Shivpur (Assembly constituency)

Shivpur
शिवपुर
Constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
District Varanasi
State Uttar Pradesh
Electorate 292,562 (2012)
Current constituency
Created 2008
Party Bahujan Samaj Party
MLA Uday Lal Maurya
Reservation None

Shivpur Assembly constituency (Hindi: शिवपुर) is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Varanasi district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency). First election in this assembly constituency was held in 2012 after constituency came into existence when "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed in the year 2008.[1][2][3]

Wards / Areas

Extant of Shivpur Assembly constituency is KCs Shivpur, Jallhupur, Lohta (CT), Phulwaria (CT), Shivdaspur (CT) & Maruadih Rly. Settlement (ITS) of Varanasi tehsil.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

# Term Name Party From To Days Comments Ref
01 16th Vidhan Sabha Uday Lal Maurya Bahujan Samaj Party Mar-2012 Incumbent - - [4]

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

2012 General Elections: Shivpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Uday Lal Maurya 48,716 26.45 -
SP Dr. Piyush Yadav 36,084 19.59 -
Radha Krinshna Yadav (SBSP) 32,758 17.79 -
Remainder 12 candidates 66,607 36.18 -
Majority 12,632 6.86 -
Turnout 184,165 62.95 -
BSP hold Swing

See also

References

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