# Baghpat Assembly constituency

Bagpat Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Baghpat district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" (delimitation order) was passed in 1956. The constituency was not in existence during the 4th and the 5th legislative assemblies of Uttar Pradesh. The constituency was formed again in 1974. After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 52.Yogesh Dhama is current MLA, hailing from the BJP and won by margin of 31,360 votes in 2017 elections, and will contest again in 2022 assembly elections.

## Wards / Areas

Extent of Baghpat Assembly constituency is Khekra Tehsil; KC Pilana, PCs Baghpat, Pali, Pawla Bagamabad, Tatiri of Baghpat KC, Baghpat MB, Aminagar Sarai NP & Agarwal Mandi NP of Baghpat Tehsil.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Acharya Dipanker | Communist Party of India |
| 1957 | Raghubir Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Shaukat Hameed Khan | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Acharya Dipanker | Communist Party of India |
| 1969 | Chaudhry Vikram Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1974 | Satya Pal Malik | Bharatiya Kranti Dal |
| 1977 | Ismail | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Mahesh Chand | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
| 1985 | Kaukab Hameed Khan | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Sahab Singh | Janata Dal |
| 1991 | Mahendra Jan | Janata Dal |
| 1993 | Kaukab Hameed Khan | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Kaukab Hameed Khan | Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party |
| 2002 | Kaukab Hameed Khan | Rashtriya Lok Dal |
| 2007 | Kaukab Hameed Khan | Rashtriya Lok Dal |
| 2012 | Hemlata Chaudhary | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 2017 | Yogesh Dhama | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2022 | Yogesh Dhama | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Baghpat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Yogesh Dhama | 101,420 | 47.37 | 0.76 |
| | RLD | Muhammad Ahmed Hameed | 94,687 | 44.22 | 33.27 |
| | BSP | Arun Kasana | 12,863 | 6.01 | 24.81 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 574 | 0.27 | 0.21 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,733 | 3.15 | 12.64 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 214,112 | 67.7 | 1.79 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Baghpat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Yogesh Dhama | 92,566 | 46.61 | |
| | BSP | Muhammad Ahmed Hameed | 61,206 | 30.82 | 3.57 |
| | RLD | Kartar Singh Bhadana | 21,751 | 10.95 | 18.9 |
| | INC | Dr Kuldeep Ujjwal | 19,091 | 9.61 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 954 | 0.48 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31,360 | 15.79 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 198,613 | 65.91 | |
| | BJP gain from BSP | BJP gain from BSP | Swing | | |

### 2012

2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Baghpat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BSP | Hemlata Chaudhary | 56,957 | 34.54 | − |
| | RLD | Kawkab Hameed Khan | 49,294 | 29.9 | − |
| | SP | Sahab Singh | 41,584 | 25.22 | − |
| | | Remainder 11 candidates | 17,047 | 10.33 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,663 | 4.65 | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 164,882 | 62.58 | − |
| | BSP gain from RLD | BSP gain from RLD | Swing | | |