Dehradun Cantt (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)

Dehradun Cantt देहरादून कैंट
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	Dehradun
State	Uttarakhand
Electorate	1,27,435 (2017)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	2002
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA	Harbans Kapoor
Reservation	None

21-Dehradun Cantt Legislative Assembly constituency (Hindi: 21-देहरादून छावनी विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It includes Dehradun Cantonment area. This seat is previously known as Dehradun Constituency before 2002 Delimitation

Dehradun Cantt Legislative Assembly constituency is a part of Tehri Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

INC Independent BJS Janata Party BJP

Election		Member	Party
	1957	Brij Bhushan Saran	Indian National Congress
	1962	Brij Bhushan Saran	Indian National Congress
	1967	Master Ram Swaroop	Independent
	1969	Nityanand Swami	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
	1974	Bhola Dutta Saklani	Indian National Congress
	1977	Devendra Dutt Shastri	Janata Party
	1980	Dwarika Nath Dhawan	Indian National Congress
	1985	Hira Singh Bisht	Indian National Congress
	1989	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1991	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1993	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1996	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party
Major boundary changes
	2002	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2007	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party
Major boundary changes
	2012	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2017	Harbans Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2017 results

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2017: Dehradun Cantt
Party		Candidate	Votes
	BJP	Harbans Kapoor	41,142
	INC	Suryakant Dhasmana	24,472
	Independent	Anoop Nautiyal	3,285
	Independent	Naveen Bisht	1,302
	BSP	Devendra Singh Saini	802
	RLD	Kunwar Japinder	325
	NCP	Luxman Singh Negi	283
	Independent	Sanjay Goyal	149
	Independent	Kapil Bhatia	159
	UKKD	Shribilash	103
	SP	Dr RK Pathak	110
	Independent	Arun Khanna	64
	NOTA	None of the above	641
Majority
Turnout
	BJP hold		Swing

2012 results

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2012: Dehradun Cantt
Party		Candidate	Votes
	BJP	Harbans Kapoor	29,719
	INC	Devendra Singh Sethi	24,624
	Independent	Rajendra Pant	3,391
	BSP	Nupur Gupta	1,570
	Independent	Adesh Garg	1,118
	Independent	Sanjiv Kumar	449
	Independent	Jyotsna	567
	Trinamool Congress	Vijendra Singh Thapa	367
	UKKD	Sanjiv Kumar	315
	SP	Subhash Chand Jasoria	295
	Shiv Sena	Rahul Chauhan	260
	Independent	Indradev Shukl	160
	Independent	Rajiv Gupta	111
	NCP	Bir Singh Rawat	100
	Indian Justice Party	Pt. Madan Gopal	62
Majority
Turnout
	BJP hold		Swing

2007 results

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2007: Dehradun^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Harbans Kapoor	23,856	50.61
	INC	Lal Chand Sharma	16,823	35.69
	UKKD	Virendra Uniyal	2,320	4.92
	Shiv Sena	Amit	1,552	3.29
Majority
Turnout			47,138	67.03
	BJP hold		Swing

1969 results

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1969: Dehradun^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJS	Nityanand Swami	20,349	35.57
	INC	Krishan Chand Singhal	17,185	30.37
	Independent	Sunil Chandra Datta	15,076	26.65
	Praja Socialist Party	Rajendra Prasad Dobhal	3,210	5.67
	Independent	Ram Chander	335	0.59
	Independent	Girish Chandra Juyal	185	0.33
	Independent	Ram Avtar	157	0.28
	Independent	Irshad Ahmed	81	0.14
Majority
Turnout			56,578	62.08
	BJS gain from Independent		Swing

1967 results

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1967: Dehradun^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ram Swaroop	21,191	38.60
	BJS	Nityanand Swami	19,174	34.93
	INC	Brij Bhushan Saran	14,038	25.57
	Independent	G.C. Chaurasia	492	0.90
Majority
Turnout			54,895	65.96
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1962 results

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1962: Dehradun^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Brij Bhushan Saran	12,638	28.28
	Independent	Ram Swaroop	12,356	27.65
	BJS	Nityanand Swami	9,210	23.24
	Independent	Sunil Chandra Dutta	6,017	13.46
	Praja Socialist Party	Sadhu Singh	4,248	9.50
	Independent	Babu Ram Gupta	144	0.32
	Independent	B.S. Hudsun	82	0.18
Majority
Turnout			44,695	65.96
	INC hold		Swing

1957 results

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1957: Dehradun^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Brij Bhushan Saran	13,793	44.35
	Independent	Durga Prasad	9,218	29.64
	BJS	Nityanand Swami	7,228	23.24
	Independent	Chandan Singh	859	2.76
Majority
Turnout			31,098	56.39
	INC win (new seat)

References

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