Menhdawal Assembly constituency

Menhdawal is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Menhdawal in the Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh in India.

Menhdawal
Constituency No. 312 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sant Kabir Nagar
Total electors	4,57,864
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Anil Kumar Tripathi
Party	NISHAD Party
Elected year	2022

Menhdawal is one of five assembly constituencies in the Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 312 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[1]	Party
1962	Sucheta Kripalani		Indian National Congress
1967	Chandra Sekhar Singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969	Lalsa Prasad		Indian National Congress
1974	Chandra Sekhar Singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977			Janata Party
1980	Mohd. Nabi Khan		Indian National Congress (U)
1985	Afsar-U-Ahmad		Indian National Congress
1989	Chandra Sekhar Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
1991
1993
1996	Abdul Kalam		Samajwadi Party
2002
2007
2012	Laxmikant Nishad
2017	Rakesh Singh Baghel		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Anil Kumar Tripathi		NISHAD Party

Election results

2022

Currently this seat belongs to NISHAD Party candidate Anil Kumar Tripathi who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Jai Chand alias Jairam Pandey by a margin of 5,223 votes.^[2]

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Menhdawal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NISHAD	Anil Kumar Tripathi[3]	90,193	37.23	New
	SP	Jairam Pandey	84,970	35.08	+18.17
	BSP	Muhammad Tabish Khan	50,554	20.87	+1.04
	VIP	Surendra Mohan	2,440	1.01	New
	INC	Rafica Khatoon	2,370	0.98	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,058	0.95	−0.25
Majority			5,223	2.15	−16.94
Turnout				52.9	+1.63
	NISHAD gain from BJP		Swing	-1.92

2017^[4]

2017 General Elections: Menhdawal^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rakesh Singh Baghel	86,976	39.15	+24.44
	BSP	Anil Kumar Tripathi	44,062	19.83	+3.84
	SP	Jairam Pandey	37,557	16.91	−10.13
	PECP	Mohammad Irfan	25,499	11.48	−7.81
	AIMIM	Mohd Tabish Khan	19,040	8.57	New
	RLD	Mohd Akram Hussain	3,445	1.55	New
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,663	1.20	New
Majority			42,914	19.09	+11.34
Turnout			2,24,820	51.27	−0.29
	BJP gain from SP		Swing	+8.96

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections

2012 General Elections: Menhdawal^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Laxmikant	56,107	27.04
	PECP	Anil Kumar Tripathi	40,030	19.29
	BSP	Mohd Tayyab	33,183	15.99
	BJP	Rakesh Singh Baghel	30,525	14.71
	INC	Madan Narayan Singh	20,966	10.10
	JD(U)	Chandra Sekhar Pandey	10,897	5.25
	IND	Rajendra Kumar	2,773	1.34
Majority			16,077	7.75
Turnout			2,07,521	51.56
	SP hold		Swing

References

1. "Menhdawal Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
2. "Menhdawal Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Anil Kumar Tripathi of NISHAD Wins". News18. 11 March 2022.
3. "मेंहदावल से निषाद पार्टी ने अनिल त्रिपाठी पर लगाया दांव". Amar Ujala. 3 February 2022.
4. "Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". ECI. 16 August 2018.
5. "Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". ECI. 16 August 2018.

External links

• "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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