Mehnagar Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Mehnagar is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Mehnagar in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
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| Constituency No. 352 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Azamgarh |
| Total electors | 4,04,280 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Mehnagar is one of five assembly constituencies in the Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 352 amongst 403 constituencies.
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Puja Saroj | 86,960 | 39.35 | +5.2 | |
| BJP | Manju Saroj | 72,811 | 32.94 | ||
| BSP | Pankaj Kumar | 50,173 | 22.7 | −7.08 | |
| AIMIM | Karmveer Azad | 4,377 | 1.98 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,649 | 0.75 | −0.5 | |
| Majority | 14,149 | 6.41 | +3.74 | ||
| Turnout | 221,016 | 54.67 | +2.43 | ||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Samajwadi Party candidate Kalpnath Paswan won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party candidate Manjoo Saroj by a margin of 5,412 votes.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Kalpnath Paswan | 69,037 | 34.15 | ||
| SBSP | Manjoo Saroj | 63,625 | 31.48 | ||
| BSP | Vidhya Chaudhari | 60,198 | 29.78 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,492 | 1.25 | ||
| Majority | 5,412 | 2.67 | |||
| Turnout | 202,135 | 52.24 | |||
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| # | Term | Member of Legislative Assembly | Party | From | To | Days | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 04th Vidhan Sabha | Jainu | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | March 1967 | April 1968 | 402 | [3] |
| 02 | 05th Vidhan Sabha | Chhangur | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | February 1969 | March 1974 | 1,832 | [4] |
| 03 | 06th Vidhan Sabha | Jang Bahadur | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | March 1974 | April 1977 | 1,153 | [5] |
| 04 | 07th Vidhan Sabha | Bhuddhoo | Janata Party | June 1977 | February 1980 | 969 | [6] |
| 05 | 08th Vidhan Sabha | Deep Narayan | Indian National Congress (Indira) | June 1980 | March 1985 | 1,735 | [7] |
| 06 | 09th Vidhan Sabha | Indian National Congress | March 1985 | November 1989 | 1,725 | [8] | |
| 07 | 10th Vidhan Sabha | December 1989 | April 1991 | 488 | [9] | ||
| 08 | 11th Vidhan Sabha | Kalpnath Paswan | Bharatiya Janata Party | June 1991 | December 1992 | 533 | [10] |
| 09 | 12th Vidhan Sabha | Daroga Prasad | Samajwadi Party | December 1993 | October 1995 | 693 | [11] |
| 10 | 13th Vidhan Sabha | Ram Jag | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | October 1996 | March 2002 | 1,967 | [12] |
| 11 | 14th Vidhan Sabha | Vidya Chaudhary | Bahujan Samaj Party | February 2002 | May 2007 | 1,902 | [13] |
| 12 | 15th Vidhan Sabha | May 2007 | March 2012 | 1,736 | [14] | ||
| 13 | 16th Vidhan Sabha | Brij Lal Sonkar | Samajwadi Party | March 2012 | March 2017 | 1,829 | [15] |
| 14 | 17th Vidhan Sabha | Kalpnath Paswan | Samajwadi Party | March 2017 | March 2022 | 3459 | [16] |