Mirzapur (Assembly constituency)

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

Mirzapur
Constituency
DistrictMirzapur
StateUttar Pradesh
Current constituency
Created2017
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
MLARatnakar Mishra
ReservationNone

Mirzapur is one of five assembly segments under Mirzapur (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 396 amongst 403 constituencies.

As of now, this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Ratnakar Mishra who won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Kailash Chaurasiya by a margin of votes.[1]

Members of Vidhan Sabha

  • 1962 : Bhagwan Das (Jana Sangh)
  • 1977 : Rajnath Singh (Janata Party)
  • 1980 : Azhar Imam (Indira Congress), defeated Rajnath Singh
  • 1991 : Sarjeet Singh Dang (BJP) [2]
  • 2017 : Ratnakar Mishra (BJP)

Election Results

1962 Vidhan Sabha Election

  • Bhagwan Das (JS) : 21,622 votes [3]
  • Amresh Chand (INC) : 21,321

1980 Vidhan Sabha Election

  • Azahar Imam (INC-I) : 26,866 votes [4]
  • Rajnath (BJP) : 15,206

References


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