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
Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) is a political party in Uttar Pradesh, India, launched by Raghuraj Pratap Singh, commonly known as Raja Bhaiya, in November 2018 at Ramabai Park, Lucknow, during a rally marking his 25 years in politics and after taking ...
candidate
Raghuraj Pratap Singh (Raja Bhaiya), who won in last Assembly election of
2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating
Samajwadi Party
The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...
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
Niyaz Hasan Khan (1918–2007), also spelled Niaz, was an Indian National Congress leader and former MLA from Kunda (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. W ...
(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
2012 Vidhan Sabha elections
2007 Vidhan Sabha elections
2002 Vidhan Sabha elections
References
External links
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Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh
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