Kunda Assembly constituency explained

Kunda
Mla:Raghuraj Pratap Singh
Party:Jansatta Dal(L)
Latest Election Year:2022
State:Uttar Pradesh
District:Pratapgarh
Reservation:None
Type:SLA
Electors:3,57,938
Constituency No:29

Kunda is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Kunda in the Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]

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

YearMember[2] Party
1952Ram Naresh ShuklaIndian National Congress
Ram Swaroop
1957Nand RamIndependent
Gaya Prasad
1962Niyaz Hasan KhanIndian National Congress
1967
1969Jai RamSamyukta Socialist Party
1974Niyaz Hasan KhanIndian National Congress (O)
1977Shashi PrabhaJanata Party
1980Niyaz Hasan KhanIndian National Congress (I)
1985Indian National Congress
1989
1991Shivnarayan MishraBharatiya Janata Party
1993Raghuraj Pratap SinghIndependent
1996
2002
2007
2012
2017
2022Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)

Election results

2002 Vidhan Sabha elections

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 . 26 November 2008 . 24 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Kunda Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs . 2024-08-25 . Elections in India.