2009 Indian general election in Uttarakhand

The 2009 Indian general election in Uttarakhand, occurred for 5 seats in the state. All 5 seats were won by the Indian National Congress.

2009 Indian general election in Uttarakhand

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5 seats
Turnout	53.43% ( 5.36%)
First party Second party   Leader Harish Rawat B.C. Khanduri Party INC BJP Alliance UPA NDA Leader's seat Haridwar Did not contest Last election 1 3 Seats won 5 0 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 13,54,468 10,61,358 Percentage 43.14% 33.80% Swing 4.83% 7.18%
Prime Minister before election Manmohan Singh INC Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			B. C. Khanduri	5

  United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Harish Rawat	5

List of Candidates

Results

Party Name				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	INC			13,54,468	43.14	4.83	5	5	4
	BJP			10,61,358	33.80	7.18	5	0	3
	BSP			4,78,394	15.24	8.47	5	0
	SP			57,316	1.83	6.10	2	0	1
	Others			1,02,383	3.25		30	0
	IND			86,126	2.74	0.11	29	0
Total				31,40,045	100%	-	76	5	-

Elected MPs

Following is the list of elected MPs from Uttarakhand.

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Tehri Garhwal	Vijay Bahuguna		INC	263,083	45.04	Jaspal Rana		BJP	210,144	35.98	52,939	9.06
2	Garhwal	Satpal Maharaj		INC	236,949	44.41	Tejpal Singh Rawat		BJP	219,552	41.15	17,397	3.26
3	Almora	Pradeep Tamta		INC	200,824	41.77	Ajay Tamta		BJP	193,874	40.33	6,950	1.44
4	Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar	K. C. Singh Baba		INC	321,377	42.64	Bachi Singh Rawat		BJP	232,965	30.91	88,412	11.73
5	Hardwar	Harish Rawat		INC	332,235	42.16	Swami Yatindranand Giri		BJP	204,823	25.99	127,412	16.17

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Uttarakhand

#	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	Harish Rawat	Hardwar	MoS	Labour and Employment	28 May 2009	19 January 2011		INC
				Agriculture	19 January 2011	28 October 2012
				Food Processing Industries	19 January 2011
				Parliamentary Affairs	12 July 2011
			Cabinet Minister	Water Resources	28 October 2012	1 February 2014

Assembly segment wise lead

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2012 election)
	Indian National Congress	51	32
	Bharatiya Janata Party	19	31
	Others	0	7
Total		70

By-election

By-elections were held in 2012 for Tehri Garhwal constituency as Elected MP Vijay Bahuguna became the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.

In the election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah defeated Saket Bahuguna, son of Vijay Bahuguna by margin of over 22,000.

See also

• Elections in Uttarakhand
• Politics of Uttarakhand
• 2009 Indian general election
• 15th Lok Sabha
• List of members of the 15th Lok Sabha