Pipraich Assembly constituency

Pipraich
Constituency No. 321 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictGorakhpur
LS constituencyGorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency
Total electors3,86,459 (2017)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
Elected year2017

Pipraich is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Pipraich in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Pipraich is one of five assembly constituencies in the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 321 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member[1] Party
1957 Achhaiber Singh Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Madhukar Dighe Samyukta Socialist Party
1969 Hari Prasad Shahi Indian National Congress
1974 Madhukar Dighe Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1977 Janata Party
1980 Kedar Nath Singh Indian National Congress (U)
1985 Sayed Javed Ali Indian National Congress
1989 Kedar Nath Singh Janata Dal
1991 Lallan Prasad Tripathi Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Jitendra Jaiswal Independent
1996
2002
2007 Jamuna Nishad Bahujan Samaj Party
2010^ Rajmati Nishad Samajwadi Party
2012
2017 Mahendra Pal Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2022

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pipraich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Dhirendra Pratap Jaiswal [2]
BJP Mahendra Pal Singh
SP Amrendra Nishad
TBD
TBD
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Mahendra Pal Singh won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Aftab Alam by a margin of 12,809 votes.[3]

2017 Assembly Elections: Pipraich[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mahendra Pal Singh 82,739 33.80 Increase18.99
BSP Afatab Alam Urf Guddu 69,930 28.56 Increase2.88
SP Amrendra Nishad 51,031 20.85 Decrease22.65
Independent Anita Jaiswal 31,073 12.69 Steady
Remaining 15 Candidates 10,038 3.61 Steady
None of the Above None of the Above 1,204 0.49 New
Majority 12,809 5.24 Decrease12.58
Turnout 2,46,015 63.66 Increase3.94
Registered electors 3,86,459
BJP gain from SP Swing Decrease9.70

2012

2012 Assembly Elections: Pipraich[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Rajmati Nishad 86,976 43.50 Steady
BSP Jitendra 51,341 25.68 Steady
BJP Radheshyam 29,617 14.81 Steady
SBSP Dildar Husain 5,948 2.97 Steady
INC Amarjeet 4,449 2.23 Steady
RSBP Mohd Mainuddin 3,700 1.85 Steady
JD(U) Lalji 2,757 1.38 Steady
Independent Sarvajit 1,412 0.71 Steady
PECP Surendra Kumar 1,149 0.57 Steady
Remaining 21 Candidates 12,596 6.30 Steady
Majority 35,635 17.82 Steady
Turnout 1,99,945 59.72 Steady
SP hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Pipraich Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  2. ^ Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

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