Congress Gains Ground in Haridwar District Ahead of 2027 Uttarakhand Elections
Congress secures six seats in Haridwar district, overshadowing BJPs previous three wins in the 2022 elections as political dynamics shift ahead of 2027.
Haridwar, November 4 (Daily Kiran) : Political preparations for the 2027 Uttarakhand Assembly elections are in full swing, particularly in Haridwar, a region that significantly influences the state’s political landscape. The district is home to several key constituencies, including Haridwar, BHEL Rani Pur, Jwalapur (reserved), Bhagwanpur (reserved), Jhabreda (reserved), Pirankaliyar, Roorkee, Khanpur, Manglaur, Laksar, and Haridwar Rural.
In the 2022 elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won three seats, while Congress claimed five, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) took two, and one independent candidate emerged victorious. Recently, Congress won the Manglaur seat in a by-election, increasing its representation in the district to six legislators.
The Haridwar constituency has been a BJP stronghold since 2002, with Madan Kaushik serving five consecutive terms. In 2022, he defeated Congress candidate Satpal Brahmchari by a margin of 15,237 votes, securing 53,147 votes compared to Brahmchari’s 37,910. The voter turnout in this constituency was 64.23%.
Similarly, in BHEL Rani Pur, BJP’s Aadesh Chauhan has held the seat for three terms. In the 2022 elections, he won with 57,544 votes, defeating Congress’s Rajbir Singh Chauhan by 13,862 votes. Voter turnout here reached 69.32%.
The Jwalapur seat, reserved for Scheduled Castes, switched from BJP to Congress in 2022 when Ravi Bahadur defeated BJP’s Suresh Rathore by 13,343 votes. This constituency saw a remarkable 79.30% voter turnout.
Congress has held the Bhagwanpur seat since a by-election in 2015, following the death of the sitting MLA. Mamta Rakesh won the 2022 elections against BSP’s Subodh Rakesh by a margin of 4,811 votes, with a turnout of 79.91%.
In Jhabreda, Congress candidate Virendra Kumar triumphed in 2022, defeating BJP’s Rajpal Singh by 8,216 votes, with a turnout of 78.40%. The Pirankaliyar seat has been under Congress control since 2012, with Furkan Ahmed winning again in 2022 by 15,743 votes.
Roorkee’s Pradeep Batra, initially elected on a Congress ticket in 2012, switched to BJP and has since won three terms. In 2022, he narrowly defeated Congress’s Yashpal Rana by just 2,277 votes.
The Khanpur seat saw an independent candidate, Umesh Kumar, win in 2022. However, he resigned on October 28, 2026, before completing his term. In the elections, he won by a margin of 6,852 votes.
In the traditionally BSP stronghold of Manglaur, Congress candidate Kazi Muhammad Nizamuddin won in a by-election held in 2024, following the death of BSP’s Sarwat Karim Ansari.
Lastly, in the Laksar constituency, BSP’s Shahzad secured victory in 2022, defeating BJP’s Sanjay Gupta by 10,440 votes, while in Haridwar Rural, Congress’s Anupama Rawat won against BJP’s Yatiwaranand by 4,472 votes, achieving the highest voter turnout in the district at 81.95%.
