Garhmukteshwar (Assembly constituency)

Garhmukteshwar
गढमुक्तेश्वर
Constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
District Ghaziabad
State Uttar Pradesh
Electorate 291,223 (2012)
Current constituency
Created 1961
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA Kamal Singh
Reservation None

Garhmukteshwar Assembly constituency (Hindi: गढमुक्तेश्वर) is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Ghaziabad district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Amroha (Lok Sabha constituency). First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order 1961 (DPACO) was passed.[1] After DPACO 2008 was passed, the constituency was assigned identification number 60.[2][3][4][5]

During the 3rd Vidhan Sabha, the constituency was reserved for candidates from scheduled caste community.[4] BJP candidate Kamal Singh Malik won the vidhan sabha election 2017 from Garhmukteshwar. BSP's Prashant Chaudhary was the first runner-up while three-time winner and State Minister Madan Chauhan of SP remained in third position.

Wards / Areas

The Garhmukteshwar Assembly constituency takes in Garhmukteshwar Tehsil; PCs Sarawani, Rasoolpur Behlolpur, Habaspur Bigas, Mohammadpur Ajampur, Mubarikpur Salamatpur, Madhopur Mojampur, Upaira, Bankhanda, Muzaffrabagarpur, Shyampur Jatt, Gohra Alamgeerpur & Fatehpur Matnaura of Babugarh KC of Hapur Tehsil.[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

# Term Name Party From To Days Comments Ref
01 01st Vidhan Sabha - - May-1952 Mar-1957 1,776 Constituency not in existence [6]
02 02nd Vidhan Sabha Apr-1957 Mar-1962 1,800 [7]
03 03rd Vidhan Sabha Vir Sen Indian National Congress Mar-1962 Mar-1967 1,828 Reserved for SC candidates [8]
04 04th Vidhan Sabha Balbir Singh Independent Mar-1967 Apr-1968 402 - [9]
05 05th Vidhan Sabha Bharatiya Kranti Dal Feb-1969 Mar-1974 1,832 - [10]
06 06th Vidhan Sabha Manzoor Ahmad Indian National Congress Mar-1974 Apr-1977 1,153 - [11]
07 07th Vidhan Sabha Sakhawat Hussain Janata Party Jun-1977 Feb-1980 969 - [12]
08 08th Vidhan Sabha Kr. Virendra Singh Dhana Indian National Congress (I) Jun-1980 Mar-1985 1,735 - [13]
09 09th Vidhan Sabha Kanak Singh Lok Dal Mar-1985 Nov-1989 1,725 - [14]
10 10th Vidhan Sabha Akhatar Indian National Congress Dec-1989 Apr-1991 488 - [15]
11 11th Vidhan Sabha Krishanaveer Singh Sirohi Bharatiya Janata Party Jun-1991 Dec-1992 533 - [16]
12 12th Vidhan Sabha Dec-1993 Oct-1995 693 - [17]
13 13th Vidhan Sabha Ram Naresh Oct-1996 May-2002 1,967 - [18]
14 14th Vidhan Sabha Madan Chauhan Samajwadi Party Feb-2002 May-2007 1,902 - [19]
15 15th Vidhan Sabha May-2007 Mar-2012 1,762 - [20]
16 16th Vidhan Sabha Mar-2012 Mar-2017 - - [21]
17 17th Vidhan Sabha Kamal Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Mar-2017 Incumbent

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections.[21]

2012 General Elections: Garhmukteshwar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SP Madan Chauhan 82,816 43.31 -
BSP Farhat Hasan 64,617 33.79 -
RLD Ravinder Choudhary 32,467 16.98 -
Remainder 12 candidates 11,329 5.94 -
Majority 18,199 9.52 -
Turnout 191,229 65.66 -
SP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "DPACO (1961)" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website.
  2. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh.
  3. 1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website.
  4. 1 2 "All MLAs from Assembly Constituency". Elections.in.
  5. ↑ "Member list". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly website.
  6. ↑ "1951 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  7. ↑ "1957 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  8. ↑ "1962 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  9. ↑ "1967 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  10. ↑ "1969 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  11. ↑ "1974 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  12. ↑ "1977 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  13. ↑ "1980 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  14. ↑ "1985 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  15. ↑ "1989 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  16. ↑ "1991 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  17. ↑ "1993 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  18. ↑ "1996 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  19. ↑ "2002 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  20. ↑ "2007 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  21. 1 2 "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
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