Majhawan Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Majhawan Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the town of Majhawan in the Mirzapur district (25 km from Varanasi) of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Majhawan | |
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| Constituency No. 397 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Mirzapur |
| Total electors | 3,97,877 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
| Preceded by | Vinod Kumar Bind |
Majhawan is one of five assembly constituencies in the Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 397 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Bechan Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Ram Nihore Ram | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1974 | Rudra Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Shivdas Tripathi | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Lokpati Tripathi | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Rudra Prasad | Janata Dal | |
| 1991 | Bhagwat Pal | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1993 | |||
| 1996 | Ram Chandra Maurya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2002 | Ramesh Chand Bind | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2017 | Suchismita Maurya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Vinod Kumar Bind | NISHAD Party | |
| 2024^ | Suchismita Maurya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
^ denotes by-election
Election results
2024 bypoll
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Suchismita Maurya | 77,737 | 38.55 | New | |
| SP | Jyoti Bind | 72,815 | 36.11 |  7.73 | |
| BSP | Deepak Tiwari | 34,927 | 17.32 |  4.27 | |
| ASP(KR) | Shambhu Nath | 3,529 | 1.75 | New | |
| Independent | Ram Lakhan | 2,654 | 1.32 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,035 | 1.01 | 0.11 | |
| Majority | 4,922 | 2.44 | 11.25 | ||
| Turnout | 2,01,649 | 50.39 | |||
| BJP gain from NISHAD | Swing | ||||
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NISHAD | Vinod Kumar Bind | 103,235 | 42.07 | 40.04 | |
| SP | Rohit Shukla | 69,648 | 28.38 | 9.97 | |
| BSP | Pusplata Bind | 52,990 | 21.59 | 6.17 | |
| INC | Shiv Shanker Chaudhary | 3,399 | 1.39 | ||
| AAP | Prakash Chand Tripathi[4] | 2,361 | 0.96 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,746 | 1.12 | 0.43 | |
| Majority | 33,587 | 13.69 | 3.45 | ||
| Turnout | 245,391 | 61.68 | 2.07 | ||
| NISHAD gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2017
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suchismita Maurya won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ramesh Chand Bind by a margin of 41,159 votes.[5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Suchismita Maurya | 107,839 | 44.9 | ||
| BSP | Ramesh Chand Bind | 66,680 | 27.76 | ||
| SP | Rohit Shukla | 44,212 | 18.41 | ||
| NISHAD | Tulsidas | 4,867 | 2.03 | ||
| Independent | Kanhaiya Lal | 3,667 | 1.53 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,655 | 0.69 | ||
| Majority | 41,159 | 17.14 | |||
| Turnout | 240,169 | 63.75 | |||