Bhojipura Assembly constituency

Bhojipura Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Bareilly district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" (delimitation order) was passed in 1956.[1] After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 120.[2][3][4][5]

Bhojipura
Constituency No. 120 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictBareilly
Total electors289,427 (2012)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartySamajwadi Party
Elected year2022

Wards / Areas

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Extent of Bhojipura Assembly constituency is KC Shergarh, Devraniya NP & Shergarh NP of Baheri Tehsil; KCs Bhojipura, Rithora, CB Ganj, Rithora NP, Dhaura Tanda NP & Pipalsana Chaudhdhari (CT) of Bareilly Tehsil.[3]

Popular Village- Jadounpur is a village which was established in 1873 AD by two families, one of Bajajas (kade Ansari) and the other Chaudhdharis (unknown). Bajaj means one who sells clothes and Chaudhdhari is interested in politics; both these families are Ansari by caste and Muslims by religion. It is very popular for incremented marketing and business. Through origin traced by historians of 19th century, it was clearly observed that there were some intercaste groups of Rajput clans known as Jadon, who were the initial settlers in this village.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member[6] Party
1957 Babu Ram Indian National Congress
1962 Harish Kumar Gangawar Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967
1969 Bhanu Pratap Singh Indian National Congress
1974 Harish Kumar Gangawar Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977 Hamid Raza Khan Independent
1980 Bhanu Pratap Singh Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Narendra Pal Singh Indian National Congress
1989 Janata Dal
1991 Kunwar Subhash Patel Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Harish Kumar Gangawar Samajwadi Party
1996 Bahoran Lal Maurya Bharatiya Janata Party
2002 Virendra Singh Samajwadi Party
2007 Shazil Islam Ansari Bahujan Samaj Party
2012 Ittehad-e-Millat Council
2017 Bahoran Lal Maurya Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Shazil Islam Ansari Samajwadi Party

Election results

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2022

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2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhojipura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Shahzil Islam Ansari 119,402 45.88
BJP Bahoran Lal Maurya 109,993 42.26
BSP Yogesh Patel 26,909 10.34
INC Sardar Khan 1,963 0.75
NOTA None of the above 1,373 0.53
AAP Dr. Mahender Pal Singh Rana [7] 610 0.23
Majority 9,409
Turnout
SP gain from BJP Swing

2012

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16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections

2012 General Elections: Bhojipura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IEMC Shazil Islam Ansari 65,531 32.55
SP Virendra Singh Gangwar 47,583 23.63
BJP Bahoran Lal Maurya 34,281 17.03
Remainder 16 candidates 53,932 26.78
Majority 17,948 8.91
Turnout 201,327 69.56
IEMC gain from BSP Swing

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Notable people

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  • Bahoran Lal Maurya - Former MLA & Minister & Current MLC
  • Yogesh Patel - Block Pramukh: After not getting ticket from BJP, he resigned and joined BSP

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "DPACO (1956)" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. ^ "All MLAs from Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Member list". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly website. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Bhojipura Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  7. ^ Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  8. ^ "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
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