BJP is on a strong wicket in the Rudrapur assembly constituency. A triangular contest among BJP, Congress and BSP is on the cards for coming 2017 assembly elections for Rudrapur. In 2014 parliamentary general elections, the BJP candidate from Nainital- Udhamsingh Nagar Lok Sabha seat, Bhagat Singh Koshyari, had secured a massive lead of 50913 votes over his nearest Congress rival K.C.Singh Baba in the Rudrapur assembly segment.