Pindra (Assembly constituency)
Pindra | |
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Constituency details | |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Varanasi |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
Current MLA | Avadhesh Singh |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2012 |
Pindra is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Varanasi district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Machhlishahr (Lok Sabha constituency). Pindra Assembly constituency came into existence in 2008 as a result of the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008".[1][2][3]
Wards / Areas[]
Pindra assembly constituency comprises the following Wards / areas.
# | Name | Reserved for | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
01 | Pindra | None | |
02 | Anei | None | |
03 | Basani | None | |
04 | None | ||
05 | Bhanpur | None | |
06 | None | ||
07 | None | ||
08 | Nahiya | None | |
09 | Baragaon of Harahaua KC | None | |
10 | Baragaon CT of Pindra Tehsil | None |
Members of Legislative Assembly[]
Keys: INC BJP
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | Ajay Rai | Indian National Congress | |
2017 | Avadhesh Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Election Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Avadhesh Singh | 90,614 | 44.34 | +42.50 | |
BSP | Babulal | 53,765 | 26.31 | +2.11 | |
INC | Ajay Rai | 48,189 | 23.58 | -5.73 | |
CPI | Shyamlal Singh | 2,672 | 1.31 | +0.41 | |
IND. | Shriprakash Mishra | 1,319 | 0.65 | +0.65 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 2,889 | 1.41 | +1.41 | |
Majority | 36,849 | 18.03 | +12.92 | ||
Turnout | 2,04,375 | 59.67 | +3.28 | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | +15.03 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Ajay Rai | 52,863 | 29.31 | - | |
BSP | Jai Prakash | 43,645 | 24.2 | - | |
Sunil Patel | 40,330 | 22.4 | - | ||
Remainder eleven candidates | 43,367 | 24.0 | - | ||
Majority | 9,218 | 5.11 | - | ||
Turnout | 180,343 | 56.4 | - | ||
INC win (new seat) |
See also[]
- Pindra Tehsil
- Varanasi
- Government of Uttar Pradesh
- List of Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
References[]
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Delimitation Order: 53-55" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
Categories:
- Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
- Politics of Varanasi district
- Constituencies established in 2008
- 2008 establishments in Uttar Pradesh