Purqazi Assembly constituency

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Purqazi
Constituency No. 13 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictMuzaffarnagar
LS constituencyBijnor
Total electors3,29,110
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Rashtriya Lok Dal
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance
Elected year2022

Purqazi Assembly constituency 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] It was famous for its legendary traffic Jams when 4 Lane highway was not constructed.

Wards / Areas[edit]

Extent of Purqazi Assembly constituency is KCs Muzaffarnagar, Sherpur, Chhapar, Bagowali, Sisona, Badhedi, Bijopra, Khudda, Khampur, Barla & Purqazi Nagar Panchayat of Muzaffarnagar Tehsil.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Term Name Party Ref
2012 16th Vidhan Sabha Anil Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party [4]
2017 17th Vidhan Sabha Pramod Utwal Bharatiya Janta Party
2022 18th Vidhan Sabha Anil Kumar Rashtriya Lok Dal

Election results[edit]

2022[edit]

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Purqazi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RLD Anil Kumar 92,672 43.09 Increase39.09
BJP Pramod Utwal 86,140 40.05 Increase2.15
BSP Surendra Pal Singh 27,778 12.91 Decrease9.79
Azad Samaj Party Uma Kiran 2,321 1.08 new
INC Deepak Kumar 1,762 0.82 Decrease31.58
NOTA NOTA 921 0.43
Majority 6,532 3.04
Turnout 2,15,085 65.20 Increase0.12
RLD gain from BJP Swing

2017[edit]

2017 General Elections: Purqazi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pramod Utwal 77,491 38.14
INC Deepak Kumar 66,238 32.60
BSP Anil Kumar 46,401 22.84
RLD Choti Begam 8227 4.05
SP Uma Kiran 2570 1.05
Majority 11,253 5.54
Turnout 2,04,319 65.08

2012[edit]

2012 General Elections: Purqazi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Anil Kumar 53,491 31.94
INC Deepak Kumar 44,583 26.62
SP Uma Kiran 40,578 24.23
BJP Prachi Arya 22,987 13.73
Majority 8908 5.32
Turnout 1,67,467 59.53

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. ^ "All MLAs from Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  4. ^ "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 19 July 2015.