Mirzapur (Assembly constituency)

Mirzapur is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Mirzapur in the Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Mirzapur
Constituency
District	Mirzapur
State	Uttar Pradesh
Current constituency
Created	2017
Party	Bharatiya Janta Party
MLA	Ratnakar Mishra
Reservation	None

Mirzapur is one of five assembly segments under Mirzapur (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 396 amongst 403 constituencies.

As of now, this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Ratnakar Mishra who won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Kailash Chaurasiya by a margin of votes.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

• 1962 : Bhagwan Das (Jana Sangh)
• 1977 : Rajnath Singh (Janata Party)
• 1980 : Azhar Imam (Indira Congress), defeated Rajnath Singh
• 1989 : Sarjeet Singh Dang (BJP)
• 1991 : Sarjeet Singh Dang (BJP)
• 1993 : Sarjeet Singh Dang (BJP)
• 1996 : Sarjeet Singh Dang (BJP)
• 2002 : Kailash Chaurasiya (Samajwadi Party)
• 2007 : Kailash Chaurasiya (Samajwadi Party)
• 2012 : Kailash Chaurasiya (Samajwadi Party)
• 2017 : Ratnakar Mishra (BJP)

Election Results

2017 General Elections

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Mirzapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ratnakar Mishra	1,09,196	48.77
	SP	Kailash Chaurasiya	51,784	23.13
	BSP	Mo Parvez Khan	49,955	22.31
	IND	Doctor Asha Kumar	2,275	1.02
Majority			57,412	25.49
Turnout			2,25,305	58.51
	BJP gain from SP		Swing

1962 Vidhan Sabha Election

• Bhagwan Das (JS) : 21,622 votes
• Amresh Chand (INC) : 21,321

1980 Vidhan Sabha Election

• Azahar Imam (INC-I) : 26,866 votes
• Rajnath (BJP) : 15,206