Bhojipura Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India

Bhojipura
Constituency No. 120 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bareilly
Total electors	289,427 (2012)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shazil Islam Ansari
Party	Samajwadi Party
Elected year	2022

Bhojipura Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Bareilly district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" (delimitation order) was passed in 1956.^[1] After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 120.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Wards / Areas

Extent of Bhojipura Assembly constituency is KC Shergarh, Devraniya NP & Shergarh NP of Baheri Tehsil; KCs Bhojipura, Rithora, CB Ganj, Rithora NP, Dhaura Tanda NP & Pipalsana Chaudhdhari (CT) of Bareilly Tehsil.^[3]

Popular Village- Jadounpur is a village which was established in 1873 AD by two families, one of Bajajas (kade Ansari) and the other Chaudhdharis (unknown). Bajaj means one who sells clothes and Chaudhdhari is interested in politics; both these families are Ansari by caste and Muslims by religion. It is very popular for incremented marketing and business. Through origin traced by historians of 19th century, it was clearly observed that there were some intercaste groups of Rajput clans known as Jadon, who were the initial settlers in this village.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member^[6]
1957	Babu Ram	Indian National Congress
1962	Harish Kumar Gangawar	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967	Harish Kumar Gangawar	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969	Bhanu Pratap Singh	Indian National Congress
1974	Harish Kumar Gangawar	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977	Hamid Raza Khan	Independent
1980	Bhanu Pratap Singh	Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Narendra Pal Singh	Indian National Congress
1989	Narendra Pal Singh	Janata Dal
1991	Kunwar Subhash Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Harish Kumar Gangawar	Samajwadi Party
1996	Bahoran Lal Maurya	Bharatiya Janata Party
2002	Virendra Singh	Samajwadi Party
2007	Shazil Islam Ansari	Bahujan Samaj Party
2012	Shazil Islam Ansari	Ittehad-e-Millat Council
2017	Bahoran Lal Maurya	Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Shazil Islam Ansari	Samajwadi Party

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhojipura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SP	Shahzil Islam Ansari	119,402	45.88
	BJP	Bahoran Lal Maurya	109,993	42.26
	BSP	Yogesh Patel	26,909	10.34
	INC	Sardar Khan	1,963	0.75
	NOTA	None of the above	1,373	0.53
	AAP	Dr. Mahender Pal Singh Rana ^[7]	610	0.23
Majority			9,409
Turnout
	SP gain from BJP		Swing

2012

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections

2012 General Elections: Bhojipura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IEMC	Shazil Islam Ansari	65,531	32.55	–
	SP	Virendra Singh Gangwar	47,583	23.63	–
	BJP	Bahoran Lal Maurya	34,281	17.03	–
		Remainder 16 candidates	53,932	26.78	–
Majority			17,948	8.91	–
Turnout			201,327	69.56	–
	IEMC gain from BSP		Swing

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Notable people

Bahoran Lal Maurya - Former MLA & Minister & Current MLC
Yogesh Patel - Block Pramukh: After not getting ticket from BJP, he resigned and joined BSP

References

^ "DPACO (1956)" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
^ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
^ "All MLAs from Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
^ "Member list". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly website. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
^ "Bhojipura Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
^ Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 December 2015.