Dehradun Cantonment (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)

21-Dehradun Cantonment Legislative Assembly constituency (Dehradun Cantt) is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. This seat is previously known as Dehradun Constituency before 2002 Delimitation

Dehradun Cantt
Constituency
DistrictDehradun
StateUttarakhand
Electorate131,808 (2017)[1]
Current constituency
Created2002
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
MLAHarbans Kapoor
ReservationNone

Dehradun Cantt Legislative Assembly constituency is a part of Tehri Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency). It includes 15 wards of Dehradun Municipal Corporation and Dehradun Cantonment area

Dehradun Municipal Corporation Wards
Further information: Dehradun Municipal Corporation
  • kaulagarh
  • Ballupur
  • Yamuna Colony
  • Govindgarh
  • Sridev Suman Nagar
  • Vijay Park
  • Vasant Vihar
  • Panditwadi
  • Indira Nagar
  • Seemadwar
  • Indira Puram
  • Kanwali
  • Dronpuri
  • Patel Nagar West
  • Gandhi Gram

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  INC     Independent     BJS     JP     BJP  

ElectionWinnerPartyRunner upPartyMargin
1951 Shanti Prapan Sharma Indian National Congress Gulab Singh Independent 3,388
1957 Brij Bhushan Saran Durga Prasad 4,575
1962 Master Ram Swaroop 282
1967 Master Ram Swaroop Independent Nityanand Swami Bharatiya Jana Sangh 2,017
1969 Nityanand Swami Bharatiya Jana Sangh Krishan Chand Singhal Indian National Congress 3,164
1974 Bhola Dutta Saklani Indian National Congress Nityanand Swami Bharatiya Jana Sangh 11,570
1977 Devendra Dutt Shastri Janata Party Bhola Dutta Saklani Indian National Congress 1,278
1980 Dwarika Nath Dhawan Indian National Congress Nityanand Swami Independent 19,086
1985 Hira Singh Bisht Harbans Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party 29,390
1989 Harbans Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party Hira Singh Bisht Indian National Congress 10,182
1991 Vinod 21,267
1993 Dinesh Agrawal 14,354
1996 40,733
Major boundary changes
2002 Harbans Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party Sanjay Sharma Indian National Congress 2,924
2007 Lalchand Sharma 7,033
Major boundary changes
2012 Harbans Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party Devendra Singh Sethi Indian National Congress 5,095
2017 Suryakant Dhasmana 16,670

Election results

2017 results
2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun Cantt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Harbans Kapoor 41,142 56.99 9.56
INC Suryakant Dhasmana 24,472 33.90 5.4
Independent Anoop Nautiyal 3,285 4.55 New
Independent Naveen Bisht 1,302 1.80 New
BSP Devendra Singh Saini 802 1.11 1.4
RLD Kunwar Japinder 325 0.45 New
NCP Luxman Singh Negi 283 0.39 0.23
Independent Kapil Bhatia 159 0.22 New
Independent Sanjay Goyal 149 0.21 New
SP Dr RK Pathak 110 0.15 0.32
UKD Shribilash 103 0.14 0.36
Independent Arun Khanna 64 0.09 New
NOTA None of the above 641 0.89 New
Majority 16,670 22.88 14.75
Turnout 72,838 57.07 4.12
BJP hold Swing

2012 results
2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun Cantt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Harbans Kapoor 29,719 47.43
INC Devendra Singh Sethi 24,624 39.30
Independent Rajendra Pant 3,391 5.21
BSP Nupur Gupta 1,570 2.51
Independent Adesh Garg 1,118 1.78
Independent Jyotsna 567 0.90
AITC Vijendra Singh Thapa 367 0.59
UKD Sanjay Bhatt 315 0.50
SP Subhash Chand Jasoria 295 0.47
SHS Rahul Chauhan 260 0.41
Independent Indradev Shukl 160 0.26
Independent Rajiv Gupta 111 0.18
NCP Beer Singh Rawat 100 0.16
IJP Pt. Madan Gopal 62 0.10
Majority 5,095 8.13
Turnout 62,659 61.19
BJP hold Swing

2007 results
2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Harbans Kapoor 23,856 50.61
INC Lal Chand Sharma 16,823 35.69
UKD Virendra Uniyal 2,320 4.92
SHS Amit 1,552 3.29
Majority
Turnout 47,138 67.03
BJP hold Swing

1969 results
1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJS 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
Turnout 56,578 62.08
BJS gain from Independent Swing

1967 results
1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ram Swaroop 21,191 38.60 10.95
BJS 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 2,017 3.67 10.41
Turnout 54,895 65.96  –
Independent gain from INC Swing

1962 results
1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Brij Bhushan Saran 12,638 28.28 16.07
Independent Ram Swaroop 12,356 27.65 New
BJS 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 282 0.63 14.08
Turnout 44,695 65.96 9.57
INC hold Swing

1957 results
1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dehradun[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Brij Bhushan Saran 13,793 44.35 New
Independent Durga Prasad 9,218 29.64 New
BJS Nityanand Swami 7,228 23.24 New
Independent Chandan Singh 859 2.76 New
Majority 4,575 14.71 New
Turnout 31,098 56.39 New
INC win (new seat)

See also

References
  1. https://ceo.uk.gov.in/files/LS-2019/PCWiseElector.pdf
  2. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=247&cid=14
  3. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=910&cid=424
  4. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=920&cid=424
  5. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=893&cid=429
  6. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=887&cid=15
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