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Almora: In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Ajay Tamta from Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won the elections by a margin of 95690 votes. The polling / voting in Almora constituency in the 2019 General elections took place in Phase 1 on 11 April. The major contest is between Bharatiya Janata Party#s Ajay Tamta and Congress Party#s Pradeep tamta

Almora 2014 Lok Sabha Polls

In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Bharatiya Janata Party won 5 out of the 5 parliamentary seat with 55.3 percent vote share while the Indian National Congress managed to win just seats with a 34 percent vote share.

Voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Almora Lok Sabha Lok Sabha constituency. The total voter turnout was 52.34% Lok Sabha percent with 48.90% Lok Sabha percent male voters turning out to cast their votes. Meanwhile, 55.93% Lok Sabha percent of the women voters cast their votes and 15245 Lok Sabha voters pressed on the NOTA

Out of the 9 Lok Sabha candidates who contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Almora, 7 had to deposit their security. The voters gave their mandate in favour of Ajay Tamta of the Bharatiya Janta Party as he defeated Pradeep Tamta by a margin of 95690 votes.

Here are the past results of the Lok Sabha polls in Almora constituency in Uttarakhand

• 2009 Lok Sabha Elections: In 15th Lok Sabha election, interesting battle could be seen between Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janta Party here Indian National Congress candidate defeated his Bharatiya Janta Party counterpart with a difference of 6950 votes.
• 2004 Lok Sabha Elections: In 14th Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janta Party candidate defeated Indian National Congress candidate with a difference of 10052 votes. Here, Bharatiya Janta Party leader Bachi Singh Rawat attained 225742 votes and Indian National Congress candidate Renuka Rawat bagged 215690 votes
• 1999 Lok Sabha Elections: In 13th Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janta Party candidate defeated Indian National Congress candidate with a difference of 11459 votes. Here, Bharatiya Janta Party leader Bachi Singh Rawat attained 192388 votes and Indian National Congress candidate Harish Rawat bagged 180929 votes
• 1998 Lok Sabha Elections: In 12th Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janta Party candidate had defeated Indian National Congress candidate by a margin of 81903 votes BJP candidate Bachi Singh Rawat had got 228414 while INC got Harish Chandra Singh Rawat votes.
• 1996 Lok Sabha Elections: In 11th Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janta Party candidate had defeated Indian National Congress candidate by a margin of 56906 votes BJP candidate Bachi Singh Rawat had got 161548 while INC got Harish Chandra Singh Rawat votes.
• 1991 Lok Sabha Elections: In 10th Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janta Party candidate defeated Indian National Congress candidate with a difference of 29145 votes. Here, Bharatiya Janta Party leader Jeewan attained 149761 votes and Indian National Congress candidate Harish Chandra Singh Rawat bagged 120616 votes
• 1989 Lok Sabha Elections: In Ninth Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated Independent candidate with a difference of 10801 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Harish Chandra Singh Rawat attained 149703 votes and Independent candidate Kashi Singh Airi bagged 138902 votes
• 1984 Lok Sabha Elections: In 8th Lok Sabha poll, Indian National Congress candidate defated Bharatiya Janta Party candidate in one-sided contest. Here, INC candidate Harish Chandra Singh attained 185006 votes and BJP's Murli Manohar Joshi bagged 44674 votes.
• 1980 Lok Sabha Elections: In 7th Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate had defeated JNP candidate by a margin of 58682 votes INC(I) candidate Harish Chandra Singh had got 108530 while JNP got Murli Manohar Joshi votes.
• 1977 Lok Sabha Elections: In Sixth Lok Sabha election, BLD candidate had defeated INC candidate by a margin of 77476 votes BLD candidate Murli Manohar Joshi had got 153409 while INC got Narendra Singh Bisht votes.
• 1971 Lok Sabha Elections: In Fifth Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate had defeated BJS candidate by a margin of 54421 votes INC candidate Narendra Singh had got 89751 while BJS got Shobhan Singh Jina votes.
• 1967 Lok Sabha Elections: In Fourth Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated BJS candidate with a difference of 10634 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader J. B. Singh attained 59388 votes and BJS candidate G. Singh bagged 48754 votes
• 1962 Lok Sabha Elections: In Third Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated JS candidate with a difference of 26998 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Jang Bahadur Singh attained 51507 votes and JS candidate Pratap Singh bagged 24509 votes
• 1957 Lok Sabha Elections: In Second Lok Sabha election, interesting battle could be seen between Indian National Congress and PSP here Indian National Congress candidate defeated his PSP counterpart with a difference of 9127 votes.
• 1951 Lok Sabha Elections: In India's Very First Lok Sabha Polls, Indian National Congress candidate defeated SP candidate with a difference of 30795 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Devi Datt attained 54964 votes and SP candidate Purna Nand bagged 24169 votes