Matera Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Matera is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Matera in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Matera is one of five assembly constituencies in the Bahraich Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 284 amongst 403 constituencies.
| Matera | |
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| Constituency No. 284 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Bahraich |
| Total electors | 3,42,204 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012[2] | Yasar Shah | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017[3] | |||
| 2022 | Mariya Shah[4] | ||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Mariya Shah | 102,255 | 48.15 | +8.7 | |
| BJP | Arun Veer Singh | 91,827 | 43.24 | +4.58 | |
| BSP | Aquib Ullah Khan | 8,918 | 4.2 | −12.48 | |
| INC | Ali Akbar | 2,964 | 1.4 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,759 | 1.3 | −0.07 | |
| Majority | 10,428 | 4.91 | +4.12 | ||
| Turnout | 212,372 | 62.06 | +0.26 | ||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Samajwadi Party candidate Yasar Shah won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Arun Veer Singh by a margin of 1,595 votes.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Yasar Shah | 79,188 | 39.45 | ||
| BJP | Arun Veer Singh | 77,593 | 38.66 | ||
| BSP | Sultan Ahmad Khan | 33,482 | 16.68 | ||
| RLD | Ganga Ram | 2,141 | 1.07 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,717 | 1.37 | ||
| Majority | 1,595 | 0.79 | |||
| Turnout | 200,725 | 61.8 | |||