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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Chunar<br />
| map_image = 398-Chunar.svg<br />
| mla = [[Anurag Singh (politician)|Anurag Singh]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janta Party]]<br />
| latest_election_year = 2017<br />
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| district = [[Mirzapur district|Mirzapur]]<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| electors = 3,54,274<br />
| constituency_no = 398<br />
}}<br />
'''Chunar''' is a constituency of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] covering the city of Chunar in the [[Mirzapur district]] of Uttar Pradesh, India.<br />
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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 (politician)|Anurag Singh]].<br />
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== Members of Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Member<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web |title=Chunar Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/chunar.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|Raj Kumar<br />
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|1959^<br />
|Onkar Nath<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |Rajnarain Singh<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br />
|Shiva Das<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}" |<br />
|[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1974]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Om Prakash Singh]]<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" |<br />
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |<br />
|[[Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
| rowspan="4" |Yadunath Singh<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" |<br />
|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Lokdal}}" |<br />
|[[Lokdal]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]<br />
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Janata Dal]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Om Prakash Singh]]<br />
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2007]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2012]]<br />
|Jagtamba Patel<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |<br />
|[[Samajwadi Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Anurag Singh (politician)|Anurag Singh]]<br />
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Election results==<br />
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=== 2022 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Chunar<ref name="AAP 150 list"/>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|2 = Bhartiya Janta Party<br />
|candidate = [[Anurag Singh (politician)|Anurag Singh]]<ref name="AAP 150 list">{{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}}</ref><br />
|votes = {{formatnum:110980}}<br />
|percentage = 50.26<br />
|change = {{increase}}1.5<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)<br />
|candidate = Ramashankar Prasad Singh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:63366}}<br />
|percentage = 28.7<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Vijay Kumar Alias A.V.Bhaiya<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:29389}}<br />
|percentage = 13.31<br />
|change = {{decrease}}4.73<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Seema Devi<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4164}}<br />
|percentage = 1.89<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Amit Kumar Singh<br />
|party = Vikassheel Insaan Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2782}}<br />
|percentage = 1.26<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3921}}<br />
|percentage = 1.78<br />
|change = {{increase}}0.59<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:47614}}<br />
|percentage = 21.56<br />
|change = {{decrease}}7.17<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:220823}}<br />
|percentage = 62.33<br />
|change = {{decrease}}2.22<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
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=== 2017 ===<br />
[[Bharatiya Janta Party]] candidate ''Anurag Singh'' won in [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections]] defeating [[Samajwadi Party]] candidate ''Jagtamba Singh Patel'' by a margin of 62,228 votes.<ref name="election2017">{{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}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Chunar<ref name="election2017"/>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|2 = Bhartiya Janta Party<br />
|candidate = [[Anurag Singh (politician)|Anurag Singh]]<ref name="election2017-1">{{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}}</ref><br />
|votes = {{formatnum:105608}}<br />
|percentage = 48.76<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|candidate = Jagtamba Singh Patel<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:43380}}<br />
|percentage = 20.03<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Anmol Singh<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:39067}}<br />
|percentage = 18.04<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Ramraj Singh Patel<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:17009}}<br />
|percentage = 7.85<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Sarvesh Kumar Singh Alias Raja Bhaiya<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3898}}<br />
|percentage = 1.8<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2541}}<br />
|percentage = 1.19<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:62228}}<br />
|percentage = 28.73<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:216603}}<br />
|percentage = 64.55<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{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}}<br />
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{{Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Mirzapur district]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Uttar Pradesh]]</div>
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