Bahraich is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Bahraich in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Bahraich is one of five assembly constituencies in the Bahraich Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 286 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Anupama Jaiswal who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Rubab Sayda by a margin of 6,702 votes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

#TermNamePartyFromToDaysCommentsRef
0101st Vidhan SabhaRaj KishoreIndian National Congress20 May 195231 March 19571,776Bahraich East
Triloki Nath KaulBahraich West
0202nd Vidhan SabhaZargham HaiderPraja Socialist Party1 April 19576 March 19621,800Bahraich North
Birendra Bikram SinghIndependentBahraich South
0303rd Vidhan SabhaJadish PrasadIndian National Congress7 March 19629 March 19671,828Bahraich North
Daljit SinghBahraich South
0404th Vidhan SabhaK. B. MisraBharatiya Jana Sangh10 March 196715 April 1968402Bahraich
0505th Vidhan SabhaKedar Nath AgarwalIndian National Congress26 February 19694 March 19741,832
0606th Vidhan Sabha4 March 197430 April 19771,153
0707th Vidhan SabhaMohammad Atif KhanJanata Party23 June 197717 February 1980969
0808th Vidhan SabhaDharam PalBharatiya Janata Party9 Jun 198010 March 19851,735
0909th Vidhan SabhaMaharan Nath KaulIndian National Congress10 March 198529 November 19891,725
1010th Vidhan SabhaDharam Pal2 December 19894 April 1991488
1111th Vidhan SabhaBrij Raj TripathiBharatiya Janata Party22 June 19916 December 1992533
1212th Vidhan SabhaWaqar Ahmad ShahSamajwadi Party4 December 199328 October 1995693
1313th Vidhan Sabha17 October 19967 March 20021,967
1414th Vidhan Sabha26 February 200213 May 20071,902
1515th Vidhan Sabha13 May 20079 March 20121,762
1616th Vidhan Sabha8 March 201211 March 20171,829
1717th Vidhan SabhaAnupama JaiswalBharatiya Janata Party14 March 201711 March 20171,823
1818th Vidhan SabhaMarch 2022Incumbent-

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bahraich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPAnupama Jaiswal107,62846.455.45
SPYasar Shah103,55044.696.83
BSPNaeem10,2994.4412.58
INCJai Prakash Mishra3,2751.41
AIMIMRashid Jamil2,2400.97
NOTANone of the above2,0760.90.34
Majority4,0781.761.38
Turnout231,70859.140.62
BJP holdSwing

2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bahraich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPAnupama Jaiswal87,47941.0
SPRubab Sayda80,77737.86
BSPAjeet Pratap Singh36,32517.02
NOTANone of the above2,6041.24
Majority6,7023.14
Turnout213,37559.76
BJP gain from SPSwing

2012

Waqar Ahmad Shah has won the seat five times.

2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bahraich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SPWaqar Ahmad Shah50,75929.5102
INCChandra Shekhar Singh3526320.5%

External links

  • . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.

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