Goverdhan Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India

Goverdhan
Constituency No. 83 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mathura
Established	1956
Total electors	3,19,815 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Karinda Singh
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Goverdhan Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Mathura district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Mathura Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" (delimitation order) was passed in 1956.^[1] After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 83.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Wards / Areas

Extent of Goverdhan Assembly constituency is KC Goverdhan, PCs Konai, Basauti, Barhauta, Ral, Jikhangaon, Tosh, Jachonda, Maura, Bati, Chhatikara(ShashthiVan), Jaint, Maghera, Atas Bangar, Sunrakh Bangar, Dhaurera Bangar, Kota of Vrindaban KC, KC Kosi Khurd, PCs Sonsa, Madhurikund, Satoha Asgarpur, Junsuti, Uncha Gaon, Shahpur Chainpur, Umari, Tarsi, Usphar of Mathura KC, PCs Koyala Alipur, Karnawal, Bad, Bhainsa, Chhargaon, Sersa, Bhudrasu, Pura, Bhahai, Beri of Bad KC, Goverdhan NP, Radhakund NP & Sonkh NP of Mathura Tehsil.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member^[6]
1957	Jugal Kishore	Indian National Congress
1962	Jugal Kishore	Indian National Congress
1967	Khem	Independent
1969	Kanhaiya Lal	Indian National Congress
1974	Gyanendra Swaroop	Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1977	Gyanendra Swaroop	Janata Party
1980	Kanhaiya Lal	Janata Party (Secular)
1985	Baljeet	Indian National Congress
1989	Gyanendra Swaroop	Janata Dal
1991	Pooran Prakash	Janata Dal
1993	Ajay Kumar Poeia	Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Ajay Kumar Poeia
2002	Shyam Singh Aheria
2007	Pooran Prakash	Rashtriya Lok Dal
2012	Rajkumar Rawat	Bahujan Samaj Party
2017	Karinda Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Meghshyam Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Goverdhan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Annat Koshik ^[7]
	INC
	RLD	Preetam Singh
		TBD
		TBD
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout				66.75%	+0.24%
	gain from		Swing

2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Goverdhan
Party		Votes	%
	BJP
	RLD
Majority		33,009	15.94
Turnout		2,07,114	66.51
	BJP gain from BSP	Swing

2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Goverdhan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Rajkumar Rawat	63,725	34.76	−
	RLD	Megh Shyam Singh	42,230	23.04	−
	BJP	Karinda Singh	34,073	18.59	−
		Remainder 13 candidates	43,301	23.6	−
Majority			21,495	11.72	−
Turnout			1,83,329	67.23	−
	BSP gain from RLD		Swing

^[8]

References

^ "DPACO (1956)" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "All MLAs from Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "Member list". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly website. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "Goverdhan Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 15 November 2015.