Paniyara (Assembly constituency)

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Paniyara
Constituency details
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictMaharajganj
Total electors3,98,745 (2017)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAGyanendra Singh
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
Elected year2017

Paniyara is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Paniyara in the Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Paniyara is one of five assembly constituencies in the Maharajganj (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 319 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Gyanendra Singh, who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ganesh Shankar Pandey by a margin of 67,491 votes.[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly[]

# Term Member of Legislative Assembly Party From To Days Comment
01 04th Vidhan Sabha Vir Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress March 1967 April 1968 402
02 05th Vidhan Sabha February 1969 March 1974 1,832
03 06th Vidhan Sabha March 1974 April 1977 1,153
04 07th Vidhan Sabha Gunjeshwar Independent June 1977 February 1980 969
05 08th Vidhan Sabha Vir Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress June 1980 March 1985 1,735
06 09th Vidhan Sabha March 1985 November 1989 1,725
07 10th Vidhan Sabha Ganpat Singh Independent December 1989 April 1991 488
08 11th Vidhan Sabha Fateh Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress June 1991 December 1992 533
09 12th Vidhan Sabha Ganpat Singh Bhartiya Janata Party December 1993 October 1995 693
10 13th Vidhan Sabha Fateh Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress October 1996 March 2002 1,967
11 14th Vidhan Sabha Bhartiya Janata Party February 2002 May 2007 1,902
12 15th Vidhan Sabha Bahujan Samaj Party May 2007 March 2012 1,762
13 16th Vidhan Sabha Deo Narayan Urf G.M. Singh March 2012 March 2017 1,829
14 17th Vidhan Sabha Gyanendra Singh Bhartiya Janata Party March 2017 Incumbent 1784

Election Results[]

2017 Assembly Elections: Paniyara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gyanendra Singh 1,19,308 49.35 Increase24.72
BSP Ganesh Shankar Pandey 51,817 21.43 Decrease5.12
INC Talat Aziz 48,004 19.86 Increase3.08
NISHAD Suman 10,762 4.45 New
RLD Ganpat Singh 3,561 1.47 New
Remaining 9 Candidates 8,310 2.56 Steady
None of the Above None of the Above 2,124 0.88 New
Majority 67,491 27.92 Increase25.99
Turnout 2,43,886 61.16 Increase2.83
Registered electors 3,98,745
BJP gain from BSP Swing Increase22.79
2012 Assembly Elections: Paniyara[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Deo Narayan Singh 56,114 26.56 Steady
BJP Gyanendra Singh 52,031 24.63 Steady
SP Janardan Prasad Ojha 39,264 18.59 Steady
INC Talat Aziz 35,451 16.78 Steady
PECP Diwakar 4,314 2.04 Steady
Remaining 17 Candidates 24,051 11.40 Steady
Majority 4,083 1.93 Steady
Turnout 2,11,265 58.33 Steady
BSP hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 June 2020.


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