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{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Unchahar
| map_image = 183-Unchahar.svg
| mla = [[Manoj Kumar Pandey (politician)|Manoj Kumar Pandey]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = 2022
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| district = [[Rae Bareli district|Rae Bareli]]
| reservation = None
|constituency_no=183
|alliance=[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|established=2008
|electors=325371 (2017)
| loksabha_cons = [[Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency|Rae Bareli]]
| type= SLA
}}
'''Unchahar''' is a constituency of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] covering the city of Unchahar in the [[Rae Bareli district]] of Uttar Pradesh, India.

'''Unchahar''' is one of five assembly constituencies in the [[Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency|Lok Sabha constituency of Rae Bareli]]. It was established as instructed by the Delimitaion Order 2008.<ref name="election2008">{{Cite web |title=Delimitation Order 2008 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3931-delimitation-of-parliamentary-assembly-constituencies-order-2008/ |access-date=17 April 2022 |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref> It is numbered 183 among the constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3471-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2017/ |access-date=17 April 2022 |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Currently this seat is held by Manoj Pande (who later defected to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref name="election2024">{{Cite news |date=2024-05-18 |title=Manoj Pandey, rebel SP MLA from Rae Bareli, joins BJP fold |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/manoj-pandey-rebel-sp-mla-from-rae-bareli-joins-bjp-fold/articleshow/110219939.cms |access-date=2025-03-09 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>) Manoj Kumar Pandey has held this seat since the first election after its creation, 2012.<ref name="election2022">{{Cite web |title=Unchahar Constituency |url=https://www.oneindia.com/unchahar-assembly-elections-up-183/ |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|2012<ref name="election2012">{{Cite web |title=2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3262-uttar-pradesh-2012/ |access-date=17 April 2022}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |[[Manoj Kumar Pandey (politician)|Manoj Kumar Pandey]]
| {{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party|rowspan=3}}
|-
|2017<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2022<ref name="election2022-1">{{Cite web |title=2022 Unchahar election result |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS24183.htm?ac=183 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416090705/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS24183.htm?ac=183 |archive-date=16 April 2022 |access-date=16 April 2022 |website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref>{{efn|Switched to [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2024.}}
|}

==Election results==

=== 2022 ===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Unchahar<ref name="election2022"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = [[Manoj Kumar Pandey (politician)|Manoj Kumar Pandey]]
|votes = {{formatnum:82514}}
|percentage = 38.92
|change = {{increase}}10.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Amarpal Maurya]]
|votes = {{formatnum:75893}}
|percentage = 35.79
|change = {{increase}}8.18
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Anjali Maurya
|votes = {{formatnum:34692}}
|percentage = 16.36
|change = {{decrease}}5.54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Atul Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:9985}}
|percentage = 4.71
|change = {{decrease}}11.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1243}}
|percentage = 0.59
|change = {{decrease}}0.64
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:6621}}
|percentage = 3.13
|change = {{increase}}2.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:212030}}
|percentage = 62.54
|change = {{decrease}}1.11
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Samajwadi Party
|swing = +10.7%
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2017 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Unchahar<ref name=":0"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = [[Manoj Kumar Pandey (politician)|Manoj Kumar Pandey]]
|votes = {{formatnum:59103}}
|percentage = 28.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Utkrist Maurya
|votes = {{formatnum:57169}}
|percentage = 27.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Vivek Vikram Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:45356}}
|percentage = 21.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Ajai Pal Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:34274}}
|percentage = 16.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate = Mo.Junaid
|votes = {{formatnum:2000}}
|percentage = 0.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:2517}}
|percentage = 1.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:1934}}
|percentage = 0.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:207088}}
|percentage = 63.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Samajwadi Party
|swing = -4.7%
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2012===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Unchahar<ref name="election2012"/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = [[Manoj Kumar Pandey (politician)|Manoj Kumar Pandey]]
|votes = 61,930
|percentage = 33.2
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Utkrist Maurya
|votes = 59,348
|percentage = 31.8
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Ajay Pal Singh
|votes = 47,898
|percentage = 25.7
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Jitendra Bahadur Singh
|votes = 3,814
|percentage = 2.0
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ramesh Kumar
|votes = 3,763
|percentage = 2.0
|change = -
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,582
|percentage = 1.4%
|change = -
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,86,356
|percentage = 64.7%
|change = New Seat
}}

{{Election box end}}
Note: Constituency was established in 2008, hence no swing data.

==See also==
*[[Raebareli district|Rae Bareli District]]
*[[Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency]]
*[[18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly|18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
*[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

==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}}

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

Unchahar Assembly constituency - Revision history

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