Kunda (Assembly constituency)

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

Kunda
Constituency
DistrictPratapgarh
StateUttar Pradesh
Current constituency
Created2017
PartyIndependent
MLARaghuraj Pratap Singh
ReservationNone

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.

Currently this seat belongs to Independent candidate Raghuraj Pratap Singh (Raja Bhaiya), who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Lagislative Elections by defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Janaki Sharan by a huge margin of 1,03,647 votes.[1]

Since 1993 it has been represented as MLA by Raghuraj Pratap Singh as an independent politician.

Member of Legislative Assembly
  • 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), defeated Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC)
  • 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), defeated Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC)
Year Member Political Party
1991Shiv Narain MishraBharatiya Janata Party
1993Raghuraj Pratap SinghIndependent
1996Raghuraj Pratap SinghIndependent
2002Raghuraj Pratap SinghIndependent
2007Raghuraj Pratap SinghIndependent
2012Raghuraj Pratap SinghIndependent
2017Raghuraj Pratap SinghIndependent

Election results

2017 Vidhan Sabha Elections
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Kunda
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Raghuraj Pratap Singh 1,36,597 67.95
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 51.56
Turnout 2,01,038 58.63
Independent hold Swing

2012 Vidhan Sabha Elections
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Kunda
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

2002 Vidhan Sabha Elections
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2002: Kunda
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

1962 Vidhan Sabha Elections
  • Niaz Hasan Khan (INC) : 13,852 votes [4]
  • Har Pal (SOC) : 13,208

1957 Vidhan Sabha Elections
  • First winner : Nand Ram
  • Nand Ram (IND) : 38,739 votes
  • Ram Naresh (INC) : 31966
  • Second winner : Gaya Prasad
  • Gaya Prasad (IND) : 27,504 votes
  • Ram Swaroop (INC) : 27,149
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References
  1. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html
  3. https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1985-election-results.html
  4. https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html


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