Paniyara (Assembly constituency)

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

Paniyara
Assembly constituency
DistrictMaharajganj
StateUttar Pradesh
Electorate3,98,745 (2017)
Current Assembly constituency
Created2017
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
MLAGyanendra Singh
ReservationNone
Ex MLADeo Narayan Singh
Most Successful PartyIndian National Congress (7 Times)

Paniyara is one of five assembly constituencies in the Maharajganj (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 319 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Gyanendra Singh, who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ganesh Shankar Pandey by a margin of 67,491 votes.[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly
# Term Member of Legislative Assembly Party From To Days Comment
0104th Vidhan SabhaVir Bahadur SinghIndian National CongressMarch 1967April 1968402
0205th Vidhan SabhaFebruary 1969March 19741,832
0306th Vidhan SabhaMarch 1974April 19771,153
0407th Vidhan SabhaGunjeshwarIndependentJune 1977February 1980969
0508th Vidhan SabhaVir Bahadur SinghIndian National CongressJune 1980March 19851,735
0609th Vidhan SabhaMarch 1985November 19891,725
0710th Vidhan SabhaGanpat SinghIndependentDecember 1989April 1991488
0811th Vidhan SabhaFateh Bahadur SinghIndian National CongressJune 1991December 1992533
0912th Vidhan SabhaGanpat SinghBhartiya Janata PartyDecember 1993October 1995693
1013th Vidhan SabhaFateh Bahadur SinghIndian National CongressOctober 1996March 20021,967
1114th Vidhan SabhaBhartiya Janata PartyFebruary 2002May 20071,902
1215th Vidhan SabhaBahujan Samaj PartyMay 2007March 20121,762
1316th Vidhan SabhaDeo Narayan Urf G.M. SinghMarch 2012March 20171,829
1417th Vidhan SabhaGyanendra SinghBhartiya Janata PartyMarch 2017Incumbent1236

Election Results
2017 Assembly Elections: Paniyara
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Gyanendra Singh 1,19,308 49.35 24.72
BSP Ganesh Shankar Pandey 51,817 21.43 5.12
INC Talat Aziz 48,004 19.86 3.08
NISHAD Suman 10,762 4.45 New
RLD Ganpat Singh 3,561 1.47 New
Remaining 9 Candidates 8,310 2.56
NOTA None of the Above 2,124 0.88 New
Majority 67,491 27.92 25.99
Turnout 2,43,886 61.16 2.83
Registered electors 3,98,745
BJP gain from BSP Swing 22.79
2012 Assembly Elections: Paniyara[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BSP Deo Narayan Singh 56,114 26.56
BJP Gyanendra Singh 52,031 24.63
SP Janardan Prasad Ojha 39,264 18.59
INC Talat Aziz 35,451 16.78
PECP Diwakar 4,314 2.04
Remaining 17 Candidates 24,051 11.40
Majority 4,083 1.93
Turnout 2,11,265 58.33
BSP hold Swing
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References
  1. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 June 2020.


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