Meerapur (Assembly constituency)

Meerapur Assembly constituency (Hindi: मीरापुर) 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
मीरापुर
Constituency
DistrictMuzaffarnagar
StateUttar Pradesh
Electorate273,36 (2012)
Current constituency
Created2017
PartyBJP
MLAAvtar Singh Bhadana
ReservationNone

Wards / Areas

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

#TermNamePartyFromToDaysCommentsRef
0116th Vidhan SabhaJamil Ahmad QasmiBahujan Samaj PartyMarch 2012March 2017--[4]
0217th Vidhan SabhaAvtar Singh BhadanaBhartiya Janata PartyMarch 2017Incumbent--

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections.[4]

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 -
Remainder 13 candidates 42,182 24.99 -
Majority 12,733 7.55 -
Turnout 168742 61.76 -
BSP hold Swing

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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