Dhampur Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India

Dhampur
Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bijnor
Total electors	252,629 (2012)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ashok Kumar Rana
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	1956

Dhampur Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Bijnor district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Nagina Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the delimitation order (DPACO – 1956) was passed in 1956. The constituency was assigned identification number 20 after "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed in the year 2008.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Wards and areas

Extent of Dhampur Assembly constituency is KC Sherkot, PCs Ajitpurdasi, Berkhera Tanda, Chak Mohmad Nagar, Jamapur, Jasmor, Manpur Shivpuri, Mitthepur, Moh. Alipur Madho, Mukerpuri, Palanpur, Rasoolpur Mohd. Kuli, Sabdalpur, Saddober, Safiyabad, Salarabad, Seohara of Seohara KC, PCs Amkhera Shanjarpur, Bamnoli, Chakrajmal, Dhampur Husainpur, Fatehullapur Khas, Mauzampur Jaitra, Mohri, Mozampur Suraj, Nindru of Dhampur KC, Dhampur MB, Sherkot MB & Seohara MB of Dhampur Tehsil.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

#	Term	Name	Party	From	To	Days	Comments	Ref
01	01st Vidhan Sabha	–	–	May-1952	Mar-1957	1,776	Constituency was not in existence	^[5]
02	02nd Vidhan Sabha	Khub Singh	Indian National Congress	Apr-1957	Mar-1962	1,800	–	^[6]
03	03rd Vidhan Sabha	Khub Singh		Mar-1962	Mar-1967	1,828	–	^[7]
04	04th Vidhan Sabha	G. Sahai		Mar-1967	Apr-1968	402	–	^[8]
05	05th Vidhan Sabha	Sattar Ahmad	Bharatiya Kranti Dal	Feb-1969	Mar-1974	1,832	–	^[9]
06	06th Vidhan Sabha	Sattar Ahmad	Indian National Congress	Mar-1974	Apr-1977	1,153	–	^[10]
07	07th Vidhan Sabha	Haripal Singh Shastri	Janata Party	Jun-1977	Feb-1980	969	–	^[11]
08	08th Vidhan Sabha	Shiam Singh	Janata Party (Secular)	Jun-1980	Mar-1985	1,735	–	^[12]
09	09th Vidhan Sabha	Basant Singh	Indian National Congress	Mar-1985	Nov-1989	1,725	–	^[13]
10	10th Vidhan Sabha	Surendra Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Dec-1989	Apr-1991	488	–	^[14]
11	11th Vidhan Sabha	Rajender Singh		Jun-1991	Dec-1992	533	–	^[15]
12	12th Vidhan Sabha	Rajender Singh		Dec-1993	Oct-1995	693	–	^[16]
13	13th Vidhan Sabha	Thakur Mool Chand Chauhan	Samajwadi Party	Oct-1996	May-2002	1,967	–	^[17]
14	14th Vidhan Sabha	Thakur Mool Chand Chauhan	Samajwadi Party	Feb-2002	May-2007	1,902	–	^[18]
15	15th Vidhan Sabha	Ashok Kumar Rana	Bahujan Samaj Party	May-2007	Mar-2012	1,762	–	^[19]
16	16th Vidhan Sabha	Thakur Mool Chand Chauhan	Samajwadi Party	Mar-2012	Mar-2017	–	–	^[20]
17	17th Vidhan Sabha	Ashok Kumar Rana	Bharatiya Janata Party	Mar-2017	Mar-2022
18	18th Vidhan Sabha	Ashok Kumar Rana	Bharatiya Janata Party	Mar-2022	Incumbent

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhampur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Ashok Kumar Rana	81,791	39.89
	BSP	Thakur Mool Chand Chauhan	38,993	19.01
	SP	Naimul Ul Hasan	81,588	39.79
	INC	Hussain Ahmad
	Azad Samaj Party	Vivek Kumar	574	0.28
	NOTA	NOTA
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

2017

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhampur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Ashok Kumar Rana	82169	42.81%
	SP	Thakur Mool Chand Chauhan	64305	33.50%
	BSP	Mohd. Ghazi	42836	22.32%
	NOTA	NOTA	1020	0.53%
Majority			17864	9.31%
Turnout			192961	68.36%
	BJP gain from SP		Swing

2012

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections.^[20]

2012 General Elections: Dhampur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Thakur Mool Chand Chauhan	53,365	33.12	–
	BSP	Ashok Kumar Rana	52,801	32.77	–
	INC	Anwar Jamil	36,995	22.96	–
		Remainder 15 candidates	17,963	11.15	–
Majority			564	0.35	–
Turnout			161,124	63.78	–
	SP gain from BSP		Swing

References

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