Dehradun (Lok Sabha constituency)

Dehradun Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: देहरादून लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) was a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency in Uttar Pradesh (now part of Uttarakhand). This constituency came into existence in 1952 and existed until 1977, following the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies.

Assembly segments

Dehradun Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituency segments of Uttar Pradesh:

District Assembly constituency segments
Name SC/ST
Bijnor
Laksar
Roorkee
Dehradun
Dehradun
Saharanpur
Behat
Haridwar

Members of Parliament

Keys:

ElectionMemberParty
1951–52 Mahavir Tyagi Indian National Congress
1957 Mahavir Tyagi Indian National Congress
1962 Mahavir Tyagi Indian National Congress
1967 Yashpal Singh Independent
1971 Mulki Raj Saini Indian National Congress (R)

Election results

General Election, 1957

[1]

1957 Indian general election: Dehradun
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mahavir Tyagi 1,28,952 58.05
PSP Narayan Datt Dangwal 55,064 24.79
BJS Jag Mohan Swarup 38,134 17.17
Margin of victory 73,888
Turnout 2,22,150 60.26

General Election, 1962

[2]

1962 Indian general election: Dehradun
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mahavir Tyagi 1,21,618 50.89
BJS Sushila Devi 47,226 19.76
SWA Rajendra Das 35,969 15.05
PSP Narayan Datt Dangwal 34,183 14.3
Margin of victory 74,392
Turnout 2,38,996 59.09
INC hold Swing

General Election, 1967

[3]

1967 Indian general election: Dehradun
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Yashpal Singh 1,51,465 49.83
INC Mahavir Tyagi 1,11,353 36.64
Independent Dharampal 35,134 11.56
Independent H. Singh 5,981 1.97
Margin of victory 1,14,112
Turnout 3,03,933 32.64
Independent gain from INC Swing

General Election, 1971

1971 Indian general election: Dehradun
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mulki Raj Saini 1,90,160 68.48
BJS Nityanand Swami 48,635 17.51
JP Rao Mahmood Ahmed Khan 12,375 4.46
Independent Ram Das 6,351 2.29
Independent Babu Ram Gupta 4,798 1.73
Independent Yashpal Singh 4,447 1.60
Independent Kulanand Joshi 3,407 1.23
Independent Shyam Lal 2,646 0.95
Independent Sarjeet Ali Khan 1,933 0.70
Independent Gajendra Singh 1,898 0.68
Independent Jagdish Shastri 1,031 0.37
Margin of victory 1,41,525
Turnout 2,77,681 53.96
INC gain from Independent Swing

See also

References

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