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Kunda Assembly constituency 
Summary
Kunda is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Kunda in the Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
| Kunda | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 246 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Pratapgarh |
| Total electors | 3,57,938 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Jansatta Dal(L) |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Kunda (कुंडा / कुंडाहरनामगंज) is one of five assembly constituencies in the Kaushambi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 246 amongst 403 constituencies.
Since 1993 this seat belongs to Jansatta Dal Loktantrik candidate Raghuraj Pratap Singh (Raja Bhaiya), who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Gulshan Yadav by a margin of around 30,000 votes.
Members of Legislative Assembly edit
- 1952: Three candidates elected from Kunda
- 1957: Two candidates, both independent, elected from Kunda
- 1962: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC) [2]
- 1967: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC)
- 1969: Jai Ram (SSP)
- 1974: Niyaz Hasan Khan (NCO)
- 1977: Shashi Prabha (JNP)
- 1980: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC - I)
- 1985: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC) [3]
- 1989: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC)
- 1991: Shiv Narayan Mishra (BJP)
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | Independent | |
| 1996 | |||
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) | ||
Election results edit
2022 Vidhan Sabha elections edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jansatta Dal (L) | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | 99,612 | 50.58 | ||
| SP | Gulshan Yadav | 69,297 | 39.79 | ||
| BJP | Sindhuja Mishra Senani | 16,455 | 8.36 | ||
| BSP | Mohd Phaheem | 1,345 | 1.2 | ||
| BMP | Dharmaraj | 1,085 | 0.81 | ||
| Majority | 30,315 | 12.39 | |||
| Turnout | 1,96,940 | ||||
| Jansatta Dal (L) gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2017 Vidhan Sabha elections edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | 1,35,900 | 69.32 | ||
| BJP | Janki Sharan | 32,950 | 16.39 | ||
| BSP | Parvez Akhtar | 17,261 | 8.59 | ||
| Independent | Bhagwandeen | 5,514 | 2.74 | ||
| Independent | Ram Kripal | 2,615 | 1.30 | ||
| BMP | Jiya Lal | 2,109 | 1.05 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,992 | 1.99 | ||
| Majority | 1,03,647 | 52.93 | |||
| Turnout | 2,01,080 | 58.64 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
2012 Vidhan Sabha elections edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | 1,11,392 | 67.96 | ||
| BSP | Shiv Prakash Mishra | 23,137 | 14.12 | ||
| INC | Ram Shankar | 14,341 | 8.75 | ||
| BJP | Tribhuvan | 3,515 | 2.14 | ||
| Independent | Panna Lal | 3,216 | 1.96 | ||
| Majority | 88,255 | 53.84 | |||
| Turnout | 1,63,912 | 51.96 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
2007 Vidhan Sabha elections edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | 73,732 | |||
| BSP | Shiv Prakash Mishra | 20,604 | |||
| AD | Thakur Prakash Singh | 9,241 | |||
| INC | Kunwar Amresh Singh | 5928 | |||
| Majority | 53,128 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
2002 Vidhan Sabha elections edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | 88,446 | 82.13 | ||
| SP | Mohammad Sami | 6,768 | 6.28 | ||
| BSP | Yogendra Nath Mishra Maula | 3,583 | 3.33 | ||
| Independent | Harivansh Kumar | 2,213 | 2.06 | ||
| INC | Shiv Baran Singh | 1,823 | 1.69 | ||
| Majority | 81,678 | 75.85 | |||
| Turnout | 1,07,687 | 44.92 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
References edit
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "UP Election Assembly Results 1962 | Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election Results 1962". Elections.in. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "UP Election Assembly Results 1985 | Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election Results 1985". Elections.in. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
External links edit
- "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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