Pindra (Assembly constituency)

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Pindra
Constituency details
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictVaranasi
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAAvadhesh Singh
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2012

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[]

2017 General Elections: Pindra
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
2012 General Elections: Pindra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Delimitation Order: 53-55" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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