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
Assembly Constituency
DistrictMaharajganj
StateUttar Pradesh
Electorate3,33,601 (2017)
Current Assembly Constituency
Created2017
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
MLABajrang Bahadur Singh
ReservationNone
Ex MLAVinod Tiwari (SP)
Most Successful PartyIndian National Congress (5 Times)

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

Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Bajrang Bahadur Singh who 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.[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly
# Term Member of Legislative Assembly Party From To Days Comment
011st Vidhan SabhaGauri RamIndian National CongressMay 1952March 19571,776
024th Vidhan SabhaIndependentMarch 1967April 1968402
035th Vidhan SabhaPyariIndian National CongressFebruary 1969March 19741,832
046th Vidhan SabhaLakshmi NarayanCommunist Party of IndiaMarch 1974April 19771,153
057th Vidhan SabhaShyam Narayan TiwariJune 1977February 1980969
0608th Vidhan SabhaIndependentJune 1980March 19851,735
079th Vidhan SabhaHarsh Wardhan SinghJanata PartyMarch 1985November 19891,725
0810th Vidhan SabhaShyam Narayan TiwariIndian National CongressDecember 1989April 1991488
0911th Vidhan SabhaJune 1991December 1992533
1012th Vidhan SabhaShivendraBharatiya Janata PartyDecember 1993October 1995693
1113th Vidhan SabhaVinod ManiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)October 1996March 20021,967
1214th Vidhan SabhaShyam Narayan TiwariIndian National CongressFebruary 2002May 20071,902
1315th Vidhan SabhaBajrang Bahadur SinghBharatiya Janata PartyMay 2007March 20121,762
1416th Vidhan SabhaMarch 2012March 20151,829Disqualified by Governor
15Vinod Tiwari^Samajwadi PartyMay 2015March 2017By Poll[2]
1617th Vidhan SabhaBajrang Bahadur SinghBharatiya Janata PartyMarch 2017Incumbent1236
  • ^ By Poll (2015)

Election Results
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
NOTA 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
SHS 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[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SP Vinod 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
NOTA 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[5]
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
  1. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. India, Press Trust of (3 May 2015). "SP wins Pharenda Assembly seat in bypoll". Business Standard India. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  4. "Pharenda 2015 By Poll Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  5. "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 June 2020.


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