Menhdawal (Assembly constituency)

Menhdawal is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Menhdawal in the Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh in India.

Menhdawal
Constituency
DistrictSant Kabir Nagar
StateUttar Pradesh
Current constituency
Created2017
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
MLARakesh Singh Baghel
ReservationNone

Menhdawal is one of five assembly constituencies in the Sant Kabir Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 312 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Rakesh Singh Baghel who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Anil Kumar Tripathi by a margin of 42,914 votes.[1][2][3]

Member of Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
# Term Member of Legislative Assembly Party From To Days Comment
013rd Vidhan SabhaSucheta KripalaniIndian National CongressMarch 1962March 19671,828
024th Vidhan SabhaChandra Sekhar SinghBhartiya Jana SanghMarch 1967April 1968402
035th Vidhan SabhaLalsa PrasadIndian National CongressFebruary 1969March 19741,831
046th Vidhan SabhaChandra Sekhar SinghBhartiya Jana SanghMarch 1974April 19771,153
0507th Vidhan SabhaJanata PartyJune 1977February 1980969
0608th Vidhan SabhaMohd Nabi KhanIndian National Congress (U)June 1980March 19851,735
0709th Vidhan SabhaAfsar-U-AhmadIndian National CongressMarch 1985November 19891,725
0810th Vidhan SabhaChander Shekhar SinghBhartiya Janata PartyDecember 1989April 1991488
0911th Vidhan SabhaJune 1991December 1992533
1012th Vidhan SabhaDecember 1993October 1995693
1113th Vidhan SabhaAbdul KalamSamajwadi PartyOctober 1996March 20021,967
1214th Vidhan SabhaFebruary 2002May 20071,902
1315th Vidhan SabhaMay 2007March 20121,762
1416th Vidhan SabhaLaxmikantMarch 2012March 20171,829[3]
1517th Vidhan SabhaRakesh Singh BaghelBhartiya Janata PartyMarch 2017Incumbent1181[2]

Election Results

17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 General Elections
2017 General Elections: Menhdawal[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Rakesh Singh Baghel 86,976 39.15 +24.44
BSP Anil Kumar Tripathi 44,062 19.83 +3.84
SP Jai Chand alias Jairam Pandey 37,557 16.91 -10.13
PECP Mohammad Irfan 25,499 11.48 -7.81
AIMIM Mohd Tabish Khan 19,040 8.57 +8.57
RLD Mohd Akram Hussain 3,445 1.55 +1.55
NOTA None Of The Above 2,663 1.20 +1.20
Remainder 6 candidates 5,578 2.48 N/A
Majority 42,914 19.09 +11.34
Turnout 2,24,820 51.27 -0.29
BJP gain from SP Swing +8.96

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections
2012 General Elections: Menhdawal[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SP Laxmikant 56,107 27.04
PECP Anil Kumar Tripathi 40,030 19.29
BSP Mohd Tayyab 33,183 15.99
BJP Rakesh Singh Baghel 30,525 14.71
INC Madan Narayan Singh 20,966 10.10
JD(U) Chandra Sekhar Pandey 10,897 5.25
IND Rajendra Kumar 2,773 1.34
Reminder 12 Candidates 13,040 6.28
Majority 16,077 7.75
Turnout 2,07,521 51.56
SP hold Swing

References
  1. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 November 2018.


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