Bhojpur, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Bhojpur is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Bhojpur in the Farrukhabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
| Bhojpur | |
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| Constituency No. 195 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Farrukhabad |
| Total electors | 3,19,917 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Bhojpur is one of five assembly constituencies in the Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 195 amongst 403 constituencies.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Jamaluddin Siddiqui[3] | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017[4] | Nagendra Singh Rathore | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022[5] | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Nagendra Singh Rathore | 99,979 | 50.68 | +0.78 | |
| SP | Arshad Jamal Siddiqui | 72,521 | 36.76 | +5.44 | |
| BSP | Alok Verma | 15,714 | 7.97 | −5.79 | |
| AIMIM | Talib Siddiqui | 3,919 | 1.99 | ||
| INC | Archana Rathaur | 2,053 | 1.04 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 947 | 0.48 | +0.32 | |
| Majority | 27,458 | 13.92 | −4.66 | ||
| Turnout | 197,269 | 61.66 | +0.55 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Nagendra Singh won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Arshad Jamal Siddiqui by a margin of 34,877 votes.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Nagendra Singh Rathore | 93,673 | 49.9 | ||
| SP | Arshad Jamal Siddiqui | 58,796 | 31.32 | ||
| BSP | Nitin Singh Jaimini Rajput | 25,838 | 13.76 | ||
| LKD | Urmila | 2,116 | 1.13 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 299 | 0.16 | ||
| Majority | 34,877 | 18.58 | |||
| Turnout | 187,708 | 61.11 | |||