# Dehradun Assembly constituency

Dehradun Legislative Assembly constituency was a part of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1951 to 2000. It became a part of the Interim Uttarakhand Assembly from 2000 to 2002.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

INC Independent ABJS JP BJP
| Election | Election | Winner | Party | Runner up | Party | Margin |
| | 1951 | Shanti Prapanna Sharma | Indian National Congress | Gulab Singh | Independent | 3,388 |
| | 1957 | Brij Bhushan Saran | Indian National Congress | Durga Prasad | Independent | 4,575 |
| | 1962 | Brij Bhushan Saran | Indian National Congress | Ram Swarup | Independent | 282 |
| | 1967 | Ram Swarup | Independent | Nityanand Swami | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 2,017 |
| | 1969 | Nityanand Swami | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | Krishan Chand Singhal | Indian National Congress | 3,164 |
| | 1974 | Bhola Dutt Saklani | Indian National Congress | Nityanand Swami | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 11,570 |
| | 1977 | Devendra Dutt Shastri | Janata Party | Bhola Dutt Saklani | Indian National Congress | 1,278 |
| | 1980 | Dwarika Nath Dhawan | Indian National Congress | Nityanand Swami | Independent | 19,086 |
| | 1985 | Hira Singh Bisht | Indian National Congress | Harbans Kapoor | Bharatiya Janata Party | 29,390 |
| | 1989 | Harbans Kapoor | Bharatiya Janata Party | Hira Singh Bisht | Indian National Congress | 10,182 |
| | 1991 | Harbans Kapoor | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vinod Chandola | Indian National Congress | 21,267 |
| | 1993 | Harbans Kapoor | Bharatiya Janata Party | Dinesh Agrawal | Indian National Congress | 14,354 |
| | 1996 | Harbans Kapoor | Bharatiya Janata Party | Dinesh Agrawal | Indian National Congress | 40,733 |
| Major boundary changes |||||||
| | 2002 | Harbans Kapoor | Bharatiya Janata Party | Sanjay Sharma | Indian National Congress | 2,924 |
| | 2007 | Harbans Kapoor | Bharatiya Janata Party | Lalchand Sharma | Indian National Congress | 7,033 |

## Election results
### Assembly Election 2007

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Harbans Kapoor | 23,856 | 50.61% | 9.50 |
| | INC | Lal Chand | 16,823 | 35.69% | 3.18 |
| | UKD | Virendra Uniyal | 2,320 | 4.92% | 3.35 |
| | Shivsena | Amit | 1,552 | 3.29% | 0.68 |
| | BSP | Shiv Kumar Agarwal | 587 | 1.25% | 0.11 |
| | Independent | Gurudip Singh | 436 | 0.92% | New |
| | Independent | Shyam Sunder Yadav | 338 | 0.72% | New |
| | Independent | Pankaj Kukreti | 310 | 0.66% | New |
| | SP | Ritesh Sachdeva | 304 | 0.64% | 0.03 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,033 | 14.92% | 6.32 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,138 | 57.16% | 14.87 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 82,475 | | 2.56 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 9.50 | |

### Assembly Election 2002

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Harbans Kapoor | 13,977 | 41.11% | New |
| | INC | Sanjay Sharma | 11,053 | 32.51% | New |
| | Independent | Anuj Nautiyal | 5,848 | 17.20% | New |
| | Shivsena | Gaurav Kumar | 1,352 | 3.98% | New |
| | UKD | Sarita Gaud | 536 | 1.58% | New |
| | Uttarakhand Janwadi Party | Asha Bahuguna | 396 | 1.16% | New |
| | BSP | Tausif Khan | 387 | 1.14% | New |
| | SP | Nabi Ahmed | 209 | 0.61% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,924 | 8.60% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,003 | 42.29% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 80,418 | | |
| | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) |

### 1985 results

Hira Singh Bisht won election against harbans Kapoor

### 1969 results

1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | ABJS | Nityanand Swami | 20,349 | 35.57 |
| | INC | Krishan Chand Singhal | 17,185 | 30.37 |
| | Independent | Sunil Chandra Datta | 15,076 | 26.65 |
| | PSP | Rajendra Prasad Dobhal | 3,210 | 5.67 |
| | Independent | Ram Chander | 335 | 0.59 |
| | Independent | Girish Chandra Juyal | 185 | 0.33 |
| | Independent | Ram Avtar | 157 | 0.28 |
| | Independent | Irshad Ahmed | 81 | 0.14 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,578 | 62.08 |
| | ABJS gain from Independent | ABJS gain from Independent | Swing | |

### 1967 results

1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ram Swaroop | 21,191 | 38.60 | 10.95 |
| | ABJS | Nityanand Swami | 19,174 | 34.93 | 11.69 |
| | INC | Brij Bhushan Saran | 14,038 | 25.57 | 2.71 |
| | Independent | G.C. Chaurasia | 492 | 0.90 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,017 | 3.67 | 10.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,895 | 65.96 | – |
| | Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 1962 results

1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Brij Bhushan Saran | 12,638 | 28.28 | 16.07 |
| | Independent | Ram Swaroop | 12,356 | 27.65 | New |
| | ABJS | Nityanand Swami | 9,210 | 23.24 | – |
| | Independent | Sunil Chandra Dutta | 6,017 | 13.46 | New |
| | PSP | Sadhu Singh | 4,248 | 9.50 | New |
| | Independent | Babu Ram Gupta | 144 | 0.32 | New |
| | Independent | B.S. Hudsun | 82 | 0.18 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 282 | 0.63 | 14.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,695 | 65.96 | 9.57 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 1957 results

1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Brij Bhushan Saran | 13,793 | 44.35 | New |
| | Independent | Durga Prasad | 9,218 | 29.64 | New |
| | ABJS | Nityanand Swami | 7,228 | 23.24 | New |
| | Independent | Chandan Singh | 859 | 2.76 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,575 | 14.71 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,098 | 56.39 | New |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |