Haridwar (Lok Sabha constituency)

5-Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: 5-हरिद्वार लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttarakhand. It comprises two districts namely Dehradun (part) and Haridwar. This constituency came into existence in 1977, following the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies. Between the period of 1977 and 2009, this constituency was reserved for the Scheduled Caste candidates.[1]

Assembly segments

Before the formation of Uttarakhand

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

District Assembly constituency segments
Name SC/ST
Dehradun Dehradun
Haridwar
Haridwar
Laksar
Roorkee
Muzaffarnagar Purqazi SC

After the formation of Uttarakhand

At present, Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following fourteen Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

District Assembly constituency segments
Number Name SC/ST
Dehradun
18 Dharampur
23 Doiwala
24 Rishikesh
Haridwar
26 BHEL Ranipur
28 Bhagwanpur SC
25 Haridwar
35 Hardwar Rural
29 Jhabrera SC
27 Jwalapur SC
32 Khanpur
34 Laksar
33 Manglaur
30 Piran Kaliyar
31 Roorkee

Members of Parliament

Keys:

  BJP
  BLD
  INC/INC(I)
  JP(S)
  SP
ElectionMemberParty
1977 Bhagwan Das Rathod Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Jag Pal Singh Janata Party (Secular)
1984 Sunder Lal Indian National Congress (I)
1987 (By-election) Ram Singh Indian National Congress (I)
1989 Jag Pal Singh Indian National Congress (I)
1991 Ram Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Harpal Singh Sathi Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Harpal Singh Sathi Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Harpal Singh Sathi Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 Rajendra Kumar Badi Samajwadi Party
2009 Harish Rawat Indian National Congress
2014 Ramesh Pokhriyal Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Ramesh Pokhriyal Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results
2019 Indian general elections: Hardwar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramesh Pokhriyal 6,65,674 52.37 +1.99
INC Ambrish Kumar 4,06,945 32.02 -3.23
BSP Antriksh Saini 1,73,528 13.65 +3.98
NOTA None of the Above 6,281 0.49 +0.23
Margin of victory 2,58,729 20.35 +5.22
Turnout 12,71,030 69.25 -2.31
BJP hold Swing
2014 Indian general elections: Hardwar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramesh Pokhriyal 5,92,320 50.38 +24.39
INC Renuka Rawat 4,14,498 35.25 -6.91
BSP Mohammad Islam 1,13,663 9.67 -13.34
AAP Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya 18,170 1.55 N/A
SP Anita Saini 5,765 0.49 -4.18
NOTA None of the Above 3,049 0.26 N/A
Margin of victory 1,77,822 15.13 -1.04
Turnout 11,75,692 71.56 +10.68
BJP gain from INC Swing +8.22
2009 Indian general elections: Hardwar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Harish Rawat 3,32,235 42.14
BJP Yatindranand Giri 2,04,823 25.98
BSP Shahzad 1,81,296 23.00
Margin of victory 1,27,412 16.17
Turnout 7,88,121 60.89
INC gain from SP Swing

See also

References
  1. With the addition of three Assembly segments–.. The Hindu, 25 March 2009.

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