Chunar Assembly constituency

Last updated

Chunar
Constituency No. 398 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mirzapur
Total electors3,54,274
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected year2017

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

Contents

Chunar is one of five assembly constituencies in the Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 398 amongst 403 constituencies. Current MLA from Chunar is Anurag Singh.

Members of Legislative Assembly

YearMember [1] Party
1957 Raj Kumar Indian National Congress
1959^Onkar Nath
1962 Rajnarain Singh
1967
1969 Shiva Das Samyukta Socialist Party
1974 Om Prakash Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977 Janata Party
1980 Yadunath Singh Janata Party (Secular)
1985 Lokdal
1989 Janata Dal
1991
1993 Om Prakash Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
1996
2002
2007
2012 Jagtamba Patel Samajwadi Party
2017 Anurag Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2022

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chunar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Anurag Singh [2] 110708 [3]
AD(K) Ramashankar Prasad Singh62708

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Anurag Singh won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Jagtamba Singh Patel by a margin of 62,228 votes. [4]

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chunar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Anurag Singh [5] 105149
SP Jagtamba Singh Patel43094

Related Research Articles

Rohaniya is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the town of Rohaniya in the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a Patel dominant seat. The constituency number is 387. Rohaniya is one of five assembly constituencies in the Varanasi. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 387 amongst 403 constituencies.

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

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

Dinanath Bhaskar is an Indian politician active in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Once a close associate of Kanshi Ram, he was a founding member of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and was Minister for Health during the state's coalition government of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and BSP in 1993. He quit the BSP to join the SP in 1996, rejoined the BSP around 2009 and in 2015 joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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

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

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

Tanda is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the town of Tanda in the Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 278 amongst 403 constituencies.

Harraiya is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Harraiya in the Basti district of Uttar Pradesh India.

Caimpiyarganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Caimpiyarganj in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 320 amongst 403 constituencies.

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Malhani Assembly constituency</span> Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India

Malhani is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Malhani in the Jaunpur District of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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

Aurai is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Aurai in the Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Bhadohi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Castes.

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

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

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

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

Duddhi is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Duddhi in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Duddhi is one of five assembly constituencies in the Robertsganj Lok Sabha constituency and is reserved for candidates of the Schedule Tribes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anurag Singh (politician)</span> Indian politician

Anurag Singh is an Indian politician and a member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represented the Chunar constituency in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. Anurag Singh is Bhartiya Janta Party MLA from Chunar assembly of district Mirzapur for the second consecutive time. He is the son of Om Prakash Singh, ex BJP Uttar Pradesh State President and senior minister in UP Government.

References

  1. "Chunar 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. Election results
  4. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  5. "Chunar Election Results 2017: Anurag Singh of BJP Wins". News18. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

25°06′N82°52′E / 25.10°N 82.87°E / 25.10; 82.87