Rudrapur assembly election result 2017
Rajkumar Thukral of the Bharatiya Janata Party won Rudrapur in the 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election with 68,754 votes (58.81%), defeating Tilak Raj Behar of the Indian National Congress, who polled 43,983 votes (37.62%). The winning margin was 24,771 votes.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajkumar Thukral | Bharatiya Janata Party | 68,754 | 58.81% |
| Tilak Raj Behar | Indian National Congress | 43,983 | 37.62% |
| Jaswant Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | 1,471 | 1.26% |
Turnout was 73.38%, with 116,899 votes cast.
Uttarakhand voted on 15 February 2017 in 69 of its 70 seats (Karnaprayag polled later), and the votes were counted on 11 March 2017. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 57 of the 70 seats, and Trivendra Singh Rawat became Chief Minister.
About the Rudrapur constituency
Rudrapur is seat number 66 of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly and lies in Udham Singh Nagar district. It is a general (unreserved) seat. It is part of the Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar Lok Sabha constituency. It had about 192,593 registered electors at the 2022 election.
Who represents Rudrapur now
Rudrapur is represented by Shiv Arora of the Bharatiya Janata Party, elected in 2022. The 2017 figures above are a historical record.
- Rudrapur constituency page
- Profile of Shiv Arora
- All Uttarakhand MLAs
- Uttarakhand constituencies
- Uttarakhand Election 2027
Figures are the Election Commission of India’s 2017 results for Rudrapur, checked against two independent published compilations, which agree on them.