Constituency of the: Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
Kunda is: a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Kunda in the Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, "India."
Kunda (कुंडा / कुंडाहरनामगंज) is one of five assembly constituencies in the Kaushambi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, "this assembly constituency is numbered 246 amongst 403 constituencies."
Since 1993 this seat belongs——to Jansatta Dal Loktantrik candidate Raghuraj Pratap Singh (Raja Bhaiya), who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by, defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Gulshan Yadav by a margin of around 30,000 votes.
Members of Legislative Assembly※
- 1952: Three candidates elected from Kunda
- 1957: Two candidates, both independent, elected from Kunda
- 1962: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC)
- 1967: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC)
- 1969: Jai Ram (SSP)
- 1974: Niyaz Hasan Khan (NCO)
- 1977: Shashi Prabha (JNP)
- 1980: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC - I)
- 1985: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC)
- 1989: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC)
- 1991: Shiv Narayan Mishra (BJP)
Election results※
2022 Vidhan Sabha elections※
2017 Vidhan Sabha elections※
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Kunda
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
Independent
|
Raghuraj Pratap Singh
|
1,35,900
|
69.32
|
|
|
BJP
|
Janki Sharan
|
32,950
|
16.39
|
|
|
BSP
|
Parvez Akhtar
|
17,261
|
8.59
|
|
|
Independent
|
Bhagwandeen
|
5,514
|
2.74
|
|
|
Independent
|
Ram Kripal
|
2,615
|
1.30
|
|
|
BMP
|
Jiya Lal
|
2,109
|
1.05
|
|
|
NOTA
|
None of the Above
|
3,992
|
1.99
|
|
Majority
|
1,03,647
|
52.93
|
|
Turnout
|
2,01,080
|
58.64
|
|
|
Independent hold
|
Swing
|
|
|
2012 Vidhan Sabha elections※
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Kunda
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
Independent
|
Raghuraj Pratap Singh
|
1,11,392
|
67.96
|
|
|
BSP
|
Shiv Prakash Mishra
|
23,137
|
14.12
|
|
|
INC
|
Ram Shankar
|
14,341
|
8.75
|
|
|
BJP
|
Tribhuvan
|
3,515
|
2.14
|
|
|
Independent
|
Panna Lal
|
3,216
|
1.96
|
|
Majority
|
88,255
|
53.84
|
|
Turnout
|
1,63,912
|
51.96
|
|
|
Independent hold
|
Swing
|
|
|
2007 Vidhan Sabha elections※
2002 Vidhan Sabha elections※
References※
External links※
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