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{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Meerganj
| constituency_no = 119
| map_image = 119-Meerganj.svg
| mla = Dr. D.C. Verma
| party = [[Bhartiya Janta Party]]
| latest_election_year = 2022
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| district = [[Bareilly district|Bareilly]]
| reservation = None
| electors = 363,673 (2022)
| type= SLA
}}
'''Meerganj Assembly constituency''' is one of the 403 constituencies of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]], [[India]]. It is a part of the [[Bareilly district|Bareilly]] district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the [[Bareilly 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 was formed in 2008. The constituency is assigned identification number 119.<ref name="Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008">{{cite news|title= Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008|publisher= [[Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh]]|access-date= 12 December 2015|url= http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/Instructions/delimitation_Old_New.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111113181505/http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/Instructions/delimitation_Old_New.pdf|archive-date= 13 November 2011|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name="Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008">{{cite news|title= Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] official website|access-date=12 December 2015|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf}}</ref><ref name="All MLAs from Assembly constituency">{{cite news|title=All MLAs from Assembly constituency|publisher=Elections.in|access-date=12 December 2015|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/meerganj.html}}</ref><ref name="Member list">{{cite news|title=Member list|publisher=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] website|access-date=12 December 2015|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/member-list.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630050217/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/member-list.htm|archive-date=30 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Wards / Areas==
Extant of Meerganj Assembly constituency is Meerganj Tehsil. There are two blocks in this constituency, Fatehgarh west and Meerganj.

==Members of the Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! # !! [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly#List of Assemblies|Term]] !! Name !! Party !! From !! To !! Days !! Comments !! Ref
|-
| 01 || [[16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th Vidhan Sabha]] || [[Sultan Baig]] || [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] || Mar-2012 || Mar-2017 || - || - || <ref name=" 2012 Election Results ">{{cite news|title= 2012 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|access-date=12 December 2015|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| 02 || [[17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Vidhan Sabha]] || [[D. C. Verma]]|| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || Mar-2017 || Mar-2022 ||- || - || – ||
|-
| 03 || [[18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|18th Vidhan Sabha]] || [[D. C. Verma]]|| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || Mar-2022 || Incumbent ||- || - || – ||
|-
|}

==Election results==

=== 2022 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Meerganj<ref name="election2022">{{Cite web |date=2022-05-25 |title=Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14185-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2022/|website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dr. D. C. Verma
|votes = {{formatnum:116435}}
|percentage = 50.98
|change = -0.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Sultan Beg
|votes = {{formatnum:83955}}
|percentage = 36.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Kunwar Bhanu Pratap Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:19189}}
|percentage = 8.4
|change = -17.42
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Mohd Ilyas
|votes = {{formatnum:5288}}
|percentage = 2.32
|change = -15.25
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1162}}
|percentage = 0.51
|change = -0.33
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:32480}}
|percentage = 14.22
|change = -11.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:228387}}
|percentage = 67.25
|change = +2.51
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2017 ===
{{Election box begin | title=2017 General Elections: Meerganj}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[D. C. Verma]]
|votes = {{formatnum:108789}}
|percentage = 51.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sultan Baig
|votes = {{formatnum:54289}}
|percentage = 25.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Narendra Pal Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:36938}}
|percentage = 17.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Mahan Dal
|candidate = Bhanu Pratap Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:2267}}
|percentage = 1.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1749}}
|percentage = 0.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:54500}}
|percentage = 25.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:210276}}
|percentage = 64.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Bahujan Samaj Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2012===
{{Election box begin | title=2012 General Elections: Meerganj}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = [[Sultan Baig]]
|votes = 57,446
|percentage = 31.23
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[D. C. Verma]]
|votes = 49,525
|percentage = 26.93
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Haji Zahid Husain Guddu
|votes = 35,299
|percentage = 19.19
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party =
|candidate = Remainder 11 candidates
|votes = 41,649
|percentage = 22.64
|change = -
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 7,921
|percentage = 4.31
|change = -
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 183,919
|percentage = 66.39
|change = -
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Bahujan Samaj Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
<ref name=" 2012 Election Results "/>

==See also==
*[[Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency]]
*[[Bareilly district]]
*[[Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]
*[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
*[[Vidhan Bhawan]]
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== References ==
{{Reflist|colwidth=40em}}

==External links==
* {{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}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh|state=collapsed}}
{{Uttar Pradesh elections|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politics of Bareilly district]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 2008]]

Meerganj Assembly constituency - Revision history

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