2. Garhwal is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in North Uttarakhand region of Uttarakhand in North India. This rural general constituency has an estimated Scheduled Caste population of 18.76% and a Scheduled Tribe population of 1.13%. The estimated literacy level of Garhwal is 81.21%. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, there were a total of eligible electors and the voter turnout was calculated at %. The seat went to the polls on Phase 1 on Thursday, April 11, 2019.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri of BJP won in this seat by defeating the INC candidate by a margin of 1,84,526 votes which was 27.06% of the total votes polled in the constituency. BJP had a vote share of 59.48% in 2014 in the seat. There were a total of 10 contestants in 2014.
In 2009, Satpal Maharaj of INC emerged victorious in this seat by defeating the BJP candidate by a margin of 17,397 votes which was 3.24% of the total votes polled. INC had a vote share of 44.12% in 2019, in the constituency. There were 13 contestants in 2009.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Parliamentary polls in the seat was 53.98% and in 2009, the constituency registered 49.16% turnout during polling.
As of December 2018, the Member of Parliament from Garhwal was: B C Khanduri (BJP) . The 2019 Lok Sabha election results are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
According to the 2014 electoral rolls, the electorate included 6,51,868 men, 6,15,350 women and 0 voters of the third gender.
Refer to the live updating results tables for the latest Garhwal Lok Sabha results.
The geographic coordinates of Garhwal is: 30.25 79.3333
Constituency and state name in other Indian languages: गढ़वाल, उत्तराखंड (Hindi); গড়ওয়াল, উত্তরাখন্ড (Bengali); गढ़वाल, उत्तराखंड (Marathi); ગરવાલ, ઉત્તરાખંડ (Gujarati); கார்வால், உத்திரகண்ட் (Tamil); గర్ వాల్, ఉత్తరాఖండ్ (Telugu); ಘರ್ವಾಲ್, ಉತ್ತರಾಖಂಡ್ (Kannada); ഗർഹ്വാൾ, ഉത്തരാഖണ്ഡ് (Malayalam).
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