Chunar (Assembly Constituency)
Chunar is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Chunar in the Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Chunar is one of five assembly constituencies in the Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 398 amongst 403 constituencies. Current MLA from Chunar is Anurag Singh.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Raj Kumar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1959^ | Onkar Nath | ||
| 1962 | Rajnarain Singh | ||
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | Shiva Das | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1974 | Om Prakash Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1977 | Janata Party | ||
| 1980 | Yadunath Singh | Janata Party (Secular) | |
| 1985 | Lokdal | ||
| 1989 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1993 | Om Prakash Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1996 | |||
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Jagtamba Patel | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Anurag Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Anurag Singh | 110708 | |||
| AD(K) | Ramashankar Prasad Singh | 62708 | |||
2017
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Anurag Singh won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Jagtamba Singh Patel by a margin of 62,228 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Anurag Singh | 105149 | |||
| SP | Jagtamba Singh Patel | 43094 | |||
References
- ^ "Chunar Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ^ Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Election results
- ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Chunar Election Results 2017: Anurag Singh of BJP Wins". News18. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
External links
- "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
