Purwa Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Purwa is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Purwa in the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[2]
| Purwa | |
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| Constituency No. 167 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Unnao |
| Total electors | 4,15,472 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2022[1] |
Purwa is one of six assembly constituencies in the Unnao Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 167 amongst 403 constituencies.
Currently this seat belongs to Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Anil Singh who won in the Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Uttam Chandra by a margin of 26,483 votes.[3]
Anil Singh also won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Udayraj by a margin of 31061 votes.[4]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Ramadhin Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Parmeshwari Din Varma | Independent | |
| 1962 | Ramadhin Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Lakhan Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1969 | Dularey Lal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1974 | Gaya Singh | ||
| 1977 | Chandra Bhushan Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Gaya Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Hriday Narayan Dikshit | Independent | |
| 1989 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1991 | Janata Party | ||
| 1993 | Samajwadi Party | ||
| 1996 | Udayraj Yadav | ||
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2017 | Anil Kumar Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2022 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Results
2022
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Anil Singh | 97,567 | 39.83 | ||
| BJP | Uttam Chandra Urf Rakesh Lodhi | 71084 | 29.02 | ||
| SP | Uday Raj | 68114 | 27.81 | ||
| RLD | Chhabinath | 1318 | 0.54 | ||
| BMP | Shiv Shankar Kushwaha | 1033 | 0.42 | ||
| LKD | Chhedi Lal Yadav | 962 | 0.39 | ||
| Independent | Baijnath Pal | 961 | 0.39 | ||
| Jan Adhikar Manch | Dr. Rajendra Singh Kushwaha | 597 | 0.24 | ||
| RSPS | Vinod Kumar Pal | 578 | 0.24 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2719 | 1.12 | ||
| Majority | 26483 | 10.81 | |||
| Turnout | 244933 | 62.79 | |||