Pindra Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Pindra is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Varanasi district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Machhlishahr Lok Sabha constituency. Pindra Assembly constituency came into existence in 2008 as a result of the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008".[1][2][3]
| Pindra | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 384 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Varanasi |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Wards / Areas
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2012 | Ajay Rai | Indian National Congress | |
| 2017 | Avadhesh Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Avadhesh Singh | 84,325 | 38.23 | −6.11 | |
| BSP | Babulal | 48,766 | 22.11 | −4.2 | |
| INC | Ajay Rai | 48,248 | 21.88 | −1.7 | |
| AD(K) | Rajesh Kumar Singh | 33,020 | 14.97 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,576 | 1.17 | −0.26 | |
| Majority | 35,559 | 16.12 | −1.91 | ||
| Turnout | 220,547 | 59.05 | −0.62 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Avadhesh Singh | 90,614 | 44.34 | ||
| BSP | Babulal | 53,765 | 26.31 | ||
| INC | Ajay Rai | 48,189 | 23.58 | ||
| CPI | Shyamlal Singh | 2,672 | 1.31 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,889 | 1.43 | ||
| Majority | 36,849 | 18.03 | |||
| Turnout | 204,375 | 59.67 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | +15.03 | |||