Pipraich Assembly constituency explained

Pipraich
Type:SLA
Constituency No:321
State:Uttar Pradesh
District:Gorakhpur
Loksabha Cons:Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency
Reservation:None
Mla:Mahendra Pal Singh
Party:Bharatiya Janta Party
Latest Election Year:2017
Electors:3,86,459 (2017)

Pipraich is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Pipraich in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Pipraich is one of five assembly constituencies in the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 321 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMember[1] Party
1957Achhaiber Singh
1962
1967Madhukar Dighe
1969Hari Prasad Shahi
1974Madhukar Dighe
1977
1980Kedar Nath Singh
1985Sayed Javed AliIndian National Congress
1989Kedar Nath Singh
1991Lallan Prasad TripathiBharatiya Janata Party
1993Jitendra Jaiswal
1996
2002
2007Jamuna Nishad
2010^Rajmati NishadSamajwadi Party
2012
2017Bharatiya Janata Party
2022

Election results

2022

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2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Mahendra Pal Singh won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Aftab Alam by a margin of 12,809 votes.[2]

External links

26.83°N 83.53°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pipraich Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs . Elections in India.
  2. Web site: Assembly result 2017. Elections.in. 2017-08-25.