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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 [ edit ]
The Deoband assembly constituency comprises the following Wards / areas.[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly [ edit ]
#
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 [ edit ]
2017 Assembly Elections: Deoband
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
BJP
Brijesh Singh
102,244
43.63
+16.74
BSP
Majid Ali
72,844
31.20
-
SP
Maviya Ali
55,385
23.72
-4.32
Remaining 5 candidates
3,035
1.30
–3.19
NOTA
NOTA
798
0.34
Majority
29,400
12.54
Turnout
234,410
71.56
+18.91
BJP gain from INC
Swing
+16.74
Bye-Election, 2016: Deoband
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
INC
Maviya Ali
51,012
30.14
+7.94
SP
Meena Singh
47,453
28.04
-6.06
BJP
Rampal Singh Pundir
45,513
26.89
+21.86
Independent
Vinod Kumar Tejyan
16,802
9.92
-
Remaining 8 candidates
7.610
4.49
-0.29
NOTA
NOTA
826
0.48
Majority
3,559
2.10
Turnout
169,216
52.65
-14.35
INC gain from SP
Swing
+7.94
2012 General Elections: Deoband
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
SP
Rajendra Singh Rana
66,682
34.1
+12.58
BSP
Manoj Chaudhary
63,632
32.5
-3.98
INC
Anil Kumar Tanwar
45,495
22.2
+21.08
BJP
Rajpal Singh
9,857
5.03
-19.56
Remainder 15 candidates
10,152
5.18
–2.58
Majority
3,050
1.56
Turnout
195,818
67.0
+9.50
SP gain from BSP
Swing
+12.58
2007 General Elections: Deoband
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
BSP
Manoj Chaudhary
53,577
36.48
BJP
Shashi Bala Pundir
36,116
24.59
SP
Rajendara Singh Rana
31,611
21.52
RLD
Zain AH
14,125
9.62
Remainder 9 candidates
11,400
7.76
Majority
17,461
11.89
Turnout
146,829
57.50
BSP hold
Swing
–
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Current constituencies Former constituencies