Garhwal Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttarakhand: Full list of candidates, polling dates

Garhwal is one of five parliamentary constituencies in the northern state of Uttarakhand.

Garhwal registered 54.52 percent voter turnout in 2019, a loss of 0.56 percent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1321350 while the total voter turnout is 720350. While in 2014, the constituency registered 55.08 percent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1232127 while the total voter's turnout was 678669.

The first phase of voting in five constituencies of Uttarakhand ended on April 11. The fate of nine candidates will be decided on May 23 when counting of votes takes place and the result is declared.

Altogether 58 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the first phase of polling in five Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttarakhand. 

Garhwal constituency is made up of 14 assembly segments covering five districts - Chamoli, Nainital, Pauri Garhwal, Rudraprayag and Tehri Garhwal.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from the Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency:-

 

1	Tirath Singh Rawat	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Manish Khanduri	Indian National Congress
3	Dilendrr Pal Singh	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (Democratic)
4	Dr. Mukesh Semwal	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
5	Shanti Prasad Bhatt	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
6	Anandmani Dutt Joshi	Independent
7	Bhagwat Prasad	Independent
8	Dr. Ramendra Singh Bhandari	Independent
9	Vinod Prasad Notiyal	Independent

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Adding an interesting twist to the electoral contest here, the Congress party has fielded Manish Khanduri, son of former state CM BC Khanduri. Since BC Khanduri is an influential BJP leader in the state and his son contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha election on a Congress ticket could hit his image and that of his party. Former BJP Uttarakhand unit chief Tirath Singh Rawat, who is believed to be very close to the senior Khanduri, has been pitted against Congress party candidate Manish.

In 2014 Lok Sabha election, BC Khanduri registered a decisive victory against his Congress rival Harak Singh Rawat. Khanduri won by a margin of almost 1.85 lakh votes. 

In 2009 Lok Sabha election, Congress candidate Satpal Maharaj had managed to wrest this seat with a margin of over 17,000 votes.

The state of Uttarakhand has a total population of 10,117,000 and a sex ratio of 963 females per 1000 males. It has thirteen districts with almost 70% of the population residing in rural areas.
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