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{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Uttarakhand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
| name = Almora
| image =
| caption =
| Existence = 1951
| CurrentMPParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| CurrentMP = [[Ajay Tamta]]
| ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| FormerMP = [[Pradeep Tamta]]
| State = [[Uttarakhand]]
|Electorate=
|Reservation= [[Scheduled Castes|SC]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = 14: [[Dharchula (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dharchula]], [[Didihat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Didihat]], [[Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pithoragarh]], [[Gangolihat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Gangolihat]], [[Kapkot (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kapkot]], [[Bageshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bageshwar]], [[Dwarahat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dwarahat]], [[Salt (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Salt]], [[Ranikhet (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Ranikhet]], [[Someshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Someshwar]], [[Almora (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Almora]], [[Jageshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Jageshwar]], [[Lohaghat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Lohaghat]] and [[Champawat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Champawat]]
}}
'''Almora Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the five [[Lok Sabha]] ([[Parliament of India|parliamentary]]) constituencies in [[Uttarakhand]]. This constituency came into existence in 1952, following the [[Delimitation Commission of India|delimitation]] of Lok Sabha constituencies. It comprises four districts namely [[Almora district|Almora]], [[Bageshwar district|Bageshwar]], [[Champawat district|Champawat]] and [[Pithoragarh district|Pithoragarh]]. Since 2009, this constituency is reserved for the [[Scheduled Castes|Scheduled Caste]] candidates.

==Assembly segments==

'''After the [[Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000|formation of Uttarakhand]]'''

At present, Almora Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following fourteen [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] ([[State Legislative Assembly (India)|legislative assembly]]) constituency segments of Uttarakhand:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.ua.nic.in/ceouttranchal/ceo/ac_pc.aspx |title=Uttarakhand state: Assembly Constituencies- Corresponding Districts & Parliamentary Constituencies |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand website |accessdate=1 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619064401/http://gov.ua.nic.in/ceouttranchal/ceo/ac_pc.aspx |archivedate=19 June 2009 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2"| [[List of districts of Uttarakhand|District]]
! colspan="3"| [[List of constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly|Assembly constituency segments]]
|-
! Number
! Name
! SC/ST
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Pithoragarh district|Pithoragarh]]
|-
| align="center" | 42
| [[Dharchula (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dharchula]]
| rowspan="3" |
|-
| align="center" | 43
| [[Didihat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Didihat]]
|-
| align="center" | 44
| [[Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pithoragarh]]
|-
| align="center" | 45
| [[Gangolihat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Gangolihat]]
|[[Scheduled Castes|SC]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Bageshwar district|Bageshwar]]
|-
| align="center" | 46
| [[Kapkot (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kapkot]]
|
|-
| align="center" | 47
| [[Bageshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bageshwar]]
|[[Scheduled Castes|SC]]
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[Almora district|Almora]]
|-
| align="center" | 48
| [[Dwarahat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dwarahat]]
| rowspan="3" |
|-
| align="center"| 49
| [[Salt (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Salt]]
|-
| align="center" | 50
| [[Ranikhet (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Ranikhet]]
|-
| align="center"| 51
| [[Someshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Someshwar]]
| align="center"| [[Scheduled Castes|SC]]
|-
| align="center" | 52
| [[Almora (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Almora]]
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| align="center" | 53
| [[Jageshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Jageshwar]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Champawat district|Champawat]]
|-
| align="center" | 54
| [[Lohaghat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Lohaghat]]
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| align="center"| 55
| [[Champawat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Champawat]]
|}
'''Before the formation of Uttarakhand'''

Almora Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following five [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] ([[State Legislative Assembly (India)|legislative assembly]]) constituency segments of [[Uttar Pradesh]]:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |[[List of districts of Uttar Pradesh|District]]
! colspan="2" |[[List of constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Assembly constituency segments]]
|-
! Name
! SC/ST
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Almora district|Almora]]
|-
| [[Almora (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Almora]]
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| [[Ranikhet (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Ranikhet]]
|-
| [[Bageshwar district|Bageshwar]]
| [[Bageshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bageshwar]]
| align="center" |[[Scheduled Castes|SC]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Pithoragarh district|Pithoragarh]]
|-
| [[Didihat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Didihat]]
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| [[Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pithoragarh]]
|}

==Members of Parliament==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Election!!Member!!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|[[1951–52 Indian general election|1951–1952]]|| Devi Datt Pant
|rowspan=6 style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|rowspan=6 |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1951–52 Indian general election|1955]] ([[By-election]])|| [[Badri Datt Pandey]]
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]|| [[Hargovind Pant]]
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]] ([[By-election]])
|rowspan=3 | Jang Bahadur Singh Bisht
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]|| Narendra Singh Bisht
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]|| [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|[[Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|rowspan=3| [[Harish Rawat]]
|rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|rowspan=3 |[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]|| Jeevan Sharma
|rowspan=5 style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|rowspan=5 |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]||rowspan=4| [[Bachi Singh Rawat]]
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]|| [[Pradeep Tamta]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|rowspan=2 |[[Ajay Tamta]]
|rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|rowspan=2 | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|-
|}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=Uttar%20Pradesh |title=State wise list of MPs (Uttar Pradesh) |access-date=22 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222110901/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=Uttar%20Pradesh |archive-date=22 February 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=Uttarakhand |title=State wise list of MPs (Uttarakhand) |access-date=22 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222110858/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=Uttarakhand |archive-date=22 February 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090519200051/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionresults/constituency/28/28/almora.html Almora] [[CNN IBN]]</ref>

==Election results==
===General Elections, 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Almora]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ajay Tamta]]
|votes = 4,44,651
|percentage = 64.03
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Pradeep Tamta]]
|votes = 2,11,665
|percentage = 30.48
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 15,505
|percentage = 2.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 2,32,986
|percentage = 33.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,99,807
|percentage = 52.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Elections, 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Almora]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ajay Tamta]]
|votes = 3,48,186
|percentage = 53.00
|change = +12.67
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Pradeep Tamta]]
|votes = 2,52,496
|percentage = 38.44
|change = -3.33
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 15,245
|percentage = 2.32
|change = ---
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 95,690
|percentage = 14.56
|change = +12.68
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,56,525
|percentage = 52.37
|change = +6.51
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = +11.00
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Elections, 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Almora]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Pradeep Tamta]]
|votes = 2,02,228
|percentage = 41.70
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ajay Tamta]]
|votes = 1,95,705
|percentage = 40.36
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Bahadur Ram Dhauni
|votes = 45,143
|percentage = 9.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 6,523
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,84,920
|percentage = 45.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
<ref>http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=303&cid=3</ref>

===General Elections, 2004 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections]]: [[Almora]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Bachi Singh Rawat]]
|votes = 2,25,742
|percentage = 44.68
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Renuka Rawat
|votes = 2,15,690
|percentage = 42.69
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
|candidate = [[Kashi Singh Airy]]
|votes = 27,340
|percentage = 5.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 10,052
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,05,223
|percentage = 52.37
|change = 49.89
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
<ref>http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=226&cid=3</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
* [[List of parliamentary constituencies in Uttarakhand]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/uttarakhand/almora/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Almora lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

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