Meerapur (Assembly constituency)

Meerapur 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]

Not to be confused with Meerpur.

Meerapur
Constituency of
Incumbent MLAAvtar Singh Bhadana
Political PartyBJP
Elected Year2017
Constituency Details
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictMuzaffarnagar
ReservationNone
Total Electors273,36 (2012)

Wards / Areas

Extant of Meerapur Assembly constituency is KCs Meerapur, Bhopa, PCs Salarpur, Jatwara, Kawal, Dhansari, Jolly, Roorkali Talabali, Nagla Bujurg, Kamheda, Tissa, Kakrauli, Tewda of Jansath KC, Meerapur NP & Bhokerheri NP of Jansath Tehsil.

Members of the Legislative Assembly
#TermNamePartyFromToDaysCommentsRef
0116th Vidhan SabhaJamil Ahmad QasmiBahujan Samaj PartyMarch 2012March 2017--[4]
0217th Vidhan SabhaAvtar Singh BhadanaBhartiya Janata PartyMarch 2017Incumbent--

Election Result[4]
2017 General Elections: Meerapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Avtar Singh Bhadana 69,035 33.95
SP Liyakat Ali 68,842 33.86
BSP Nawazish Alam Khan 39,685 19.52
RLD Mithlesh Pal 22,751 11.19
Majority 193 0.9
Turnout 2,04,405 69.49
BJP hold Swing 5.66
2012 General Elections: Meerapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Jamil Ahmad Qasmi 56,802 33.66 -
RLD Mithlesh Pal 44,069 26.12 -
BJP Veerpal Nirwal 25,689 15.22 -
Remainder 13 candidates 42,182 24.99 -
BSP hold Swing
Majority 12,733 7.55 -
Turnout 168742 61.76 -

See also

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 27 July 2015.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. "All MLAs from Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  4. "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
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