# Menhdawal Assembly constituency

Menhdawal is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Menhdawal in the Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh in India.
Menhdawal is one of five assembly constituencies in the Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 312 amongst 403 constituencies.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1962 | Sucheta Kripalani | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Chandra Sekhar Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1969 | Lalsa Prasad | Indian National Congress |
| 1974 | Chandra Sekhar Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1977 | Chandra Sekhar Singh | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Mohd. Nabi Khan | Indian National Congress (U) |
| 1985 | Afsar-U-Ahmad | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Chandra Sekhar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1991 | Chandra Sekhar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1993 | Chandra Sekhar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1996 | Abdul Kalam | Samajwadi Party |
| 2002 | Abdul Kalam | Samajwadi Party |
| 2007 | Abdul Kalam | Samajwadi Party |
| 2012 | Laxmikant Nishad | Samajwadi Party |
| 2017 | Rakesh Singh Baghel | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2022 | Anil Kumar Tripathi | NISHAD Party |

## Election results
### 2022

Currently this seat belongs to NISHAD Party candidate Anil Kumar Tripathi who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Jai Chand alias Jairam Pandey by a margin of 5,223 votes.
2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Menhdawal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NISHAD | Anil Kumar Tripathi | 90,193 | 37.23 | New |
| | SP | Jairam Pandey | 84,970 | 35.08 | +18.17 |
| | BSP | Muhammad Tabish Khan | 50,554 | 20.87 | +1.04 |
| | VIP | Surendra Mohan | 2,440 | 1.01 | New |
| | INC | Rafica Khatoon | 2,370 | 0.98 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,058 | 0.95 | −0.25 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,223 | 2.15 | −16.94 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.9 | +1.63 |
| | NISHAD gain from BJP | NISHAD gain from BJP | Swing | -1.92 | |

### 2017

2017 General Elections: Menhdawal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Rakesh Singh Baghel | 86,976 | 39.15 | +24.44 |
| | BSP | Anil Kumar Tripathi | 44,062 | 19.83 | +3.84 |
| | SP | Jairam Pandey | 37,557 | 16.91 | −10.13 |
| | PECP | Mohammad Irfan | 25,499 | 11.48 | −7.81 |
| | AIMIM | Mohd Tabish Khan | 19,040 | 8.57 | New |
| | RLD | Mohd Akram Hussain | 3,445 | 1.55 | New |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,663 | 1.20 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42,914 | 19.09 | +11.34 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,24,820 | 51.27 | −0.29 |
| | BJP gain from SP | BJP gain from SP | Swing | +8.96 | |

### 16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections

2012 General Elections: Menhdawal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SP | Laxmikant | 56,107 | 27.04 |
| | PECP | Anil Kumar Tripathi | 40,030 | 19.29 |
| | BSP | Mohd Tayyab | 33,183 | 15.99 |
| | BJP | Rakesh Singh Baghel | 30,525 | 14.71 |
| | INC | Madan Narayan Singh | 20,966 | 10.10 |
| | JD(U) | Chandra Sekhar Pandey | 10,897 | 5.25 |
| | IND | Rajendra Kumar | 2,773 | 1.34 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,077 | 7.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,07,521 | 51.56 |
| | SP hold | SP hold | Swing | |