# Pipraich Assembly constituency

Pipraich is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Pipraich in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Pipraich is one of five assembly constituencies in the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 321 amongst 403 constituencies.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1957 | Achhaiber Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Achhaiber Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Madhukar Dighe | Samyukta Socialist Party |
| 1969 | Hari Prasad Shahi | Indian National Congress |
| 1974 | Madhukar Dighe | Bharatiya Kranti Dal |
| 1977 | Madhukar Dighe | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Kedar Nath Singh | Indian National Congress (U) |
| 1985 | Sayed Javed Ali | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Kedar Nath Singh | Janata Dal |
| 1991 | Lallan Prasad Tripathi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1993 | Jitendra Jaiswal | Independent |
| 1996 | Jitendra Jaiswal | Independent |
| 2002 | Jitendra Jaiswal | Independent |
| 2007 | Jamuna Nishad | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 2010^ | Rajmati Nishad | Samajwadi Party |
| 2012 | Rajmati Nishad | Samajwadi Party |
| 2017 | Mahendra Pal Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2022 | Mahendra Pal Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pipraich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | AAP | Dhirendra Pratap Jaiswal | |
| | BJP | Mahendra Pal Singh | |
| | SP | Amrendra Nishad | |
| | | TBD | |
| | | TBD | |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing |

### 2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Mahendra Pal Singh won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Aftab Alam by a margin of 12,809 votes.
2017 Assembly Elections: Pipraich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Mahendra Pal Singh | 82,739 | 33.80 | 18.99 |
| | BSP | Afatab Alam Urf Guddu | 69,930 | 28.56 | 2.88 |
| | SP | Amrendra Nishad | 51,031 | 20.85 | 22.65 |
| | Independent | Anita Jaiswal | 31,073 | 12.69 | |
| | | Remaining 15 Candidates | 10,038 | 3.61 | |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 1,204 | 0.49 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,809 | 5.24 | 12.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,46,015 | 63.66 | 3.94 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,86,459 | | |
| | BJP gain from SP | BJP gain from SP | Swing | 9.70 | |

### 2012

2012 Assembly Elections: Pipraich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SP | Rajmati Nishad | 86,976 | 43.50 |
| | BSP | Jitendra | 51,341 | 25.68 |
| | BJP | Radheshyam | 29,617 | 14.81 |
| | SBSP | Dildar Husain | 5,948 | 2.97 |
| | INC | Amarjeet | 4,449 | 2.23 |
| | RSBP | Mohd Mainuddin | 3,700 | 1.85 |
| | JD(U) | Lalji | 2,757 | 1.38 |
| | Independent | Sarvajit | 1,412 | 0.71 |
| | PECP | Surendra Kumar | 1,149 | 0.57 |
| | | Remaining 21 Candidates | 12,596 | 6.30 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 35,635 | 17.82 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,99,945 | 59.72 |
| | SP hold | SP hold | Swing | |