Deoband (Assembly constituency)

Deoband is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Saharanpur district and one of five assembly constituencies in the Saharanpur (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 5 amongst 403 constituencies. Prior to 2008, when the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" came into effect, this constituency was number 400.[1]

Deoband
Constituency
District	Saharanpur
State	Uttar Pradesh
Current constituency
Created	2017
Party	Bhartiya Janta Party
MLA	Brijesh Singh
Reservation	None

On 16 March 2017, newly elected MLA Brijesh Singh announced he intended to rename the constituency Dev-vrand.[2]

Wards / Areas

The Deoband assembly constituency comprises the following Wards / areas.[3]

#	Name	Reserved for	Comments
01	Deoband	None
02	Bhaila	None
03	Talheri Bujurg	None
04	Deoband NPP	None
05	Deoband Tehsil	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

#	Term	Name	Party	From	To	Days	Comments	Ref
01	01st Vidhan Sabha	Thakur Phool Singh	Congress	May 1952	Mar 1957	1,776	–	[4]
02	02nd Vidhan Sabha	Thakur Yashpal Singh	Independent	Apr 1957	Mar 1962	1,800	–	[5]
03	03rd Vidhan Sabha	Thakur Phool Singh	Congress	Mar 1962	Mar 1967	1,828	–	[6]
04	04th Vidhan Sabha	Pt.Hardev Singh Chaudhary	Congress	Mar 1967	Apr 1968	402	–	[7]
05	05th Vidhan Sabha	Mahabir Singh Rana	Congress	Feb 1969	Mar 1974	1,832	–	[8]
06	06th Vidhan Sabha	Mahabir Singh Rana	Congress	Mar 1974	Apr 1977	1,153	–	[9]
07	07th Vidhan Sabha	Mohammad Usman	Janata Party	Jun 1977	Feb 1980	969	–	[10]
08	08th Vidhan Sabha	Mahabir Singh Rana	Congress	Jun 1980	Mar 1985	1,735	–	[11]
09	09th Vidhan Sabha	Mahabir Singh Rana	Congress	Mar 1985	Nov 1989	1,725	–	[12]
10	10th Vidhan Sabha	Mahabir Singh Rana	Congress	Dec 1989	Apr 1991	488	–	[13]
11	11th Vidhan Sabha	Virender Singh	Janata Dal	Jun 1991	Dec 1992	533	–	[14]
12	12th Vidhan Sabha	Shasi Bala Pundir	Bharatiya Janata Party	Dec 1993	Oct 1995	693	–	[15]
13	13th Vidhan Sabha	Sukhbeer Singh Pundir	Bharatiya Janata Party	Oct 1996	May 2002	1,967	–	[16]
14	14th Vidhan Sabha	Rajendra Singh Rana	Bahujan Samaj Party	Feb 2002	May 2007	1,902	–	[17]
15	15th Vidhan Sabha	Manoj Chaudhary	Bahujan Samaj Party	May 2007	Mar 2012	1,762	–	[18]
16	16th Vidhan Sabha	Rajendra Singh Rana	Samajwadi Party	Mar 2012	Oct 2015	1,328	Rana died on 27 Oct 15.[19]	[20]
		Maviya Ali	Indian National Congress	Feb 2016	Mar 2017	–	Elected during by-election	[21]
17	17 Vidhan Shabha	Brijesh Singh	Bharatiya Janta Party	Mar 2017	Incumbent

Election results

17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 General Elections.[22]

2017 General Elections: Deoband

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Brijesh	102,244	43.63	+38.53
	BSP	Majid Ali	72,844	31.20	-1.41
	SP	Mavia Ali	55,385	23.72	-10.67
		Remainder five candidates	3,035	1.30	–
	NOTA	NOTA	798	0.34
Majority			29,400	12.54	+10.98
Turnout			234,306	71.53	+4.53
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	–

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

2012 General Elections: Deoband

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Rajendra Singh Rana	66682	34.1	–
	BSP	Manoj Chaudhary	63,632	32.5	–
	INC	Anil Kumar Tanwar	45,495	22.2	–
		Remainder sixteen candidates	20,009	10.2	–
Majority			3,050	1.56	–
Turnout			195,818	67.0	–
	SP hold		Swing	–

See also

• Deoband
• Government of Uttar Pradesh
• List of Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

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19. "UP Minister Rajendra Rana dies after battling cancer". The Indian Express. 28 October 2015.
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