Pharenda Assembly constituency

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

Pharenda
Constituency No. 315 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictMaharajganj
Total electors211490
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2022

Pharenda is one of five assembly constituencies in the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 315 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Year Member[1] Party
1951 Gauri Ram Indian National Congress
1967 Independent
1969 Pyari Indian National Congress
1974 Lakshmi Narayan Communist Party of India
1977 Shyam Narayan Tiwari
1980 Independent
1985 Harshwardhan Singh Janata Party
1989 Shyam Narayan Tiwari Indian National Congress
1991
1993 Shivendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Vinod Mani Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2002 Syed Arshad Abdullah Indian National Congress
2007 Bajrang Bahadur Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2012
2015^ Vinod Tiwari Samajwadi Party
2017 Bajrang Bahadur Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Virendra Chaudhary Indian National Congress

Election results

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2022

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2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pharenda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Virendra Chaudhary 85,181 40.28
BJP Bajrang Bahadur Singh 83,935 39.69
BSP Ishoo Chaurasiya 21,665 10.24
SP Shankh Lal manjhi 16,457 7.78
NOTA None of the Above 1,484 0.70
Rest of the Candidates ~2,700 1.35
Majority 1,246
Turnout
INC gain from BJP Swing

2017

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Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Bajrang Bahadur Singh won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Indian National Congress candidate Virendra Chaudhary by a margin of 2,354 votes.[2]

2017 Assembly Elections: Pharenda[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bajrang Bahadur Singh 76,312 38.75  14.72
INC Virendra Chaudhary 73,958 37.55  5.13
BSP Bechan 35,765 18.16  0.52
RLD Vijay Singh 2,742 1.39 New
None of the Above None of the Above 1,992 1.01  0.18
NISHAD Raj Kumar Nishad 1,930 0.98 New
AIMIM Reena 1,878 0.95 New
SS Jitendra 1,006 0.51 New
LKD Shashi Bhooshan 885 0.45 New
Independent Gobind Das 769 0.39  
PECP Rajendra 645 0.33  12.53
JHSPT Shiv Kumari Devi 634 0.32 New
BMP Nagendra Nath 429 0.22 New
Majority 2,354 1.18  4.19
Turnout 1,98,945 59.64  6.62
Registered electors 3,33,601
BJP gain from SP Swing  0.99
2015 By Poll Elections: Pharenda[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP VINOD MANI TIWARI 64,818 37.76  23.50
INC Virendra Chaudhary 55,647 32.42  13.45
BJP Bajrang Bahadur Singh 41,247 24.03  2.25
Independent Vijay 5,720 3.33  
Remaining 3 Candidates 4,149 2.41  
None of the Above None of the Above 2,056 1.19 New
Majority 9,231 5.37  1.94
Turnout 1,71,641 53.02  6.96
Registered electors 3,23,726
SP gain from BJP Swing  11.48
2012 Assembly Elections: Pharenda[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bajrang Bahadur Singh 47,921 26.28  
INC Virendra Chaudhary 34,586 18.97  
BSP Parsuram 34,065 18.68  
SP Shyam Narayan 26,006 14.26  
PECP Ram Prakash Singh 23,438 12.86  
Remaining 15 Candidates 16,302 8.94  
Majority 13,335 7.31  
Turnout 1,82,318 59.98  
BJP hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Pharenda Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  2. ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  4. ^ "SP wins Pharenda Assembly seat in bypoll". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Pharenda 2015 By Poll Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
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