Balkrishna Alias Balkishan | 714 | 1.76% | New |
| | Independent | Jagdish Chandra | 576 | 1.42% | New |
| | Independent | Mohan Chandra | 559 | 1.38% | New |
| | Independent | Harish Chandra | 551 | 1.36% | New |
| | Independent | Dinesh | 539 | 1.33% | New |
| | Independent | Pushpa Katoch | 481 | 1.18% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,347 | 5.78% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,623 | 47.26% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 85,959 | | |
| | UKD win (new seat) | UKD win (new seat) | UKD win (new seat) | UKD win (new seat) | UKD win (new seat) |