Dhaurahra Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India

Dhaurahra
Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Lakhimpur
LS constituency	Dhaurahra
Total electors	307,467 (2012)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vinod Shankar Avasthi
Party	BJP
Elected year	2022

Dhaurahra Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Lakhimpur district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Dhaurahra Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" (delimitation order) was passed in 1956.^[1] After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 141.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Vinod Shankar Avasthi of Bharatiya Janata Party is the MLA of Dhaurahra constituency elected in 2022.

Wards / Areas

Extent of Dhaurahra Assembly constituency is KCs Dhaurahra, Isanagar, Kattouli, PCs Dulhi, Jatpurwa, Lakhahi, Abhaypur, Devmaniya, Akathi, Kafara, Gurgutta Buzurg, Muri & Dihuwa Kalan of Ramiya Behar KC of Dhaurahra Tehsil.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

From	Term	Name
	01st Vidhan Sabha	Constituency not in existence ^[6]
Apr-1957	02nd Vidhan Sabha	Jagannath Prasad ^[7]	Praja Socialist Party
Mar-1962	03rd Vidhan Sabha	Taaj Narain Trivedi ^[8]	Indian National Congress
Mar-1967	04th Vidhan Sabha	Jagannath Prasad ^[9]	Praja Socialist Party
Feb-1969	05th Vidhan Sabha^[10]	Jagannath Prasad ^[9]	Indian National Congress
Mar-1974	06th Vidhan Sabha	Saraswati Pratap Singh ^[11]	Independent politician
Jun-1977	07th Vidhan Sabha	Jagannath Prasad ^[12]
Jun-1980	08th Vidhan Sabha	Taaj Narain Trivedi ^[13]
Mar-1985	09th Vidhan Sabha	Saraswati Pratap Singh ^[14]
Dec-1989	10th Vidhan Sabha^[15]	Saraswati Pratap Singh ^[14]	Indian National Congress
Jun-1991	11th Vidhan Sabha	Awasthi Bala Prasad^[16]	Bharatiya Janata Party
Dec-1993	12th Vidhan Sabha	Yeshpal Chaudary ^[17]	Samajwadi Party
Oct-1996	13th Vidhan Sabha	Saraswati Pratap Singh ^[18]	Indian National Congress
Feb-2002	14th Vidhan Sabha	Yeshpal Chaudary ^[19]	Samajwadi Party
May-2007	15th Vidhan Sabha	Awasthi Bala Prasad^[20]	Bahujan Samaj Party
Mar-2012	16th Vidhan Sabha	Shamsher Bahadur^[21]	Bahujan Samaj Party
Mar-2017	17th Vidhan Sabha	Awasthi Bala Prasad^[22]	Bharatiya Janata Party
Mar-2022	18th Vidhan Sabha	Vinod Shankar Avasthi^[23]	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhaurahra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vinod Shankar Avasthi	113,498	49.49
	SP	Varun Singh	88,888	38.76
	AAP	Shipra Awasthi ^[24]
	INC
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority			24,610
Turnout
	BJP hold

2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhaurahra
Party		Candidate	Votes
	BJP	Bala Prasad Awasthi
	SP
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	BJP gain from BSP		Swing

2012

2012 General Elections: Dhaurahra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Shamsher Bahadur	64,139	30.54	-
	SP	Yashpal Chowdhary	63,094	30.04	-
	INC	Kunwar Samar Pratap Singh	54,035	25.73	-
		Remainder 7 candidates	28,775	13.7	-
Majority			1,045	0.5	-
Turnout			210,043	68.31	-
	BSP hold		Swing

^[21]

References

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