Pipraich (Assembly constituency)

Pipraich is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Pipraich in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Pipraich
Assembly Constituency
DistrictGorakhpur
StateUttar Pradesh
Electorate3,86,459 (2017)
Lok Sabha ConstituencyGorakhpur (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Current Assembly Constituency
Created2017
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
MLAMahendra Pal Singh
ReservationNone
Ex MLARajmati Nishad (SP)
Most Successful PartyIndian National Congress (5 Times)

Pipraich is one of five assembly constituencies in the Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 321 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Mahendra Pal Singh who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Aftab Alam by a margin of 12,809 votes.[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly

# Term Member of Legislative Assembly Party From To Days Comment
012nd Vidhan SabhaAchhaiber SinghIndian National CongressApril 1957March 19621,800
023rd Vidhan SabhaMarch 1962March 19671,828
0304th Vidhan SabhaMadhukar DigheSamyukta Socialist PartyMarch 1967April 1968402
0405th Vidhan SabhaHari Prasad ShahiIndian National CongressFebruary 1969March 19741,832
0506th Vidhan SabhaMadhukar DegheBharatiya Kranti DalMarch 1974April 19771,153
0607th Vidhan SabhaJanata PartyJune 1977February 1980969
0708th Vidhan SabhaKedar Nath SinghIndian National Congress (U)June 1980March 19851,735
0809th Vidhan SabhaSayed Javed AliIndian National CongressMarch 1985November 19891,725
0910th Vidhan SabhaKedar Nath SinghJanata DalDecember 1989April 1991488
1011th Vidhan SabhaLallan Prasad TripathiBhartiya Janata PartyJune 1991December 1992533
1112th Vidhan SabhaJitendra Kumar Jaiswal Urf Pappu BhaiyaIndependentDecember 1993October 1995693
1213th Vidhan SabhaOctober 1996March 20021,967
1314th Vidhan SabhaFebruary 2002May 20071,902
1415th Vidhan SabhaJamuna Prasad NishadBahujan Samaj PartyMay 2007March 20101,762
15Rajmati NishadSamajwadi PartyMarch 2010March 2012
1616th Vidhan SabhaMarch 2012March 20171,829
1717th Vidhan SabhaMahendra Pal SinghBhartiya Janata PartyMarch 2017Incumbent1400

Election Results

2017 Assembly Elections: Pipraich[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mahendra Pal Singh 82,739 33.80 18.99
BSP Afatab Alam Urf Guddu 69,930 28.56 2.88
SP Amrendra Nishad 51,031 20.85 22.65
Independent Anita Jaiswal 31,073 12.69
Remaining 15 Candidates 10,038 3.61
NOTA None of the Above 1,204 0.49 New
Majority 12,809 5.24 12.58
Turnout 2,46,015 63.66 3.94
Registered electors 3,86,459
BJP gain from SP Swing 9.70
2012 Assembly Elections: Pipraich[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Rajmati Nishad 86,976 43.50
BSP Jitendra 51,341 25.68
BJP Radheshyam 29,617 14.81
SBSP Dildar Husain 5,948 2.97
INC Amarjeet 4,449 2.23
RSBP Mohd Mainuddin 3,700 1.85
JD(U) Lalji 2,757 1.38
Independent Sarvajit 1,412 0.71
PECP Surendra Kumar 1,149 0.57
Remaining 21 Candidates 12,596 6.30
Majority 35,635 17.82
Turnout 1,99,945 59.72
SP hold Swing

References

  1. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 June 2020.


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