Phoolpur Pawai Assembly constituency

Phoolpur Pawai is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Phoolpur Pawai in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]

Phoolpur Pawai
Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictAzamgarh
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartySamajwadi Party
Elected year2022

Phoolpur Pawai is one of five assembly constituencies in the Lalganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 349 amongst 403 constituencies.

Election results

2022
2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Phoolpur Pawai[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Ramakant Yadav 81,164 42.00
BJP Ramsurat Rajbhar 55,858 28.91
BSP Shakeel Ahmed 49,495 25.61
INC Mohammad Shahid 1,558 0.81
Jan Adhikar Party Yogendra Pratap 1,529 0.79
NOTA (None of the Above) + Rest of the candidates ~3,500 1.80
Majority 25,306
Turnout
SP gain from BJP Swing

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Arun Kumar Yadav won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Abul Qais Azmi by a margin of 7,295 votes.[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
1951Shiva Nath KatjuIndian National Congress
1957Shiv MurtiIndian National Congress
1957Sukhi Ram BhartiyaIndian National Congress
1962Muzaffar HasanIndian National Congress
1967Ram BachanIndian National Congress
1969Ram BachanBharatiya Kranti Dal
1974Ram BachanBharatiya Kranti Dal
1977PadmakarJanata Party
1980Abul KalamIndian National Congress (Indira)
1985Ramakant YadavIndian National Congress (Jagjivan)
1989Ramakant YadavBahujan Samaj Party
1991Ramakant YadavJanata Party
1993Ramakant YadavSamajwadi Party
1996Ram Naresh YadavIndian National Congress
2002Ram Naresh YadavIndian National Congress
2007Arun Kumar YadavSamajwadi Party
2012Shyam Bahadur YadavSamajwadi Party
2017Arun Kumar YadavBharatiya Janata Party

References
  1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

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