CHAMPAWAT
Assembly seat no. 55 in Uttarakhand · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 5 times since 2002.
Winner, 2022
Kailash Chandra Gahtori
BJP
Elections held
5
2002–2022
Most successful party
BJP
won 3 of 5
Margin, 2022
5,304
8.19% of valid votes
Result, 2022
Runner-up
INCHemesh Kharkwal
- Votes
- 27,243
- Vote share
- 42.07%
- Behind by
- 5,304
Electors
98,113
Total votes polled
64,755
Valid votes
64,755
NOTA votes
946
1.46% of votes polled
Turnout
66.0%
Full result, 2022
7 candidates · 64,755 valid votes
Kailash Chandra GahtoriBJPwon
32,547
50.3%
Hemesh KharkwalINC
27,243
42.1%
Madan Singh MaharAAAP
2,557
4.0%
Rakesh Chandra VermaBSP
506
0.8%
Jagdish BhattIND
465
0.7%
Deepak BelwalIND
280
0.4%
Mohd HaarunSP
211
0.3%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 5 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Kailash Chandra Gahtori | BJP | 32,547 | 50.26% | Hemesh Kharkwal | 5,304 |
| 2017 | KAILASH CHANDRA GAHTORI | BJP | 36,601 | 62.30% | HEMESH KHARKWAL | 17,360 |
| 2012 | SRI HEMESH KHARKWAL | INC | 20,330 | 40.51% | SRI MADAN SINGH | 6,953 |
| 2007 | VEENA MAHARANA | BJP | 22,928 | 41.90% | HEMESH KHARKWAL | 7,058 |
| 2002 | HAMESH KHARKWAL | INC | 8,380 | 21.55% | MADAN SINGH MAHRANA | 395 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above

