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Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Garhwal (Uttar Pradesh) was won by Maj Gen. (Rtd) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri(A.V.S.M.) (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 1999 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 29,682 votes over Satpal Maharaj. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh, from 1957 to 1999.

Full Election History, 1957–1999

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Bhakta Darshan Indian National Congress 71,403 50.5% Chandra Singh (Independent) 20,937 (14.8 pts)
1962 Bhakta Darshan Indian National Congress 67,959 48.1% Chandra Singh Garhwali (Independent) 33,777 (23.9 pts)
1967 B. Darshan Indian National Congress 89,060 54.4% R. Sundriyal (Swatantra Party) 59,923 (36.6 pts)
1971 Pratap Singh Indian National Congress 110,971 79.2% Meharwan Singh (Congress (O)) 90,224 (64.4 pts)
1977 Jagannath Sharma Bharatiya Lok Dal 180,944 69.1% Chandramohan Singh (Indian National Congress) 104,593 (40.0 pts)
1980 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Congress (I) 179,730 65.5% Pratap Singh Puspwan (Janata Party) 125,440 (45.7 pts)
1984 Chandra Mohan Singh Indian National Congress 207,451 60.6% Bharat Singh (LKD) 118,881 (34.7 pts)
1989 Chandra Mohan Janata Dal 164,480 41.3% Satpalji Maharaj (Indian National Congress) 1,007 (0.2 pts)
1991 Bhuwan Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 173,470 44.3% Satpalji Maharaj (Indian National Congress) 25,013 (6.4 pts)
1996 Satpal Maharaj AIIC(T) 163,528 39.4% Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (Bharatiya Janata Party) 15,020 (3.6 pts)
1998 Maj. Gen.(Rtd) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (A.V.S.M.) Bharatiya Janata Party 280,258 55.4% Satpal Maharaj (AIIC(S)) 174,947 (34.6 pts)
1999 Maj Gen. (Rtd) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri(A.V.S.M.) Bharatiya Janata Party 239,745 50.8% Satpal Maharaj (Indian National Congress) 29,682 (6.3 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhakta Darshan Indian National Congress 71,403 50.5%
Chandra Singh Independent 50,466 35.7%
Ghana Nand. Bharatiya Jana Sangh 19,452 13.8%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhakta Darshan Indian National Congress 67,959 48.1%
Chandra Singh Garhwali Independent 34,182 24.2%
Sukhbir Singh Jharkhand Party 13,424 9.5%
Rishi Ballabh Independent 9,641 6.8%
A. Wahid REP 9,155 6.5%
Manik Lal Independent 7,047 5.0%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
B. Darshan Indian National Congress 89,060 54.4%
R. Sundriyal Swatantra Party 29,137 17.8%
K. Charan Bharatiya Jana Sangh 25,388 15.5%
C. S. Suman Samyukta Socialist Party 12,233 7.5%
H. Chandra Independent 7,846 4.8%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pratap Singh Indian National Congress 110,971 79.2%
Meharwan Singh Congress (O) 20,747 14.8%
Tungal Singh Independent 8,331 5.9%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jagannath Sharma Bharatiya Lok Dal 180,944 69.1%
Chandramohan Singh Indian National Congress 76,351 29.2%
Ravindra Singh Independent 4,510 1.7%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Congress (I) 179,730 65.5%
Pratap Singh Puspwan Janata Party 54,290 19.8%
Avadh Behari Pant Janata Party (Secular) 10,729 3.9%
Satya Prasad Dimri Independent 6,478 2.4%
Prithvi Raj Singh Independent 3,959 1.4%
Sudha Kala Independent 3,931 1.4%
Bhagat Singh Independent 3,237 1.2%
Deen Dayal Singh Independent 2,829 1.0%
Shyam Singh Negi Independent 2,324 0.8%
Dilvar Singh Rawat Independent 2,092 0.8%
Vijai Kumar Sharma Independent 2,046 0.7%
Madan Mohan Independent 2,015 0.7%
Raju Lal Alias Rajendra Singh Azad Independent 670 0.2%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chandra Mohan Singh Indian National Congress 207,451 60.6%
Bharat Singh LKD 88,570 25.9%
Raja Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 10,738 3.1%
Bhagat Singh Independent 7,409 2.2%
Prithvi Raj Singh Negi Independent 6,839 2.0%
Govind Ram Nautiyal Independent 5,171 1.5%
Ashutosh Janata Party 5,025 1.5%
Mathura Prasad Bamrara Independent 2,930 0.9%
Satya Prasad Dimri Independent 2,505 0.7%
K.S.Negi Independent 2,481 0.7%
Ramesh Chand DDP 2,211 0.6%
Shambhu Pd. Urf Krishna Nand Independent 921 0.3%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chandra Mohan Janata Dal 164,480 41.3%
Satpalji Maharaj Indian National Congress 163,473 41.1%
Manosh Kant Alias Manohar Kant Dhyani Bharatiya Janata Party 18,631 4.7%
Arjun Singh Gusain UKD 14,211 3.6%
Rami Devi Bahujan Samaj Party 7,492 1.9%
Banshidhar Dobhal LKD (B) 4,969 1.2%
Jagmohan Prassd Independent 4,872 1.2%
Mohan Lal Independent 4,189 1.1%
Laxman Singh Rawat JNP (JP) 3,554 0.9%
Keshwa Nand Independent 3,206 0.8%
Jeet Singh DDP 2,910 0.7%
Kishori Lal UPRP 2,632 0.7%
