Khurja (Assembly constituency)

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Khurja Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Bulandshahr district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Gautam Buddha Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency), dominated by Rajputs. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1952 after the “DPACO (1951)” (delimitation order) was passed in 1951. After the “Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order” was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 70. During the 01st and 02nd legislative assemblies, the constituency had two seats (MLAs) concurrently.

Wards / Areas

Extant of Khurja Assembly constituency is Khurja Tehsil.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

# Term Name Party From To Days Comments Ref
01 01st Vidhan Sabha Kishan Sarup Bhatnagar Indian National Congress May-1952 Mar-1957 1,776 –
Bhim Sen
02 02nd Vidhan Sabha Chattar Singh Independent Apr-1957 Mar-1962 1,800 –
Gopali
03 03rd Vidhan Sabha Mahabir Singh Indian National Congress Mar-1962 Mar-1967 1,828 –
04 04th Vidhan Sabha B. Dass Mar-1967 Apr-1968 402 –
05 05th Vidhan Sabha Raghuraj Singh Bharatiya Kranti Dal Feb-1969 Mar-1974 1,832 –
06 06th Vidhan Sabha Ishwari Singh Indian National Congress Mar-1974 Apr-1977 1,153 –
07 07th Vidhan Sabha Banarsi Dass Janata Party Jun-1977 Feb-1980 969 –
08 08th Vidhan Sabha Budhpal Singh Indian National Congress (I) Jun-1980 Mar-1985 1,735 –
09 09th Vidhan Sabha Indian National Congress Mar-1985 Nov-1989 1,725 –
10 10th Vidhan Sabha Ravindra Raghav Janata Dal Dec-1989 Apr-1991 488 –
11 11th Vidhan Sabha Harpal Singh Independent June 1991 Dec-1992 533 –
12 12th Vidhan Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party December 1993 Oct-1995 693 –
13 13th Vidhan Sabha October 1996 May-2002 1,967 –
14 14th Vidhan Sabha Anil Sharma Bahujan Samaj Party February 2002 May-2007 1,902 –
15 15th Vidhan Sabha May 2007 Mar-2012 1,762 –
16 16th Vidhan Sabha Banshi Singh Indian National Congress March 2012 March 2017 1,829 –
17 17th Vidhan Sabha Vijendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party March 2017 Incumbent 1760

Results

17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 Assembly Elections

2017 Assembly Elections: Khurja
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vijendra Singh 1,19,493 50.79 Increase32.60
BSP Arjun Singh 55,194 23.46 Decrease5.90
INC Banshi Singh 53,084 22.56 Decrease24.57
RLD Manoj Kumar 3,921 1.67 Steady
Remainder 4 candidates 3,562 1.51 Steady
None of the Above None of the Above 1,716 0.73 Steady
Majority 64,299 27.33 Increase9.55
Turnout 2,36,970 65.50 Increase1.23
BJP gain from INC Swing

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections

2012 Assembly Elections: Khurja
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Banshi Singh 98,913 47.13 Steady
BSP Horam Singh 61,609 29.36 Steady
BJP Satish Balmiki 38,181 18.19 Steady
SP Nand Kishor Balmiki 2,550 1.22 Steady
Remainder 12 candidates 8,607 4.10 Steady
Majority 37,304 17.78 Steady
Turnout 209,860 64.27 Steady
INC gain from BSP Swing