In 2017, Khatima legislative assembly constituency in Uttarakhand had a total of 106200 electors. The total number of valid votes was 80907. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pushkar Singh Dhami won and became MLA from this seat. He secured a total of 29539 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Bhuwan Chandra Kapri stood second with a total of 26830 votes. He lost by 2709 votes.

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Khatima Assembly Constituency is a Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituency in  Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand state, India. In 2012, Khatima legislative assembly constituency had total of 91104 electors. The total number of valid votes was 68830. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pushkar Singh Dhami won and became MLA from this seat. He secured a total of 20586 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Davendra Chand stood second with a total 15192 votes. He lost by 5394 votes.

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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 14 reserved seats for scheduled castes. Sitarganj (US Nagar) is the 14th reserved constituency for the state legislative assembly.

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Quick facts about the Khatima Assembly seat    

Name of the assembly constituency, district: Khatima Assembly constituency,Udham Singh Nagar district   

Name of winner, party :Pushkar Singh Dhami, BJP

Lok Sabha constituency: Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar  Lok Sabha constituency.    

Top 3 candidates 2017:Pushkar Singh Dhami, Bhuwan Chandra Kapri, Ramesh Singh Rana

Top 3 candidates 2012:Pushkar Singh Dhami, Davendra Chand, Ramesh Singh Rana

Sitting MLA, party:Pushkar Singh Dhami, BJP

Winning margin in 2017:2709

Runner up name, party:Bhuwan Chandra Kapri, INC

Number of voters in 2017:106200 

Percentage of votes polled in 2017: 36.92%