# Hastinapur Assembly constituency

Hastinapur is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Meerut district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" order was passed and the constituency was constituted in 1956. The constituency was assigned identification number 45 after the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed. In 1991 and 1993, elections were not held in this constituency. Since 1967, Hastinapur Assembly constituency is a reserved seat for SC candidates. Hastinapur assembly constituency is considered as gurjar dominant. And the number of gurjar voters in this seat is around 1 lacs.

## Wards / Areas

Extent of Hastinapur Assembly constituency is KCs Hastinapur, Parikshatgarh, PCs Tatina, Niloha, Bana, Bhainsa, Mawana Kalan-I, Mawana Khurd, Mubarikpur, Sandhan, Dhikoli of Mawana KC, Mawana MB, Bahsooma NP, Hastinapur NP & Parikshatgarh NP of Mawana Tehsil.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party | Party |
| 1957 | Bishember Singh | | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Pitam Singh | | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | R. L. Sahayak | | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Asha Ram Indu | | Bharatiya Kranti Dal |
| 1974 | Reoti Sharan Maurya | | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Reoti Sharan Maurya | | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Jhaggar Singh | | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Harsharan Singh Jatav | | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Jhaggad Singh | | Janata Dal |
| 1991 | Elections not held | Elections not held | Elections not held |
| 1993 | Elections not held | Elections not held | Elections not held |
| 1996 | Atul Kumar | | Independent |
| 2002 | Prabhu Dayal Balmiki | | Samajwadi Party |
| 2007 | Yogesh Verma | | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 2012 | Prabhu Dayal Balmiki | | Samajwadi Party |
| 2017 | Dinesh Khatik | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2022 | Dinesh Khatik | | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Hastinapur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Dinesh Khatik | 107,002 | | |
| | SP | Yogesh Verma | 99827 | | |
| | BSP | Sanjeev Kumar Jatav | 14176 | | |
| | AIMIM | Vinod Jatav | 4282 | | |
| | INC | Archana Gautam | 1500 | | |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 666 | | |
| | AAP | Anmol Kumar | 375 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 229142 | 66.87% | −1.04% |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 2017 General Elections

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Hastinapur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Dinesh Khatik | 99,436 | 45.12 | |
| | BSP | Yogesh Verma | 63,374 | 28.76 | |
| | SP | Prabhu Dayal Balmiki | 48,979 | 22.23 | |
| | RLD | Kusum | 6,538 | 2.97 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36,062 | 16.29 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,21,872 | 67.91 | +6.38 |
| | BJP gain from SP | BJP gain from SP | Swing | | |

### 2012 General Elections

2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Hastinapur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SP | Prabhu Dayal Balmiki | 46,742 | 25.31 | − |
| | PECP | Yogesh Verma | 40,101 | 21.71 | − |
| | INC | Gopal Kali | 39,009 | 21.12 | − |
| | BSP | Prashant Kumar Gautam | 30,692 | 16.62 | |
| | BJP | Bijendra Lohare | 23,514 | 12.73 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,641 | 3.60 | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,84,686 | 61.53 | − |
| | SP gain from BSP | SP gain from BSP | Swing | | |