Barhaj Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Barhaj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Barhaj in the Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Barhaj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Bansgaon Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 342 amongst 403 constituencies. Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Deepak Mishra won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections.
| Barhaj | |
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| Constituency No. 342 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Deoria |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Ugra Sen | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | Awadhesh Pratap Mall | Indian National Congress | |
| 1974 | Surendra Prasad Mishra | ||
| 1977 | Mohan Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Janata Party (Secular) | ||
| 1985 | Surendra Prasad Mishra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Swami Nath | Independent | |
| 1991 | Durga Prasad Mishra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Swami Nath | Samajwadi Party | |
| 1996 | Prem Prakash Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2002 | Durga Prasad Mishra | Independent | |
| 2007 | Ram Prasad Jaisawal | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2012 | Prem Prakash Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Suresh Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Deepak Kumar Mishra | ||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Deepak Kumar Mishra "Shaka" | 85,758 | 46.33 |  9.57 | |
| SP | Murli Manohar Jaiswal | 68,897 | 37.22 | 20.76 | |
| BSP | Vinay Lalsahab Tiwari | 23,287 | 12.58 |  17.24 | |
| INC | Ramjee Giri | 2,079 | 1.12 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,847 | 1.0 | 0.2 | |
| Majority | 16,861 | 9.11 | 2.17 | ||
| Turnout | 185,108 | 58.11 | 0.49 | ||
| BJP hold | |||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Suresh Tiwari | 61,996 | 36.76 | ||
| BSP | Murli Manohar Jaiswal | 50,280 | 29.82 | ||
| SP | Purnendu Tiwari Urf P.D.Tiwari | 27,761 | 16.46 | ||
| Independent | Girendra Pratap Yadav | 18,489 | 10.96 | ||
| CPI | Jai Prakash Kushwaha | 2,106 | 1.25 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,338 | 0.8 | ||
| Majority | 11,716 | 6.94 | |||
| Turnout | 168,628 | 57.62 | |||