Meerapur (Assembly constituency)

Meerapur
मीरापुर
Constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
District Muzaffarnagar
State Uttar Pradesh
Electorate 273,36 (2012)
Current constituency
Created 2017
Party BJP
MLA Avtar Singh Bhadana
Reservation None

Meerapur Assembly constituency (Hindi: मीरापुर) 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]

Wards / Areas

Extant of Meerapur Assembly constituency is KCs Meerapur, Bhopa, PCs Salarpur, Jatwara, Kawal, Dhansari, Jolly, Roorkali Talabali, Nagla Bujurg, Kamheda, Tissa, Kakrauli, Tewda of Jansath KC, Meerapur NP & Bhokerheri NP of Jansath Tehsil.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

#TermNamePartyFromToDaysCommentsRef
17th Vidhan Sabha Avtar Singh Bhadana Bharatiya Janata Party Incumbent (2017)
0116th Vidhan SabhaJamil Ahmad QasmiBahujan Samaj PartyMar-2012Incumbent--[4]

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections.[4]

2012 General Elections: Meerapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BSP Jamil Ahmad Qasmi 56,802 33.66 -
RLD Mithlesh Pal 44,069 26.12 -
BJP Veerpal Nirwal 25,689 15.22 -
Remainder 13 candidates 42,182 24.99 -
Majority 12,733 7.55 -
Turnout 168742 61.76 -
BSP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved Jul 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved Jul 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ↑ "All MLAs from Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved Jul 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. 1 2 "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jun 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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