Phulpur Assembly constituency explained

Phulpur
Mla:	Vacant
State:	Uttar Pradesh
District:	Prayagraj
Reservation:	None
Electors:	3,80,837 (2017)
Type:	SLA
Constituency No:	256

Phulpur is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Phulpur in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.^[1]

Phulpur is one of five assembly constituencies in the Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 256 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Year		Member	Political Party
	1957 Two Candidates	Sukhi Ram Bhartiya	Congress (AND)
	1957	(AND) Shiv Murti	Congress
	1962	Muzaffar Hassan	Congress
	1977	Padmakar	Janata Party
	2012	Sayeed Ahamad	Samajwadi Party
	2017		Bharatiya Janata Party
	2022

Election results

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Praveen Kumar Singh won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Mansoor Alam by a margin of 26,613 votes.^[2]

2012 Vidhan Sabha

• Sayeed Ahamad (SP) : 72,898 votes ^[3]
• Praveen Patel (BSP) : 64,998

1977 Vidhan Sabha

• Padmakar (JNP) : 27,238 votes ^[4]
• Abul Kalam (INC) : 19,317

1962 Vidhan Sabha

• Muzaffar Hasan (INC) : 21,560 votes ^[5]
• Amar Singh (Jana Sangh) : 7,232

External links

• Web site: Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections . eci.gov.in . Election Commission of India . 15 March 2022.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 . 26 November 2008 . 24 June 2021.
2. Web site: State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh . . eci.gov.in . 26 March 2022.
3. Web site: Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2012.
4. Web site: Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1977.
5. Web site: Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1962.