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List of constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

The seats of the legislative assembly are at Dehradun and Gairsain, the capitals of the state. The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years, unless dissolved earlier. It currently has 70 members, who are directly elected from single-seat constituencies. Currently there are 13 reserved seats for scheduled caste and 2 for Scheduled Tribes.

Constituencies

The following is the list of the constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly as of recent-most delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies in 2008.

Former constituencies

Constituencies abolished in 2001

Chamoli district and Rudraprayag district

  1. Badri–Kedar constituency replaced by Badrinath constituency in Chamoli district and, Kedarnath constituency and Rudraprayag constituency in Rudraprayag district

Uttarkashi district

  1. Uttarkashi constituency (SC) replaced by Gangotri constituency, Purola constituency (SC) and Yamunotri constituency in Uttarkashi district

Constituencies abolished in 2011

Almora district

  1. Bhikiyasain constituency

Bageshwar district

  1. Kanda constituency

Chamoli district

  1. Pindar constituency (SC) replaced by Tharali constituency (SC) in Chamoli district
  2. Nandaprayag constituency

Dehradun district

  1. Dehradun constituency replaced by Dehradun Cantonment constituency in Dehradun district
  2. Lakshman Chowk constituency replaced by Dharampur constituency in Dehradun district
  3. Rajpur constituency replaced by Rajpur Road constituency (SC) in Dehradun district

Haridwar district

  1. Bahadarabad constituency replaced by Jwalapur constituency (SC) in Haridwar district
  2. Iqbalpur constituency replaced by Piran Kaliyar constituency in Haridwar district
  3. Laldhang constituency replaced by Haridwar Rural constituency in Haridwar district
  4. Landhaura constituency (SC) replaced by Khanpur constituency in Haridwar district

Nainital district

  1. Dhari constituency
  2. Mukteshwar constituency (SC) replaced by Bhimtal constituency in Nainital district

Pauri Garhwal district

  1. Bironkhal constituency replaced by Chaubattakhal constituency in Pauri Garhwal district
  2. Dhumakot constituency
  3. Thalisain constituency

Pithoragarh district

  1. Kanalichhina constituency

Udham Singh Nagar district

  1. Pantnagar–Gadarpur constituency replaced with Gadarpur constituency
  2. Rudrapur–Kichha constituency replaced with Rudrapur constituency and Kichha constituency

Anglo-Indian reserved seat in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Between 2002 and 2020, one seat was reserved in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly for members of the Anglo-Indian community. The member was nominated by the Governor of Uttarakhand on the advice of the Government of Uttarakhand. In January 2020, the Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Parliament and State Legislatures of India were abolished.

See also

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