Prithawi Raj Singh Negi Independent 1,075 0.3%
Mathura Prasad Independent 878 0.2%
Surendra Anand Independent 753 0.2%
Krishna Nand Independent 718 0.2%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhuwan Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 173,470 44.3%
Satpalji Maharaj Indian National Congress 148,457 37.9%
Dharam Singh Rawat Janata Dal 34,023 8.7%
Abbal Singh Independent 6,177 1.6%
Mahabir Prasad UKD 5,318 1.4%
Jagmohan Prasad Bhardwaj Independent 5,014 1.3%
Ashutosh Independent 4,535 1.2%
R.P. Natiyal Independent 2,243 0.6%
Prem Yoga Nand Independent 1,861 0.5%
Madan Mohan Independent 1,363 0.3%
Mohan Lal Sah Independent 1,267 0.3%
Rishi Prasad Independent 1,238 0.3%
Prithvi Raj Singh Negi Independent 1,232 0.3%
Varun Independent 1,145 0.3%
Vachaspati Independent 1,011 0.3%
Kunwar Singh Negi Independent 978 0.2%
Bir Bahadur Independent 922 0.2%
Surendra Singh Independent 692 0.2%
Purshottam Arya DDP 682 0.2%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Satpal Maharaj AIIC(T) 163,528 39.4%
Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Bharatiya Janata Party 148,508 35.8%
Kunwar Singh Negi Indian National Congress 47,870 11.5%
Rajeshwar Prasad Ghildiyal Bahujan Samaj Party 12,537 3.0%
Neena Harnal Independent 8,271 2.0%
Brij Mohan Independent 5,105 1.2%
Varun Dev Samajwadi Party 5,081 1.2%
Bachan Singh Bist Independent 3,737 0.9%
Kalyan Singh Negi Independent 2,784 0.7%
Rishi Prasad Mathani Independent 2,560 0.6%
Kunwari Devi Independent 2,167 0.5%
Mukesh Panwar Independent 2,145 0.5%
Om Singh Kapoor Independent 2,009 0.5%
Prithvi Raj Singh Independent 1,936 0.5%
Ishwar Dayal Independent 1,427 0.3%
Rajesh Kumar Independent 818 0.2%
Virendera Singh Independent 716 0.2%
Keshwanand Independent 650 0.2%
Vijendera Kumar Independent 633 0.2%
Sidhu Lal Azad Independent 632 0.2%
Sudama Munial Independent 627 0.2%
Padma Independent 577 0.1%
Shyam Sunder Independent 395 0.1%
Tara Chand Bharati Independent 384 0.1%
Satish Chander Gupta Independent 225 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Maj. Gen.(Rtd) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (A.V.S.M.) Bharatiya Janata Party 280,258 55.4%
Satpal Maharaj AIIC(S) 105,311 20.8%
Vijay Bahuguna Indian National Congress 63,900 12.6%
Dr. Harak Singh Rawat Bahujan Samaj Party 41,268 8.2%
Ramesh Chandra Independent 5,686 1.1%
Dharam Singh Rawat I.A.S(Retd.)Ex.Captain Independent 2,242 0.4%
Chandan Singh Independent 1,993 0.4%
Tarunendu Bajpai Independent 1,209 0.2%
Sukhdev Singh Independent 841 0.2%
Sidhu Lal Azad Independent 796 0.2%
Nand Kishor Independent 721 0.1%
Mahendra Singh S/O Puran Singh Independent 720 0.1%
Acharya Mohan Chandra Panthari NPAP 332 0.1%
Mahendra Singh S/O Rameshwar Singh Independent 223 0.0%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Maj Gen. (Rtd) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri(A.V.S.M.) Bharatiya Janata Party 239,745 50.8%
Satpal Maharaj Indian National Congress 210,063 44.5%
Chandra Shekhar Bahujan Samaj Party 6,751 1.4%
Manmohan Singh Rawat Samajwadi Party 3,834 0.8%
Ratanvir Tyagi Independent 3,774 0.8%
Laxmi Independent 2,759 0.6%
Jagdish Negi UKKD 2,433 0.5%
Satpal Singh Rawat Independent 2,072 0.4%
Saleem Independent 573 0.1%
Tarunendu Bajpai Independent 177 0.0%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1957: Indian National Congress margin 14.8 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 23.9 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 36.6 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 64.4 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 40.0 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 45.7 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 34.7 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 0.2 pts 1991: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 6.4 pts 1996: AIIC(T) margin 3.6 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 34.6 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 6.3 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999

Trend

Garhwal has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party, AIIC(T).

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Garhwal in the 1999 Lok Sabha election?

Maj Gen. (Rtd) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri(A.V.S.M.) (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh, in 1999 with 239,745 votes (50.8%), a margin of 29,682 votes over Satpal Maharaj.

Which parties have won Garhwal since 1957?

Since 1957, Garhwal has been won by: AIIC(T), Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal.

What was the closest result in Garhwal?

The closest result on record for Garhwal was 1989, when Janata Dal beat Indian National Congress by just 1,007 votes (0.2 percentage points).

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