Shivpur (Assembly constituency)

Shivpur Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Varanasi district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency). First election in this assembly constituency was held in 2012 after constituency came into existence when "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed in the year 2008.[1][2][3]

Shivpur
Constituency
DistrictVaranasi
StateUttar Pradesh
Electorate3,41,279 (2017)
Current constituency
Created2008
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
MLAAnil Rajbhar
ReservationNone

Wards / Areas

Extant of Shivpur Assembly constituency is KCs Shivpur, Jallhupur, Lohta (CT), Phulwaria (CT), Shivdaspur (CT) & Maruadih Rly. Settlement (ITS) of Varanasi tehsil.[2]

Member of the Legislative Assembly
#TermNamePartyFromToDaysCommentsRef
0116th Vidhan SabhaUday Lal MauryaBahujan Samaj PartyMar-2012Mar-2017--[4]
0217th Vidhan SabhaAnil RajbharBharatiya Janata PartyMar-2017Incumbent

Election Results
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Shivpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Anil Rajbhar 1,10,453 48.47 +41.70
SP Anand Mohan Yadav 56,194 24.66 +5.07
BSP Virendra Singh 46,657 20.47 -5.98
NISHAD Saroj Chaudhari 2,929 1.29 ---
MADP Sriram 2,379 1.04 ---
NOTA None of the Above 812 0.36 ---
Majority 54,259 23.81 +16.95
Turnout 2,27,886 66.77 +3.82
BJP gain from BSP Swing +22.02
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Shivpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Uday Lal Maurya 48,716 26.45
SP Dr. Piyush Yadav 36,084 19.59
SBSP Radha Krishna Yadav 32,758 17.79
INC Virendra Singh 32,518 17.66
AD Iqbal Farooqi 13,565 7.37
BJP Rajendra Kushwaha 12,468 6.77
Majority 12,632 6.86
Turnout 1,84,165 62.95
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 30 July 2015.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  3. "All MLAs from Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  4. "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
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