5th Uttarakhand Assembly

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Fifth Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
(Chief Minister)
Pushkar Singh Dhami, BJP
since 4 July 2021
Yashpal Arya, INC
since 10 April 2022
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Bhuwan Chandra Kapri, INC
since 10 April 2022
Sukhbir Singh Sandhu IAS[1]
Structure
Seats70
India Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha 2022
Political groups
Government (50)
NDA (50)

Official Opposition (17)

Other Opposition
(2)

Vacant (2)

  •   Vacant (2)
Length of term
2022–2027
Elections
first-past-the-post
Last election
14 February 2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Bhararisain (Summer)
Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Dehradun (Winter)
Website
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constitution
Constitution of India

The 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election have elected the incumbent fifth Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Elections were held on 14 February 2022 when Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party with 47 seats in the 70-seat legislature and formed the government.[2] The Indian National Congress with 19 seats served as the opposition.

Notable Positions

S.No Position Portrait Name Party Constituency Office Taken Ref
1 Speaker Ritu Khanduri Bhushan Bharatiya Janata Party Kotdwar 26 March 2022 [3][4]
2 Deputy Speaker Vacant
3 Leader of the House Pushkar Singh Dhami
(Chief Minister)
Bharatiya Janata Party Champawat 23 March 2022 [5]
4 Deputy Leader of the House Premchand Aggarwal
(Parliamentary and Finance Minister)
Rishikesh [3][4]
5 Leader of Opposition Yashpal Arya Indian National Congress Bajpur 18 April 2022 [6]
6 Deputy Leader of Opposition Bhuwan Chandra Kapri Indian National Congress Khatima 18 April 2022 [7]

Composition of the Assembly

Party Abbr. Seats Leader in the House
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 47 Pushkar Singh Dhami
Indian National Congress INC 18 Yashpal Arya
Bahujan Samaj Party BSP 01
Independent Ind. 02 N/A
Total 70

Members of Legislative Assembly

District No. Constituency Name Party Remarks
Uttarkashi 1
Purola
(SC)
Durgeshwar Lal Bharatiya Janata Party
2
Yamunotri
Sanjay Dobhal Independent
3
Gangotri
Suresh Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party
Chamoli 4
Badrinath
Rajendra Singh Bhandari Bharatiya Janata Party
5
Tharali
(SC)
Bhupal Ram Tamta Bharatiya Janata Party
6
Karnaprayag
Anil Nautiyal Bharatiya Janata Party
Rudraprayag 7
Kedarnath
Shaila Rani Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party
8
Rudraprayag
Bharat Singh Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
Tehri Garhwal 9
Ghansali
(SC)
Shakti Lal Shah Bharatiya Janata Party
10
Devprayag
Vinod Kandari Bharatiya Janata Party
11
Narendranagar
Subodh Uniyal Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
12
Pratapnagar
Vikram Singh Negi Indian National Congress
13
Tehri
Kishore Upadhyaya Bharatiya Janata Party
14
Dhanaulti
Pritam Singh Panwar Bharatiya Janata Party
Dehradun 15
Chakrata
(ST)
Pritam Singh Indian National Congress
16
Vikasnagar
Munna Singh Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party
17
Sahaspur
Sahdev Singh Pundir Bharatiya Janata Party
18
Dharampur
Vinod Chamoli Bharatiya Janata Party
19
Raipur
Umesh Sharma 'Kau' Bharatiya Janata Party
20
Rajpur Road
(SC)
Khajan Das Bharatiya Janata Party
21
Dehradun Cantonment
Savita Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party
22
Mussoorie
Ganesh Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
23
Doiwala
Brij Bhushan Gairola Bharatiya Janata Party
24
Rishikesh
Premchand Aggarwal Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
Haridwar 25
Haridwar
Madan Kaushik Bharatiya Janata Party
26
BHEL Ranipur
Adesh Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party
27
Jwalapur
(SC)
Ravi Bahadur Indian National Congress
28
Bhagwanpur
(SC)
Mamta Rakesh Indian National Congress
29
Jhabrera
(SC)
Virendra Kumar Indian National Congress
30
Piran Kaliyar
Furqan Ahmad Indian National Congress
31
Roorkee
Pradip Batra Bharatiya Janata Party
32
Khanpur
Umesh Kumar Independent
33
Manglaur
Sarwat Karim Ansari Bahujan Samaj Party Died on 30 October 2023[8]
Vacant
34
Laksar
Shahzad Bahujan Samaj Party
35
Haridwar Rural
Anupama Rawat Indian National Congress
Pauri Garhwal 36
Yamkeshwar
Renu Bisht Bharatiya Janata Party
37
Pauri
(SC)
Raj Kumar Pori Bharatiya Janata Party
38
Srinagar
Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
39
Chaubattakhal
Satpal Maharaj Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
40
Lansdowne
Dilip Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party
41
Kotdwar
Ritu Khanduri Bhushan Bharatiya Janata Party Speaker
Pithoragarh 42
Dharchula
Harish Singh Dhami Indian National Congress
43
Didihat
Bishan Singh Chuphal Bharatiya Janata Party
44
Pithoragarh
Mayukh Mahar Indian National Congress
45
Gangolihat
(SC)
Fakir Ram Tamta Bharatiya Janata Party
Bageshwar 46
Kapkot
Suresh Singh Garhia Bharatiya Janata Party
47
Bageshwar
(SC)
Chandan Ram Das Bharatiya Janata Party Died on 26 April 2023[9]
Parwati Dass Elected in September 2023 by-election[10]
Almora 48
Dwarahat
Madan Singh Bisht Indian National Congress
49
Salt
Mahesh Singh Jeena Bharatiya Janata Party
50
Ranikhet
Pramod Nainwal Bharatiya Janata Party
51
Someshwar
(SC)
Rekha Arya Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
52
Almora
Manoj Tiwari Indian National Congress
53
Jageshwar
Mohan Singh Mahara Bharatiya Janata Party
Champawat 54
Lohaghat
Khushal Singh Adhikari Indian National Congress
55
Champawat
Kailash Chandra Gahtori Bharatiya Janata Party Kailash Chandra Gahtori resigns, vacates seat for Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami[11]
Pushkar Singh Dhami Bharatiya Janata Party Won in 2022 by-poll[12]
Nainital 56
Lalkuan
Mohan Singh Bisht Bharatiya Janata Party
57
Bhimtal
Ram Singh Kaira Bharatiya Janata Party
58
Nainital
(SC)
Sarita Arya Bharatiya Janata Party
59
Haldwani
Sumit Hridayesh Indian National Congress
60
Kaladhungi
Banshidhar Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party
61
Ramnagar
Diwan Singh Bisht Bharatiya Janata Party
Udham Singh Nagar 62
Jaspur
Adesh Singh Chauhan Indian National Congress
63 Kashipur Trilok Singh Cheema Bharatiya Janata Party
64
Bajpur
(SC)
Yashpal Arya Indian National Congress Leader of Opposition
65
Gadarpur
Arvind Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party
66
Rudrapur
Shiv Arora Bharatiya Janata Party
67
Kichha
Tilak Raj Behar Indian National Congress
68
Sitarganj
Saurabh Bahuguna Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
69
Nanakmatta
(ST)
Gopal Singh Rana Indian National Congress
70
Khatima
Bhuwan Chandra Kapri Indian National Congress Deputy Leader of Opposition

See also

References

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