Pindra Assembly constituency
| Pindra | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 384 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Varanasi |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Pindra is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Varanasi district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Machhlishahr Lok Sabha constituency. Pindra Assembly constituency came into existence in 2008 as a result of the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008".[1][2][3]
Wards / Areas
Pindra assembly constituency comprises the following Wards / areas.
| # | Name | Reserved for | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Pindra | None | |
| 02 | Anei | None | |
| 03 | Basani | None | |
| 04 | Bahutara | None | |
| 05 | Bhanpur | None | |
| 06 | Baikunthpur | None | |
| 07 | Murdi | None | |
| 08 | Nahiya | None | |
| 09 | Baragaon of Harahaua KC | None | |
| 10 | Baragaon CT of Pindra Tehsil | None |
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist
| |||
| 2012 | Ajay Rai | Indian National Congress | |
| 2017 | Avadhesh Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Avadhesh Singh | 84,325 | 38.23 | −6.11 | |
| BSP | Babulal | 48,766 | 22.11 | −4.2 | |
| INC | Ajay Rai | 48,248 | 21.88 | −1.7 | |
| AD(K) | Rajesh Kumar Singh | 33,020 | 14.97 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,576 | 1.17 | −0.26 | |
| Majority | 35,559 | 16.12 | −1.91 | ||
| Turnout | 220,547 | 59.05 | −0.62 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Avadhesh Singh | 90,614 | 44.34 | ||
| BSP | Babulal | 53,765 | 26.31 | ||
| INC | Ajay Rai | 48,189 | 23.58 | ||
| CPI | Shyamlal Singh | 2,672 | 1.31 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,889 | 1.43 | ||
| Majority | 36,849 | 18.03 | |||
| Turnout | 204,375 | 59.67 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | +15.03 | |||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ajay Rai | 52,863 | 29.31 | − | |
| BSP | Jai Prakash | 43,645 | 24.2 | − | |
| AD(K) | Sunil Patel | 40,330 | 22.4 | − | |
| Remainder eleven candidates | 43,367 | 24.0 | − | ||
| Majority | 9,218 | 5.11 | − | ||
| Turnout | 180,343 | 56.4 | − | ||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
See also
- Pindra Tehsil
- Varanasi
- Government of Uttar Pradesh
- List of Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
References
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Delimitation Order: 53-55" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018.
External links
- "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.