Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Tehri Garhwal
Established:1957
Electors:15,77,664[1]
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Mp:Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
Latest Election Year:2024
Preceded By:Vijay Bahuguna
State:Uttarakhand
Reservation:None
Assembly Cons:14: Purola, Gangotri, Yamunotri, Ghansali, Pratapnagar, Tehri, Dhanaulti, Chakrata, Vikasnagar, Sahaspur, Raipur, Rajpur Road, Dehradun Cantonment and Mussoorie

Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttarakhand.[2] This constituency came into existence in 1957, following the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies. It comprises the districts of Dehradun (part), Tehri Garhwal (part) and Uttarakashi.

Assembly segments

After the formation of Uttarakhand

At present, Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following fourteen Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[2]

NameDistrictMemberPartyLeading
1Purola (SC)UttarkashiDurgeshwar LalBJPIND
2YamunotriSanjay Dobhal INDIND
3GangotriSuresh Singh Chouhan BJP
9Ghansali (SC)Tehri GarhwalShakti Lal ShahBJP
12PratapnagarVikram Singh NegiINC
13TehriKishore UpadhyayaBJP
14DhanaultiBJP
15Chakrata (ST)DehradunPritam SinghINCIND
16VikasnagarMunna Singh ChauhanBJP
17SahaspurSahdev Singh PundirBJP
19RaipurUmesh Sharma 'Kau'BJP
20Rajpur Road (SC)Khajan DasBJP
21Dehradun CanttSavita KapoorBJP
22MussoorieGanesh JoshiBJP

Before the formation of Uttarakhand

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

DistrictAssembly constituency segments
NameSC/ST
Dehradun
ChakrataST
Mussoorie
Tehri Garhwal
Devprayag
Tehri
UttarkashiUttarkashiSC

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1952Kamalendumati Shah
1957
1962
1967
1971Paripoornanand Painuli
1977
1980
1984Brahm Dutt
1989
1991Manabendra Shah
1996
1998
1999
2004
2007^Vijay Bahuguna
2009
2012^Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
2014
2019
2024
^ by-poll

Election results

2009

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf
  2. Web site: CEO Uttaranchal - Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies . gov.ua.nic.in . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081203060201/http://gov.ua.nic.in/ceouttranchal/ceo/ac_pc.aspx . 3 December 2008 . dead.