Charkhari Assembly constituency

Charkhari is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the entire sub-district of Kulpahar and part of the sub-district Charkhari in the Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is mainly a rural constituency having small urban centers of Kulpahar, Charkhari, Panwari, Jaitpur and Kharela.

Charkhari
Constituency No. 231 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mahoba
Lok Sabha constituency	Hamirpur
Total electors	3,46,471
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Brijbhushan Rajpoot
Party	Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected year	2022

Charkhari is one of five assembly constituencies in the Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency has been numbered 231 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

• 1962: Mohan Lal Ahirwar, Indian National Congress^[1]
• 1967: J. Singh, Independent^[2]
• 1969: Chandra Narain Singh, Bharatiya Jana Sangh^[3]
• 1974: Kashi Prasad, Bharatiya Kranti Dal^[4]
• 1977: Mohan Lal, Indian National Congress^[5]
• 1980: Mohan Lal, Indian National Congress (Indira)^[6]
• 1985: Mihi Lal, Indian National Congress^[7]
• 1989: Kashi Prasad, Janata Dal^[8]
• 1991: Mihi Lal, Indian National Congress^[9]
• 1993: Udai Prakash, Bahujan Samaj Party^[10]
• 1996: Chhotey Lal, Bharatiya Janata Party^[11]
• 2002: Ambesh Kumari, Samajwadi Party^[12]
• 2007: Anil Kumar Ahirwar, Bahujan Samaj Party^[13]
• 2012: Uma Bharti, Bharatiya Janata Party^[14]
• 2014: Kaptan Singh, Samajwadi Party
• 2015: Urmila Rajput, Samajwadi Party^[15]
• 2017: Brijbhushan Rajpoot, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2022: Brijbhushan Rajpoot, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2022

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Brijbhusan Rajpoot alias Guddu Bhaiya won in 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Ramjeevan by a margin of 41,881 votes.

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Charkhari^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Brijbhushan Rajput	102,051	45.75	−0.28
	SP	Ramjeevan Yadav	60,170	26.97	+1.54
	BSP	Vinod Kumar	41,087	18.42	−3.76
	INC	Nirdosh Kumar Dixit	7,187	3.22
	Jan Adhikar Party	Santosh Singh	5,074	2.27
	NOTA	None of the above	2,256	1.01	−0.31
Majority			41,881	18.78	−1.82
Turnout			223,078	64.39	−1.89
	BJP hold		Swing

2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election: Charkhari^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Brijbhushan Rajpoot Alias Guddu Bhaiya	98,360	46.03
	SP	Urmila Devi	54,346	25.43
	BSP	Jitendra Kumar Mishra	47,408	22.18
	Jan Adhikar Manch	Hemlata Kushwaha	2,178	1.02
	Bharatiya Shakti Chetna Party	Susheel Kumar	2,023	0.95
	NOTA	None of the above	2,775	1.32
Majority			44,014	20.6
Turnout			213,705	66.28

References

1. "Qrylistofparticipatingpoliticalparties" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2017.
2. "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2017.
3. "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2017.
4. "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2017.
5. "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2017.
6. "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2017.
7. "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2017.
8. "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2017.
9. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
10. "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2017.
11. "TitlePage_UP-96.PDF" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2017.
12. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
13. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
14. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
15. "Charkhari Assembly constituency (UP) - Bye Election Results 2015 | Current MLA | Candidate List | winner/runner-up name". Elections.in. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
16. "Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 25 May 2022.
17. "Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018.

External links

• Official Site of Legislature in Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh Government website
• UP Assembly
• "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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