| Phoolpur Pawai | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 349 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Azamgarh |
| Total electors | 3,28,807 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Phoolpur Pawai is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Phoolpur Pawai in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
Phoolpur Pawai is one of five assembly constituencies in the Lalganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 349 amongst 403 constituencies.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Ramakant Yadav | 81,164 | 42.00 | ||
| BJP | Ramsurat Rajbhar | 55,858 | 28.91 | ||
| BSP | Shakeel Ahmed | 49,495 | 25.61 | ||
| INC | Mohammad Shahid | 1,558 | 0.81 | ||
| Jan Adhikar Party | Yogendra Pratap | 1,529 | 0.79 | ||
| NOTA (None of the Above) + Rest of the candidates | ~3,500 | 1.80 | |||
| Majority | 25,306 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| SP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Arun Kumar Yadav won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Abul Qais Azmi by a margin of 7,295 votes.[3]
| Year | Member | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Shiva Nath Katju | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Shiv Murti | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Sukhi Ram Bhartiya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Muzaffar Hasan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Ram Bachan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Ram Bachan | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |
| 1974 | Ram Bachan | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |
| 1977 | Padmakar | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Abul Kalam | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1985 | Ramakant Yadav | Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) | |
| 1989 | Ramakant Yadav | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1991 | Ramakant Yadav | Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Ramakant Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| 1996 | Ram Naresh Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 2002 | Ram Naresh Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 2007 | Arun Kumar Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2012 | Shyam Bahadur Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Arun Kumar Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |