Purwa (Assembly Constituency)
Purwa is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Purwa in the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
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.
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.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | 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 | ||
References
- ^ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ "Purwa Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.