Menhdawal Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Menhdawal is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Menhdawal in the Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh in India.
| Menhdawal | |
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| Constituency No. 312 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Sant Kabir Nagar |
| Total electors | 4,57,864 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | NISHAD |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Menhdawal is one of five assembly constituencies in the Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 312 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Sucheta Kripalani | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Chandra Sekhar Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1969 | Lalsa Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1974 | Chandra Sekhar Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1977 | Janata Party | ||
| 1980 | Mohd. Nabi Khan | Indian National Congress (U) | |
| 1985 | Afsar-U-Ahmad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Chandra Sekhar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1993 | |||
| 1996 | Abdul Kalam | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Laxmikant Nishad | ||
| 2017 | Rakesh Singh Baghel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Anil Kumar Tripathi | NISHAD Party | |
Election results
2022
Currently this seat belongs to NISHAD Party candidate Anil Kumar Tripathi who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Jai Chand alias Jairam Pandey by a margin of 5,223 votes.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NISHAD | Anil Kumar Tripathi[3] | 90,193 | 37.23 | ||
| SP | Jairam Pandey | 84,970 | 35.08 |  18.37 | |
| BSP | Muhammad Tabish Khan | 50,554 | 20.87 | 1.27 | |
| VIP | Surendra Mohan | 2,440 | 1.01 | ||
| INC | Rafica Khatoon | 2,370 | 0.98 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,058 | 0.85 |  0.35 | |
| Majority | 5,223 | 2.15 | 16.94 | ||
| Turnout | 242,230 | 52.9 | 1.63 | ||
| NISHAD gain from BJP | Swing | -1.92 | |||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rakesh Singh Baghel | 86,976 | 38.69 | ||
| BSP | Anil Kumar Tripathi | 44,062 | 19.6 | ||
| SP | Jairam Pandey | 37,557 | 16.71 | ||
| PECP | Er. Mohammad Irfan | 25,499 | 11.34 | ||
| AIMIM | Mohd Tabish Khan | 19,040 | 8.47 | ||
| RLD | Mohd Akram Hussain | 3,445 | 1.53 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,663 | 1.2 | ||
| Majority | 42,914 | 19.09 | |||
| Turnout | 224,820 | 51.27 | |||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | +8.96 | |||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Laxmikant | 56,107 | 27.04 | ||
| PECP | Anil Kumar Tripathi | 40,030 | 19.29 | ||
| BSP | Mohd Tayyab | 33,183 | 15.99 | ||
| BJP | Rakesh Singh Baghel | 30,525 | 14.71 | ||
| INC | Madan Narayan Singh | 20,966 | 10.10 | ||
| JD(U) | Chandra Sekhar Pandey | 10,897 | 5.25 | ||
| IND | Rajendra Kumar | 2,773 | 1.34 | ||
| Majority | 16,077 | 7.75 | |||
| Turnout | 2,07,521 | 51.56 | |||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||