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Tehri Garhwal: In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah from Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won the elections by a margin of 192503 votes. The polling / voting in Tehri Garhwal constituency in the 2019 General elections took place in Phase 1 on 11 April. The major contest is between Bharatiya Janata Party#s Mala Rajya Laxmi and Congress Party#s Pritam singh

Tehri Garhwal 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 Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha Lok Sabha constituency. The total voter turnout was 57.38% Lok Sabha percent with 56.61% Lok Sabha percent male voters turning out to cast their votes. Meanwhile, 58.23% Lok Sabha percent of the women voters cast their votes and 10762 Lok Sabha voters pressed on the NOTA

Out of the 16 Lok Sabha candidates who contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Tehri Garhwal, 14 had to deposit their security. The voters gave their mandate in favour of Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah of the Bharatiya Janta Party as he defeated Saket Bahuguna by a margin of 192503 votes.

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

• 2009 Lok Sabha Elections: In 15th Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate had defeated Bharatiya Janta Party candidate by a margin of 52939 votes INC candidate Vijay Bahuguna had got 263083 while BJP got Jaspal Rana votes.
• 2004 Lok Sabha Elections: In 14th Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janta Party candidate defeated Indian National Congress candidate with a difference of 17446 votes. Here, Bharatiya Janta Party leader Manabendra Shah attained 267395 votes and Indian National Congress candidate Vijay Bahuguna bagged 249949 votes
• 1999 Lok Sabha Elections: In 13th Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janta Party candidate defeated Indian National Congress candidate with a difference of 15771 votes. Here, Bharatiya Janta Party leader Manabendra Shah attained 207839 votes and Indian National Congress candidate Vijay Bahuguna bagged 192068 votes
• 1998 Lok Sabha Elections: In 12th Lok Sabha poll, Bharatiya Janta Party candidate defated Indian National Congress candidate in one-sided contest. Here, BJP candidate Manabendra Shah attained 262545 votes and INC's Hira Singh Bisht bagged 80453 votes.
• 1996 Lok Sabha Elections: In 11th Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janta Party candidate defeated AIIC(T) candidate with a difference of 34917 votes. Here, Bharatiya Janta Party leader Manbender Shah attained 94853 votes and AIIC(T) candidate Nav Prabhat bagged 59936 votes
• 1991 Lok Sabha Elections: In 10th Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janta Party candidate defeated Indian National Congress candidate with a difference of 45903 votes. Here, Bharatiya Janta Party leader Manbendra Shah attained 158006 votes and Indian National Congress candidate Brahm Dutt bagged 112103 votes
• 1989 Lok Sabha Elections: In Ninth Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated Independent candidate with a difference of 12384 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Brahm Dutt attained 159470 votes and Independent candidate Indramani Badoni bagged 147086 votes
• 1984 Lok Sabha Elections: In 8th Lok Sabha poll, Indian National Congress candidate defated LKD candidate in one-sided contest. Here, INC candidate Brahma Dutt attained 203883 votes and LKD's Trepan Singh bagged 63291 votes.
• 1980 Lok Sabha Elections: In 7th Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate with a difference of 40763 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Trepan Singh Negi attained 102911 votes and Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Vidya Sagar Nautiyal bagged 62148 votes
• 1977 Lok Sabha Elections: In Sixth Lok Sabha election, BLD candidate had defeated INC candidate by a margin of 71071 votes BLD candidate Trepansingh Negi had got 141338 while INC got Hirasingh Bist votes.
• 1971 Lok Sabha Elections: In Fifth Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated IND candidate with a difference of 48235 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Paripoornanand Palmule attained 79820 votes and IND candidate Manabendra Shah bagged 31585 votes
• 1967 Lok Sabha Elections: In Fourth Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated CPI candidate with a difference of 40894 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader M. M. Shah attained 75781 votes and CPI candidate G. Singh bagged 34887 votes
• 1962 Lok Sabha Elections: In Third Lok Sabha election, interesting battle could be seen between Indian National Congress and ; here Indian National Congress candidate defeated his counterpart with a difference of 0 votes.
• 1957 Lok Sabha Elections: In Second Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate had defeated IND candidate by a margin of 92490 votes INC candidate H. H. Maharaja Manvendra Shah had got 110687 while IND got Shyam Chand Negi votes.
• 1951 Lok Sabha Elections: In India's Very First Lok Sabha Polls, Independent candidate defeated INC candidate with a difference of 13982 votes. Here, Independent leader Maharani Sahiba Kamlendu Mati Shah attained 68811 votes and INC candidate Krishna Singh bagged 54829 votes