Chunar Assembly constituency
{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Chunar
| map_image = 398-Chunar.svg
| 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
| class="wikitable"
!Year ! colspan="2" |Party |
| 1957
|Raj Kumar | rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | | rowspan="4" |Indian National Congress |
| 1959^
|Onkar Nath |
| 1962
| rowspan="2" |Rajnarain Singh |
| 1967 |
| 1969
|Shiva Das |style="background-color: {{party color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}" | |
| 1974
| rowspan="2" |Om Prakash Singh |style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" | |
| 1977
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" | |
| 1980
| rowspan="4" |Yadunath Singh |style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" | |
| 1985
|style="background-color: {{party color|Lokdal}}" | |
| 1989
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" | | rowspan="2" |Janata Dal |
| 1991 |
| 1993
| rowspan="4" |Om Prakash Singh | rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | | rowspan="4" |Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1996 |
| 2002 |
| 2007 |
| 2012
|Jagtamba Patel |style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" | |
| 2017
| rowspan="2" |Anurag Singh | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2022 |
Election results
= 2022 =
{{Election box begin | title=2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chunar }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|2 = Bhartiya Janta Party
|candidate = Anurag Singh{{cite news |last1=Bhandari |first1=Shashwat |title=AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 {{!}} Check complete list |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news/aap-releases-150-candidates-for-uttar-pradesh-polls-2022-check-full-list-2022-01-16-754742 |access-date=27 January 2022 |work=indiatvnews.com |date=16 January 2022 |language=en}}
|votes = {{formatnum:110980}}
|percentage = 50.26
|change = {{increase}}1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)
|candidate = Ramashankar Prasad Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:63366}}
|percentage = 28.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Vijay Kumar Alias A.V.Bhaiya
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = {{formatnum:29389}}
|percentage = 13.31
|change = {{decrease}}4.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Seema Devi
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:4164}}
|percentage = 1.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Amit Kumar Singh
|party = Vikassheel Insaan Party
|votes = {{formatnum:2782}}
|percentage = 1.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
|votes = {{formatnum:3921}}
|percentage = 1.78
|change = {{increase}}0.61
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:47614}}
|percentage = 21.56
|change = {{decrease}}7.17
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:220823}}
|percentage = 62.33
|change = {{decrease}}2.22
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/chunar.html|title=Assembly result 2017|website=Elections.in|access-date=2017-08-25}}
{{Election box begin | title=2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chunar }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|2 = Bhartiya Janta Party
|candidate = Anurag Singh{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/chunar-election-results-2017-anurag-singh-of-bjp-wins-1358885.html|title=Chunar Election Results 2017: Anurag Singh of BJP Wins|date=11 March 2017|website=News18|accessdate=11 March 2023}}
|votes = {{formatnum:105608}}
|percentage = 48.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Jagtamba Singh Patel
|votes = {{formatnum:43380}}
|percentage = 20.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Anmol Singh
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = {{formatnum:39067}}
|percentage = 18.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Ramraj Singh Patel
|party = Independent
|votes = {{formatnum:17009}}
|percentage = 7.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Sarvesh Kumar Singh Alias Raja Bhaiya
|party = Independent
|votes = {{formatnum:3898}}
|percentage = 1.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
|votes = {{formatnum:2541}}
|percentage = 1.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:62228}}
|percentage = 28.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:216603}}
|percentage = 64.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web |title=Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/92-uttar-pradesh/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}
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