Safipur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Safipur is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Safipur and other parts of Safipur tehsil and Hasanganj tehsil, in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] It is one of six assembly constituencies in the Unnao Lok Sabha constituency.[2] As of 2022, the constituency is represented by Bharatiya Janata Party's Bamba Lal Diwakar.
| Safipur | |
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| Constituency No. 163 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Unnao |
| Total electors | 3,46,258 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Sudhir Kumar[3] | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017[4] | Bamba Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022[1] | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bamba Lal | 102,968 | 52.13 | +9.5 | |
| SP | Sudhir Rawat | 68,836 | 34.85 | +10.26 | |
| BSP | Rajendra Kumar | 19,768 | 10.01 | −18.81 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,745 | 0.88 | −0.05 | |
| Majority | 34,132 | 17.28 | +3.47 | ||
| Turnout | 197,535 | 57.05 | −3.11 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bamba Lal | 84,068 | 42.63 | ||
| BSP | Ram Baran | 56,832 | 28.82 | ||
| SP | Sudhir Kumar | 48,506 | 24.59 | ||
| RLD | Bablu Rawat | 2,056 | 1.04 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,820 | 0.93 | ||
| Majority | 27,236 | 13.81 | |||
| Turnout | 197,225 | 60.16 | |||