Chunar Assembly constituency explained

Chunar
Mla:Anurag Singh
Party:Bharatiya Janta Party
Latest Election Year:2017
State:Uttar Pradesh
District:Mirzapur
Reservation:None
Type:SLA
Electors:3,54,274
Constituency No:398

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

Chunar is one of five assembly constituencies in the Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 398 amongst 403 constituencies. Current MLA from Chunar is Anurag Singh.

Members of Legislative Assembly

YearMember[1] Party
1957Raj KumarIndian National Congress
1959^Onkar Nath
1962Rajnarain Singh
1967
1969Shiva DasSamyukta Socialist Party
1974Om Prakash SinghBharatiya Jana Sangh
1977Janata Party
1980Yadunath SinghJanata Party (Secular)
1985Lokdal
1989Janata Dal
1991
1993Om Prakash SinghBharatiya Janata Party
1996
2002
2007
2012Jagtamba PatelSamajwadi Party
2017Anurag SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2022

Election results

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Anurag Singh won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Jagtamba Singh Patel by a margin of 62,228 votes.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chunar Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs . Elections in India.
  2. Web site: Assembly result 2017. Elections.in. 2017-08-25.