Deoband is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly , India. It is a part of the Saharanpur district and one of five assembly constituencies in the Saharanpur (Lok Sabha constituency) . Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 5 amongst 403 constituencies. Prior to 2008, when the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" came into effect, this constituency was number 400.[ 1]
On 16 March 2017, newly elected MLA Brijesh Singh announced he intended to rename the constituency Dev-vrand.[ 2]
Wards / Areas
The Deoband assembly constituency comprises the following Wards / areas.[ 3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
#
Term
Name
Party
From
To
Days
Comments
Ref
01
01st Vidhan Sabha
Thakur Phool Singh
Congress
May 1952
Mar 1957
1,776
–
[ 4]
02
02nd Vidhan Sabha
Thakur Yashpal Singh
Independent
Apr 1957
Mar 1962
1,800
–
[ 5]
03
03rd Vidhan Sabha
Thakur Phool Singh
Congress
Mar 1962
Mar 1967
1,828
–
[ 6]
04
04th Vidhan Sabha
Pt.Hardev Singh Chaudhary
Congress
Mar 1967
Apr 1968
402
–
[ 7]
05
05th Vidhan Sabha
Mahabir Singh Rana
Congress
Feb 1969
Mar 1974
1,832
–
[ 8]
06
06th Vidhan Sabha
Mahabir Singh Rana
Congress
Mar 1974
Apr 1977
1,153
–
[ 9]
07
07th Vidhan Sabha
Mohammad Usman
Janata Party
Jun 1977
Feb 1980
969
–
[ 10]
08
08th Vidhan Sabha
Mahabir Singh Rana
Congress
Jun 1980
Mar 1985
1,735
–
[ 11]
09
09th Vidhan Sabha
Mahabir Singh Rana
Congress
Mar 1985
Nov 1989
1,725
–
[ 12]
10
10th Vidhan Sabha
Mahabir Singh Rana
Congress
Dec 1989
Apr 1991
488
–
[ 13]
11
11th Vidhan Sabha
Virender Singh
Janata Dal
Jun 1991
Dec 1992
533
–
[ 14]
12
12th Vidhan Sabha
Shasi Bala Pundir
Bharatiya Janata Party
Dec 1993
Oct 1995
693
–
[ 15]
13
13th Vidhan Sabha
Sukhbeer Singh Pundir
Bharatiya Janata Party
Oct 1996
May 2002
1,967
–
[ 16]
14
14th Vidhan Sabha
Rajendra Singh Rana
Bahujan Samaj Party
Feb 2002
May 2007
1,902
–
[ 17]
15
15th Vidhan Sabha
Manoj Chaudhary
Bahujan Samaj Party
May 2007
Mar 2012
1,762
–
[ 18]
16
16th Vidhan Sabha
Rajendra Singh Rana
Samajwadi Party
Mar 2012
Oct 2015
1,328
Rana died on 27 Oct 15.[ 19]
[ 20]
Maviya Ali
Indian National Congress
Feb 2016
Mar 2017
–
Elected during by-election
[ 21]
17
17 Vidhan Shabha
Brijesh Singh
Bharatiya Janta Party
Mar 2017
Incumbent
Election results
2017 General Elections: Deoband
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
BJP
Brijesh
102,244
43.63
+38.53
BSP
Majid Ali
72,844
31.20
−1.41
SP
Mavia Ali
55,385
23.72
−10.67
Remainder five candidates
3,035
1.30
–
None of the Above
NOTA
798
0.34
Majority
29,400
12.54
+10.98
Turnout
234,410
71.56
+4.53
BJP gain from INC
Swing
–
2012 General Elections: Deoband
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
SP
Rajendra Singh Rana
66682
34.1
–
BSP
Manoj Chaudhary
63,632
32.5
–
INC
Anil Kumar Tanwar
45,495
22.2
–
Remainder sixteen candidates
20,009
10.2
–
Majority
3,050
1.56
–
Turnout
195,818
67.0
–
SP hold
Swing
–
See also
References
Current constituencies Former constituencies