Purqazi Assembly constituency

Purqazi Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Muzaffarnagar district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Bijnor(Lok Sabha constituency) . First election in this assembly constituency was held in 2012 after the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed and the constituency came into existence in the year 2008.^[1][2][3] It was famous for its legendary traffic Jams when 4 Lane highway was not constructed.

Purqazi
Constituency No. 13 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Muzaffarnagar
LS constituency	Bijnor
Total electors	3,29,110
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Anil Kumar
Party	Rashtriya Lok Dal
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Elected year	2022

Wards / Areas

Extent of Purqazi Assembly constituency is KCs Muzaffarnagar, Sherpur, Chhapar, Bagowali, Sisona, Badhedi, Bijopra, Khudda, Khampur, Barla & Purqazi Nagar Panchayat of Muzaffarnagar Tehsil.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[4]	Party
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist
2012	Anil Kumar		Bahujan Samaj Party
2017	Pramod Utwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Anil Kumar		Rashtriya Lok Dal

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Purqazi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RLD	Anil Kumar	92,672	43.09	39.09
	BJP	Pramod Utwal	86,140	40.05	2.15
	BSP	Surendra Pal Singh	27,778	12.91	9.79
	ASP(KR)	Uma Kiran	2,321	1.08	new
	INC	Deepak Kumar	1,762	0.82	31.58
	NOTA	NOTA	921	0.43
Majority			6,532	3.04
Turnout			2,15,085	65.20	0.12
	RLD gain from BJP		Swing

2017

2017 General Elections: Purqazi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pramod Utwal	77,491	38.14
	INC	Deepak Kumar	66,238	32.60
	BSP	Anil Kumar	46,401	22.84
	RLD	Choti Begam	8227	4.05
	SP	Uma Kiran	2570	1.05
Majority			11,253	5.54
Turnout			2,04,319	65.08

2012

2012 General Elections: Purqazi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Anil Kumar	53,491	31.94
	INC	Deepak Kumar	44,583	26.62
	SP	Uma Kiran	40,578	24.23
	BJP	Prachi Arya	22,987	13.73
Majority			8908	5.32
Turnout			1,67,467	59.53

See also

• Government of Uttar Pradesh
• Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency
• List of Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
• Muzaffarnagar district
• Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Uttar Pradesh

References

1. "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
3. "All MLAs from Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
4. "Purqazi Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.