Kunda (Assembly constituency)

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

Kunda
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictPratapgarh
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLARaghuraj Pratap Singh
PartyJansatta dal(L)
Elected year2011

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.

Member of Legislative Assembly
  • 1952: Three candidates elected from Kunda
  • 1957: Two candidates, both independent, elected from Kunda
  • 1962: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC) [1]
  • 1967: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC)
  • 1969: Jai Ram (SSP), defeated Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC)
  • 1974: Niyaz Hasan Khan (NCO)
  • 1977: Shashi Prabha (JNP)
  • 1980: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC - I)
  • 1985: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC) [2]
  • 1989: Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC)
  • 1991: Shiv Narayan Mishra (BJP), defeated Niyaz Hasan Khan (INC)
Year Member Political party
1991Shiv Narain MishraBharatiya Janata Party
1993Raghuraj Pratap SinghIndependent
1996Raghuraj Pratap SinghIndependent
2002Raghuraj Pratap SinghIndependent
2007Raghuraj Pratap SinghIndependent
2012Raghuraj Pratap SinghIndependent
2017Raghuraj Pratap SinghIndependent
2022Raghuraj Pratap SinghJansatta Dal Loktantrik

Election results

2022 Vidhan Sabha elections
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2022: Kunda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jansatta Dal (L) Raghuraj Pratap Singh 99,624 50.58
SP Gulshan Yadav 69,263 35.19
BJP Sindhuja Mishra Senani 16,455 8.36
BSP Mohd Phaheem 3,345 1.7
BMP Dharmaraj 1,985 1.01
Majority 30,361
Turnout 1,96,940
Jansatta Dal (L) hold Swing

2017 Vidhan Sabha elections
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Kunda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Raghuraj Pratap Singh 1,35,900 69.32
BJP Janki Sharan 32,950 16.39
BSP Parvez Akhtar 17,261 8.59
Independent Bhagwandeen 5,514 2.74
Independent Ram Kripal 2,615 1.30
BMP Jiya Lal 2,109 1.05
NOTA None of the Above 3,992 1.99
Majority 1,03,647 51.56
Turnout 2,01,080 58.64
Independent hold Swing

2012 Vidhan Sabha elections
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Kunda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Raghuraj Pratap Singh 1,11,392 67.96
BSP Shiv Prakash Mishra 23,137 14.12
INC Ram Shankar 14,341 8.75
BJP Tribhuvan 3,515 2.14
Independent Panna Lal 3,216 1.96
Majority 88,255 53.84
Turnout 1,63,912 51.96
Independent hold Swing

2007 Vidhan Sabha elections
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007: Kunda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Raghuraj Pratap Singh 73,732
BSP Shiv Prakash Mishra 20,604
AD Thakur Prakash Singh 9,241
INC Kunwar Amresh Singh 5928
Majority 53,128
Turnout
Independent hold Swing

2002 Vidhan Sabha elections
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2002: Kunda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Raghuraj Pratap Singh 88,446 82.13
SP Mohammad Sami 6,768 6.28
BSP Yogendra Nath Mishra Maula 3,583 3.33
Independent Harivansh Kumar 2,213 2.06
INC Shiv Baran Singh 1,823 1.69
Majority 81,678 75.85
Turnout 1,07,687 44.92
Independent hold Swing

References
  1. "UP Election Assembly Results 1962 | Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election Results 1962". Elections.in. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  2. "UP Election Assembly Results 1985 | Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election Results 1985". Elections.in. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2022.


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