Kunda
Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictPratapgarh
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyJansatta Dal(L)
Elected year2022

Kunda is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Kunda in the Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]

Kunda (कुंडा / कुंडाहरनामगंज) is one of five assembly constituencies in the Kaushambi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 246 amongst 403 constituencies.

Since 1993 this seat belongs to Jansatta Dal Loktantrik candidate Raghuraj Pratap Singh (Raja Bhaiya), who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Gulshan Yadav by a margin of around 30,000 votes.

Members of Legislative Assembly

  • 1952: Three candidates elected from Kunda
  • 1957: Two candidates, both independent, elected from Kunda
  • 1962: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC) [2]
  • 1967: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC)
  • 1969: Jai Ram (SSP)
  • 1974: Niyaz Hasan Khan (NCO)
  • 1977: Shashi Prabha (JNP)
  • 1980: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC - I)
  • 1985: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC) [3]
  • 1989: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC)
  • 1991: Shiv Narayan Mishra (BJP)
Year Member Political party
1993Raghuraj Pratap SinghIndependent
1996
2002
2007
2012
2017
2022Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)

Election results

2022 Vidhan Sabha elections

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2022: Kunda[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jansatta Dal (L) Raghuraj Pratap Singh 99,612 50.58
SP Gulshan Yadav 69,297 39.79
BJP Sindhuja Mishra Senani 16,455 8.36
BSP Mohd Phaheem 1,345 1.2
BMP Dharmaraj 1,085 0.81
Majority 30,315 12.39
Turnout 1,96,940
Jansatta Dal (L) gain from Independent Swing

2017 Vidhan Sabha elections

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Kunda[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Raghuraj Pratap Singh 1,35,900 69.32
BJP Janki Sharan 32,950 16.39
BSP Parvez Akhtar 17,261 8.59
Independent Bhagwandeen 5,514 2.74
Independent Ram Kripal 2,615 1.30
BMP Jiya Lal 2,109 1.05
NOTA None of the Above 3,992 1.99
Majority 1,03,647 52.93
Turnout 2,01,080 58.64
Independent hold Swing

2012 Vidhan Sabha elections

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Kunda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Raghuraj Pratap Singh 1,11,392 67.96
BSP Shiv Prakash Mishra 23,137 14.12
INC Ram Shankar 14,341 8.75
BJP Tribhuvan 3,515 2.14
Independent Panna Lal 3,216 1.96
Majority 88,255 53.84
Turnout 1,63,912 51.96
Independent hold Swing

2007 Vidhan Sabha elections

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007: Kunda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Raghuraj Pratap Singh 73,732
BSP Shiv Prakash Mishra 20,604
AD Thakur Prakash Singh 9,241
INC Kunwar Amresh Singh 5928
Majority 53,128
Turnout
Independent hold Swing

2002 Vidhan Sabha elections

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2002: Kunda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Raghuraj Pratap Singh 88,446 82.13
SP Mohammad Sami 6,768 6.28
BSP Yogendra Nath Mishra Maula 3,583 3.33
Independent Harivansh Kumar 2,213 2.06
INC Shiv Baran Singh 1,823 1.69
Majority 81,678 75.85
Turnout 1,07,687 44.92
Independent hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "UP Election Assembly Results 1962 | Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election Results 1962". Elections.in. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "UP Election Assembly Results 1985 | Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election Results 1985". Elections.in. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "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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