Agra North (Assembly constituency)

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Agra North
Constituency
DistrictAgra
StateUttar Pradesh
Electorate4,09,347 (2019)
Current constituency
Created2017
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
MLAPurshottam Khandelwal
ReservationNone

Agra North Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Agra district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Agra (Lok Sabha constituency). First assembly election in this assembly constituency was conducted in 2012 after the constituency came into existence in the year 2008 as a result of the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008".[1][2]

Wards / Areas[edit]

Agra North Assembly constituency comprises Dayalbagh and Swamibagh (Nagar parishad)s, ward numbers 1, 5, 22, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38, 42, 43, 45, 48, 51, 55, 62, 66, 70, 78 & 79 in Agra municipal corporation.[2]

Member of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Member Political Party
2012 Jagan Prasad Garg Bharatiya Janata Party
2017 Jagan Prasad Garg Bharatiya Janata Party
2019* Purshottam Khandelwal Bharatiya Janata Party
  • *By Election

Election Results[edit]

Bye-election, 2019: Agra North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Purshottam Khandelwal 1,05,762 64.97 +6.42
SP Suraj Sharma 45,731 28.09 +12.17
INC Ranvir Sharma 7,040 4.32 N/A
PSP(L) Dileep Kumar Baghel 1,515 0.93 N/A
VSIP Rashid Ali Chaudhary 742 0.46 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 807 0.50 -0.05
Majority 60,031 36.88 -0.52
Turnout 1,62,781 39.74 -18.61
BJP hold Swing +6.42
2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Agra North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jagan Prasad Garg 1,35,120 58.55 +23.78
BSP Er. Gyanendra Gautam 48,800 21.15 -1.73
SP Atul Garg 36,739 15.92 +0.92
IND. Kundanika Sharma 3,275 1.42 N/A
RLD Col. Umesh Verma 1,214 0.53 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 1,266 0.55 N/A
Majority 86,320 37.40 +25.53
Turnout 2,30,858 58.37 +3.03
BJP hold Swing +23.78
2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Agra North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jagan Prasad Garg 68,401 34.77 -
BSP Rajesh Kumar Agrawal 45,045 22.90 -
INC Sumeet Gupta Bibhab 38,258 19.45 -
SP Abhinav Sharma 29,499 15.00 -
RSMD Hari Om Chaudhary 5,478 2.78 -
IND. Amit Kumar Diwakar 2,641 1.34 -
Majority 23,356 11.87 -
Turnout 1,96,716 55.34 -
BJP win (new seat)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
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