Meerganj (Assembly constituency)

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Meerganj
Constituency details
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictBareilly
Total electors277,034 (2012)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA
PartyBhartiya Janta Party
Elected year2008

Meerganj Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Bareilly district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency). First election in this assembly constituency was held in 2012 after the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed and the constituency was formed in 2008. The constituency is assigned identification number 119.[1][2][3][4]

Wards / Areas[]

Extant of Meerganj Assembly constituency is Meerganj Tehsil.[2] There are two blocks in this constituency fatehgarh west and meerganj

Members of the Legislative Assembly[]

# Term Name Party From To Days Comments Ref
01 16th Vidhan Sabha Sultan Baig Bahujan Samaj Party Mar-2012 Mar-2017 - - [5]
02 17th Vidhan Sabha D. C. Verma Bharatiya Janata Party Mar-2017 Incumbent - - –

Election results[]

2022[]

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Yogesh Kumar Kalia [6]

2017[]

2017 General Elections: Meerganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. D. C. Verma 1,08,789 51.74
BSP Sultan Baig 54,289 25.82
INC Narendra Pal Singh 36,938 17.57
MD Bhanu Pratap Singh 2,267 1.08
PECP Shakeel Ahmad 1,696 0.81
NOTA None of the Above 1,749 0.83
Majority 54,500 25.92
Turnout 2,10,276 64.74
BJP gain from BSP Swing
2012 General Elections: Meerganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Sultan Baig 57,446 31.23 -
BJP D. C. Verma 49,525 26.93 -
SP Haji Zahid Husain Guddu 35,299 19.19 -
Remainder 11 candidates 41,649 22.64 -
Majority 7,921 4.31 -
Turnout 183,919 66.39 -
BSP hold Swing

[5]

See also[]

  • Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency)
  • Bareilly district
  • Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
  • Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
  • Vidhan Bhawan

References[]

  1. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. ^ "All MLAs from Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Member list". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly website. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  6. ^ Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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