# Bahraich Assembly constituency

Bahraich is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Bahraich in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Bahraich is one of five assembly constituencies in the Bahraich Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 286 amongst 403 constituencies.
Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Anupama Jaiswal who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Rubab Sayda by a margin of 6,702 votes.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| # | Term | Name | Party | From | To | Days | Comments |
| 01 | 01st Vidhan Sabha | Raj Kishore | Indian National Congress | 20 May 1952 | 31 March 1957 | 1,776 | -Bahraich East |
| 01 | 01st Vidhan Sabha | Triloki Nath Kaul | Indian National Congress | 20 May 1952 | 31 March 1957 | 1,776 | -Bahraich West |
| 02 | 02nd Vidhan Sabha | Zargham Haider | Praja Socialist Party | 1 April 1957 | 6 March 1962 | 1,800 | -Bahraich North |
| 02 | 02nd Vidhan Sabha | Birendra Bikram Singh | Independent | 1 April 1957 | 6 March 1962 | 1,800 | -Bahraich South |
| 03 | 03rd Vidhan Sabha | Jadish Prasad | Indian National Congress | 7 March 1962 | 9 March-1967 | 1,828 | -Bahraich North |
| 03 | 03nd Vidhan Sabha | Daljit Singh | Indian National Congress | 7 March 1962 | 9 March 1967 | 1,828 | -Bahraich South |
| 04 | 04th Vidhan Sabha | K. B. Misra | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 10 March 1967 | 15 April 1968 | 402 | -Bahraich |
| 05 | 05th Vidhan Sabha | Kedar Nath Agarwal | Indian National Congress | 26 February 1969 | 4 March 1974 | 1,832 | -Bahraich |
| 06 | 06th Vidhan Sabha | Kedar Nath Agarwal | Indian National Congress | 4 March 1974 | 30 April 1977 | 1,153 | -Bahraich |
| 07 | 07th Vidhan Sabha | Mohammad Atif Khan | Janata Party | 23 June 1977 | 17 February | 969 | -Bahraich |
| 08 | 08th Vidhan Sabha | Dharam Pal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 9 Jun-1980 | 10 March 1985 | 1,735 | -Bahraich |
| 09 | 09th Vidhan Sabha | Maharan Nath Kaul | Indian National Congress | 10 March 1985 | 29 November 1989 | 1,725 | -Bahraich |
| 10 | 10th Vidhan Sabha | Dharam Pal | Indian National Congress | 2 December 1989 | 4 April 1991 | 488 | -Bahraich |
| 11 | 11th Vidhan Sabha | Brij Raj Tripathi | Bharatiya Janata Party | 22 June 1991 | 6 December-1992 | 533 | -Bahraich |
| 12 | 12th Vidhan Sabha | Waqar Ahmad Shah | Samajwadi Party | 4 December 1993 | 28 October 1995 | 693 | -Bahraich |
| 13 | 13th Vidhan Sabha | Waqar Ahmad Shah | Samajwadi Party | 17 October 1996 | 7 March 2002 | 1,967 | -Bahraich |
| 14 | 14th Vidhan Sabha | Waqar Ahmad Shah | Samajwadi Party | 26 February 2002 | 13 May 2007 | 1,902 | -Bahraich |
| 15 | 15th Vidhan Sabha | Waqar Ahmad Shah | Samajwadi Party | 13 May 2007 | 9 March 2012 | 1,762 | -Bahraich |
| 16 | 16th Vidhan Sabha | Waqar Ahmad Shah | Samajwadi Party | 8 March 2012 | 11 March 2017 | 1,829 | -Bahraich |
| 17 | 17th Vidhan Sabha | Anupama Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 14 March 2017 | -11 March 2017 | 1,823 | -Bahraich |
| 18 | 18th Vidhan Sabha | Anupama Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party | March 2022 | - | - | -Bahraich |

## Election results
### 2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bahraich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Anupama Jaiswal | 107,628 | 46.45 | 5.45 |
| | SP | Yasar Shah | 103,550 | 44.69 | 6.83 |
| | BSP | Naeem | 10,299 | 4.44 | 12.58 |
| | INC | Jai Prakash Mishra | 3,275 | 1.41 | |
| | AIMIM | Rashid Jamil | 2,240 | 0.97 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,076 | 0.9 | 0.32 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,078 | 1.76 | 1.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 231,708 | 59.14 | 0.62 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bahraich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Anupama Jaiswal | 87,479 | 41.0 |
| | SP | Rubab Sayda | 80,777 | 37.86 |
| | BSP | Ajeet Pratap Singh | 36,325 | 17.02 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,604 | 1.22 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,702 | 3.14 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 213,375 | 59.76 |
| | BJP gain from SP | BJP gain from SP | Swing | |

### 2012

Waqar Ahmad Shah has won the seat five times.
2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bahraich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SP | Waqar Ahmad Shah | 50,759 | 29.5102 | |
| | INC | Chandra Shekhar Singh | 35263 | 20.5% | |