Kunda Assembly Constituency
Kunda is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Kunda in the Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Kunda (कुंडा / कुंडाहरनामगंज) is one of five assembly constituencies in the Kaushambi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 246 amongst 403 constituencies.
Since 1993 this seat belongs to Jansatta Dal Loktantrik candidate Raghuraj Pratap Singh (Raja Bhaiya), who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Gulshan Yadav by a margin of around 30,000 votes.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Ram Naresh Shukla | Indian National Congress | |
| Ram Swaroop | |||
| 1957 | Nand Ram | Independent | |
| Gaya Prasad | |||
| 1962 | Niyaz Hasan Khan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | Jai Ram | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1974 | Niyaz Hasan Khan | Indian National Congress (O) | |
| 1977 | Shashi Prabha | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Niyaz Hasan Khan | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1991 | Shivnarayan Mishra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | Independent | |
| 1996 | |||
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) | ||
Election results
2022 Vidhan Sabha elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jansatta Dal (L) | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | 99,612 | 50.58 | ||
| SP | Gulshan Yadav | 69,297 | 39.79 | ||
| BJP | Sindhuja Mishra Senani | 16,455 | 8.36 | ||
| BSP | Mohd Phaheem | 1,345 | 1.2 | ||
| BMP | Dharmaraj | 1,085 | 0.81 | ||
| Majority | 30,315 | 12.39 | |||
| Turnout | 1,96,940 | ||||
| Jansatta Dal (L) gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2017 Vidhan Sabha elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | 1,36,223 | 69.32 | ||
| BJP | Janki Sharan | 32,950 | 16.39 | ||
| BSP | Parvez Akhtar | 17,261 | 8.59 | ||
| Independent | Bhagwandeen | 5,514 | 2.74 | ||
| Independent | Ram Kripal | 2,615 | 1.30 | ||
| BMP | Jiya Lal | 2,109 | 1.05 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,992 | 1.99 | ||
| Majority | 1,03,647 | 52.93 | |||
| Turnout | 2,01,080 | 58.64 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
2012 Vidhan Sabha elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | 1,11,392 | 67.96 | ||
| BSP | Shiv Prakash Mishra | 23,137 | 14.12 | ||
| INC | Ram Shankar | 14,341 | 8.75 | ||
| BJP | Tribhuvan | 3,515 | 2.14 | ||
| Independent | Panna Lal | 3,216 | 1.96 | ||
| Majority | 88,255 | 53.84 | |||
| Turnout | 1,63,912 | 51.96 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
2007 Vidhan Sabha elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | 73,732 | |||
| BSP | Shiv Prakash Mishra | 20,604 | |||
| AD | Thakur Prakash Singh | 9,241 | |||
| INC | Kunwar Amresh Singh | 5928 | |||
| Majority | 53,128 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
2002 Vidhan Sabha elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | 88,446 | 82.13 | ||
| SP | Mohammad Sami | 6,768 | 6.28 | ||
| BSP | Yogendra Nath Mishra Maula | 3,583 | 3.33 | ||
| Independent | Harivansh Kumar | 2,213 | 2.06 | ||
| INC | Shiv Baran Singh | 1,823 | 1.69 | ||
| Majority | 81,678 | 75.85 | |||
| Turnout | 1,07,687 | 44.92 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Kunda Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
External links
- "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
