Pharenda Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Pharenda is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Pharenda in the Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Pharenda | |
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| Constituency No. 315 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Maharajganj |
| Total electors | 211490 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | INC |
| Alliance | SP+ |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Pharenda is one of five assembly constituencies in the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 315 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Gauri Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Independent | ||
| 1969 | Pyari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1974 | Lakshmi Narayan | Communist Party of India | |
| 1977 | Shyam Narayan Tiwari | ||
| 1980 | Independent | ||
| 1985 | Harshwardhan Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1989 | Shyam Narayan Tiwari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1993 | Chaudhary Shivendra Bahadur Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1996 | Vinod Mani | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2002 | Shyam Narayan Tiwari | Indian National Congress | |
| 2007 | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2012 | |||
| 2015^ | Vinod Mani | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Virendra Chaudhary | Indian National Congress | |
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Virendra Chaudhary | 85,181 | 40.28 | +3.1 | |
| BJP | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | 83,935 | 39.69 | +1.33 | |
| BSP | Ishoo Chaurasiya | 21,665 | 10.24 | −7.74 | |
| SP | Shankh Lal manjhi | 16,457 | 7.78 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,484 | 0.7 | −0.31 | |
| Majority | 1,246 | 0.59 | −0.59 | ||
| Turnout | 211,490 | 60.19 | +0.55 | ||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2017
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Bajrang Bahadur Singh won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Indian National Congress candidate Virendra Chaudhary by a margin of 2,354 votes.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | 76,312 | 38.36 | ||
| INC | Virendra Chaudhary | 73,958 | 37.18 | ||
| BSP | Bechan | 35,765 | 17.98 | ||
| RLD | Vijay Singh | 2,742 | 1.38 | ||
| NISHAD | Raj Kumar Nishad | 1,930 | 0.97 | ||
| AIMIM | Reena | 1,878 | 0.94 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,992 | 1.01 | ||
| Majority | 2,354 | 1.18 | |||
| Turnout | 198,945 | 59.64 | |||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing |  0.99 |
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2015
Source:[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Vinod Mani | 64,818 | 37.76 | 23.50 | |
| INC | Virendra Chaudhary | 55,647 | 32.42 | 13.45 | |
| BJP | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | 41,247 | 24.03 |  2.25 | |
| Independent | Vijay | 5,720 | 3.33 |  | |
| Remaining 3 Candidates | 4,149 | 2.41 | | ||
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 2,056 | 1.19 | New | |
| Majority | 9,231 | 5.37 | 1.94 | ||
| Turnout | 1,71,641 | 53.02 | 6.96 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,23,726 | ||||
| SP gain from BJP | Swing | 11.48 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | 47,921 | 26.28 | | |
| INC | Virendra Chaudhary | 34,586 | 18.97 | | |
| BSP | Parsuram | 34,065 | 18.68 | | |
| SP | Shyam Narayan | 26,006 | 14.26 | | |
| PECP | Ram Prakash Singh | 23,438 | 12.86 | | |
| Remaining 15 Candidates | 16,302 | 8.94 | | ||
| Majority | 13,335 | 7.31 | | ||
| Turnout | 1,82,318 | 59.98 | | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||