Meerapur Assembly constituency

Meerapur Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Muzaffarnagar district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Bijnor 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 came into existence in the year 2008.[1][2][3]

Meerapur
Constituency No. 16 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictMuzaffarnagar
LS constituencyBijnor
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  RLD
AllianceSP+
Elected year2022

Wards / areas

Extent of Meerapur Assembly constituency is KCs Meerapur, Bhopa, PCs Salarpur, Jatwara, Kawal, Dhansari, Jolly, Kheri Ferozabad, Roorkali Talabali, Nagla Bujurg, Kamheda, Tissa, Kakrauli, Tewda of Jansath KC, Meerapur NP & Bhokerheri NP of Jansath Tehsil.

Members of the Legislative Assembly
YearTermMember Party
201216th Vidhan SabhaJamil Ahmad Qasmi[4] Bahujan Samaj Party
201717th Vidhan SabhaAvtar Singh Bhadana Bhartiya Janata Party
202218th Vidhan SabhaChandan Chauhan Rashtriya Lok Dal

Election results

2022
2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Meerapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RLD Chandan Chauhan 1,07,421 49.57 Increase38.47
BJP Prashant Chaudhary 80,041 36.94 Increase3.14
BSP Salim Qureshi 23,797 10.98 Decrease8.42
Azad Samaj Party Umesh Pal 1,628 0.75 new
INC Jamil Ahmad Qasmi 1,258 0.58
NOTA NOTA 888 0.41
Majority 27,380 12.63
Turnout 2,16,692 68.65 Decrease0.84
RLD gain from BJP Swing

2017
2017 General Elections: Meerapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Avtar Singh Bhadana 69,035 33.95
SP Liyakat Ali 68,842 33.86
BSP Nawazish Alam Khan 39,685 19.52
RLD Mithlesh Pal 22,751 11.19
Majority 193 0.9
Turnout 2,04,405 69.49 Increase7.73%
BJP gain from BSP Swing 5.66
2012 General Elections: Meerapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Jamil Ahmad Qasmi 56,802 33.66 -
RLD Mithlesh Pal 44,069 26.12 -
BJP Veerpal Nirwal 25,689 15.22 -
SP Mehrajuddin 21,083 12.49 -
Majority 12,733 7.55 -
Turnout 168742 61.76 -
BSP hold Swing

Source:[4]

See also

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 27 July 2015.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. "All MLAs from Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  4. "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
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