Phulpur (Assembly constituency)
Phulpur is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Phulpur in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Phulpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency | |
| District | Allahabad |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Electorate | 3,80,837 (2017) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2017 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| MLA | Praveen Kumar Singh |
| Reservation | None |
Phulpur is one of five assembly constituencies in the Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 256 amongst 403 constituencies.
Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Praveen Kumar Singh who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Lagislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Mansoor Alam by a margin of 26,613 votes.[1]
Members of Vidhan Sabha
| Year | Member | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 Two Candidates | Sukhi Ram Bhartiya | Congress (AND) | |
| 1957 | (AND) Shiv Murti | Congress | |
| 1962 | Muzaffar Hassan | Congress | |
| 1977 | Padmakar | Janata Party | |
| 2012 | Sayeed Ahamad | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Praveen Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election Results
1962 Vidhan Sabha
- Muzaffar Hasan (INC) : 21,560 votes [2]
- Amar Singh (Jana Sangh) : 7,232
1977 Vidhan Sabha
- Padmakar (JNP) : 27,238 votes [3]
- Abul Kalam (INC) : 19,317
2012 Vidhan Sabha
- Sayeed Ahamad (SP) : 72,898 votes [4]
- Praveen Patel (BSP) : 64,998
References
- "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html
- https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html
- https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/2012-election-results.html
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