Dhanaura (Assembly constituency)

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

Dhanaura
Assembly constituency
DistrictAmroha
StateUttar Pradesh
Electorate3,21,055 (2017)
Current Assembly constituency
Created2017
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
MLARajeev Tarara
ReservationScheduled Caste
Last election2012
Ex MLAMaikal Chandra (SP)

Dhanaura is one of five assembly constituencies in the Amroha (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 39 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rajeev Tarara who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Jagram Singh by a margin of 38,229 votes.[1]

Member of Legislative AssemblyEdit

# Term Member of Legislative Assembly Party From To Days Comment
1 16th Vidhan Sabha Maikal Chandra Samajwadi Party March 2012 March 2017 1,829 [1]
2 17th Vidhan Sabha Rajeev Tarara Bhartiya Janata Party March 2017 Incumbent 2984 [1]

Election ResultsEdit

2017 Assembly Elections: Dhanaura (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rajeev Tarara 1,02,943 46.09  31.69
SP Jagram Singh 64,714 28.97  0.59
BSP Sanjeev Lal 51,952 23.26  1.22
RLD Kapil Chandra 3,747 1.68  13.97
NOTA None of the Above 1,824 0.82 New
Majority 38,229 17.12  13.22
Turnout 2,25,180 70.14  3.61
Registered electors 3,21,055
BJP gain from SP Swing  17.71
2012 Assembly Elections: Dhanaura (SC)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Maikal Chandra 55,545 28.38  
BSP Hem Singh 47,916 24.48  
RLD Jagram Singh 30,637 15.65  
BJP Harpal Singh 28,187 14.40  
RMD Geeta Rani 11,659 5.96  
style="background-color: Template:Mahan Dal/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Mahan Dal|Template:Mahan Dal/meta/shortname]] Urvashi 8,530 4.36  
Remaining 9 Candidates 13,248 6.77  
Majority 7,619 3.90  
Turnout 1,95,722 66.53  
SP win (new seat)

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  2. "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

External linksEdit