Uttarakhand Assembly Election 2016: A complete list of key candidates and constituencies

The 2017 Uttarakhand Assembly election witnessed the presence of friends-turned-foes and entangled relationships in the fray in many constituencies. The polls were held on 15 February.The hill state of Uttarakhand, which was largely in the news for last year's constitutional crisis and ensuing President's Rule that was subsequently quashed, will be a referendum on Chief Minister Harish Rawat's popularity. The state is important for both Congress and BJP. While the former will hope to be the first party to buck the trend of anti-incumbency in Uttarakhand, BJP has poached several former Congress leaders and will bank on these personalities to mount a comeback.Here's a list of the major candidates in the fray:

ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY	HEAVYWEIGHTS	DETAILS	LS CONSTITUENCY	DISTRICT	2012 ASSEMBLY	2014 LOK SABHA	REGION
Chaubattakhal	Satpal Maharaj (BJP)	Member of 15th Lok Sabha from INC; joined BJP in March 2014	Garhwal	Garhwal	BJP	BJP	Garhwal
Kedarnath	Shailarani Rawat (BJP)	Congress MLA; joined BJP after Uttarakhand political crisis	Garhwal	Chamoli	INC	BJP	Garhwal
Ranikhet	Ajay Bhatt (BJP)	State BJP president and Leader of Opposition in Uttarakhand Assembly	Almora	Almora	BJP	BJP	Kumaon
Sitarganj	Saurabh Bahuguna (BJP)	Son of Former Uttarakhand CM Vijay Bahuguna	Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar	Udham Singh Nagar	BJP	BJP	Maidan
Jageshwar	Govind Singh Kunjwal (INC)	Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly	Almora	Almora	INC	INC	Kumaon
Sahaspur	Kishore Upadhyay (INC)	President of the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee	Tehri Garhwal	Dehradun	BJP	BJP	Maidan
Bhagwanpur	Mamata Rakesh (INC)	She is fighting against her brother-in-law, BJP candidate Subodh Rakesh. Her late husband was an MLA, and died of cancer in April 2016.	Haridwar	Haridwar	BSP	INC	Maidan
Nainital	Sanjeev Arya (BJP)	He is the son of Yashpal Arya, a minister in the current Harish Rawat government. His son joined BJP in January 2017	Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar	Nainital	INC	BJP	Kumaon
Haridwar (Rural)	Harish Rawat (INC)	He is the current chief minister	Haridwar	Haridwar	BJP	BJP	Maidan
Kiccha	Harish Rawat (INC)	He is the current chief minister	Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar	Udham Singh Nagar	BJP	BJP	Maidan
Kotdwar	Surender Singh Negi (INC)	Health minister in the government. In 2012, he defeated former CM BC Khanduri of BJP	Garhwal	Garhwal	INC	BJP	Garhwal
Raipur	Umesh Sharma Kau (BJP)	One the Congress MLAs who revolted against the party last year	Tehri Garhwal	Dehradun	INC	BJP	Maidan
Yamunotri	Kedar Singh (BJP)	The BJP has never won this seat and will try to wrest it this time on the strength of the former Congress state	Tehri Garhwal	Uttarkashi	UKD	BJP	Garhwal
Karn Prayag	Surender Singh Negi (INC)	He contested as an Independent candidate in 2012 and lost to Anusuya Maikhuri by only 227 votes. He's contesting as BJP candidate this time.	Garhwal	Chamoli	INC	BJP	Garhwal
Dehradun Cantt	Suryakant Dhasmana (INC)	He was against the creation of the state	Tehri Garhwal	Dehradun	BJP	BJP	Maidan
Haridwar	Brahamswaroop Brahmachari (INC)	He is the head of Jai Ram Ashram	Haridwar	Haridwar	BJP	BJP	Maidan
Mussoorie	Ganesh Joshi (BJP)	He had been embroiled in a controversy after a video emerged of him hitting a police horse went viral last year. He's been given a ticket again though many were against it.	Tehri Garhwal	Dehrarun	BJP	BJP	Garhwal
Rishikesh	Rajpal Singh Kharola (INC)	He is considered to be close to Rahul Gandhi, and is pinning his hopes on rebellion in the BJP ranks	Haridwar	Dehradun	BJP	BJP	Maidan
Roorkee	Pradeep Batra (BJP)	He is a Congress rebel and had defeated two-time BJP legislator Suresh Chand Jain in the last Assembly elections	Haridwar	Haridwar	INC	BJP	Maidan
Ramnagar	Ranjeet Rawat (INC)	He is regarded as Harish Rawat's closest confidante	Garhwal	Nainital	INC	BJP	Maidan