Political Activity Intensifies in Nainital Ahead of Uttarakhand 2027 Elections
Nainital district gears up for the 2027 elections, with BJP holding five of six assembly seats.
Nainital, November 10 (Daily Kiran) : Political activity is heating up in Nainital, a key entry point to Uttarakhand’s Kumaon region, as the 2027 elections approach. The district is home to eight assembly seats, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) currently controlling five of the six seats, while the Congress holds one.
The six assembly constituencies in Nainital include Lalkuan, Bhimtal, Nainital (reserved), Haldwani, Kaladhungi, and Ramnagar. The current legislators are Mohan Singh Bisht from Lalkuan, Ram Singh Kauda from Bhimtal, Sarita Arya from Nainital (reserved), Sumit Hridayesh from Haldwani, Banshidhar Bhagat from Kaladhungi, and Diwan Singh Bisht from Ramnagar.
In the 2022 assembly elections, Mohan Singh Bisht of the BJP won the Lalkuan seat by a significant margin of 17,527 votes, defeating former Chief Minister and Congress leader Harish Rawat. Bisht secured a total of 46,307 votes, while Rawat received only 28,780.
Similarly, in Bhimtal, Ram Singh Kauda of the BJP triumphed by 9,844 votes, overcoming Congress candidate Dansingh Bhandari. Kauda garnered 25,632 votes compared to Bhandari’s 15,788.
On the Nainital (reserved) seat, Sarita Arya of the BJP won by 7,881 votes against Congress’s Sanjeev Arya in 2022, with five candidates contesting in that election.
The Haldwani seat marked a breakthrough for Congress, where Sumit Hridayesh defeated BJP’s Joginder Pal Singh Rautela by a margin of 7,814 votes. Hridayesh received 50,116 votes, while Rautela managed 42,302.
In Kaladhungi, Banshidhar Bhagat of the BJP won convincingly, securing 67,847 votes and defeating Congress’s Mahesh Chandra, who received 43,916 votes, by a margin of 23,931 votes.
Lastly, Diwan Singh Bisht of the BJP won the Ramnagar constituency by 4,745 votes, with a total of 31,094 votes against Congress’s Mahendra Pal Singh, who received 26,349 votes.
As the political landscape evolves, all eyes are on Nainital and its pivotal role in the upcoming elections.
