Machhlishahr (Assembly constituency)
Machhlishahr is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Machhlishahr in the Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Machhlishahr मछलीशहर | |
|---|---|
| Constituency | |
| District | Jaunpur |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2017 |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| MLA | Jagdish Sonkar |
| Reservation | Schedule Caste |
Machhlishahr is one of five assembly constituencies in the Machhlishahr (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 369 amongst 403 constituencies.
As of now, this seat belongs to Samajwadi Party candidate Jagdish Sonkar who won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Anita Rawat by a margin of 4,179 votes.[1]
Member of the Legislative Assembly
| # | Term | Member of Legislative Assembly | Party | From | To | Days | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 2nd Vidhan Sabha | Mohd Rauf Jafri | Indian National Congress | April 1957 | March 1962 | 1,800 | |
| 02 | 3rd Vidhan Sabha | Kesari Prasad | Praja Socialist Party | March 1962 | March 1967 | 1,828 | |
| 03 | 4th Vidhan Sabha | Mohd Rauf Jafri | Indian National Congress | March 1967 | April 1968 | 402 | |
| 04 | 5th Vidhan Sabha | Moti Lal | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | February 1969 | March 1974 | 1,832 | |
| 05 | 6th Vidhan Sabha | Agha Zaidi | Indian National Congress | March 1974 | April 1977 | 1,153 | |
| 06 | 7th Vidhan Sabha | Arun Kumar | June 1977 | February 1980 | 969 | ||
| 07 | 08th Vidhan Sabha | Keshri Prasad | Indian National Congress (Indira) | June 1980 | March 1985 | 1,735 | |
| 08 | 9th Vidhan Sabha | Indian National Congress | March 1985 | November 1989 | 1,725 | ||
| 09 | 10th Vidhan Sabha | Jwala Prasad Yadav | Janata Dal | December 1989 | April 1991 | 488 | [1] |
| 10 | 11th Vidhan Sabha | June 1991 | December 1992 | 533 | |||
| 11 | 12th Vidhan Sabha | December 1993 | October 1995 | 693 | |||
| 12 | 13th Vidhan Sabha | Samajwadi Party | October 1996 | March 2002 | 1,967 | [1] | |
| 13 | 14th Vidhan Sabha | Vinod Kumar Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | February 2002 | May 2007 | 1,902 | |
| 14 | 15th Vidhan Sabha | Subhash Pandey | May 2007 | March 2012 | 1,762 | [1] | |
| 15 | 16th Vidhan Sabha | Jagdish Sonkar | Samajwadi Party | March 2012 | March 2017 | 1,829 | [1] |
| 16 | 17th Vidhan Sabha | March 2017 | Incumbent | 1240 | [1] | ||
Election Results
17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 General Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Jagdish Sonkar | 72,368 | 35.10 | - | |
| BJP | Anita Rawat | 68,189 | 33.07 | - | |
| BSP | Sushila Saroj | 52,796 | 25.61 | - | |
| NISHAD | Ram Sevak | 4,484 | 2.17 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,165 | 1.05 | ||
| Reminder 10 candidates | 8,342 | 4 | - | ||
| Majority | 4,179 | 2.01 | - | ||
| Turnout | 2,08,344 | 57.06 | - | ||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
References
- "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
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