# Budhana Assembly constituency

Budhana Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Muzaffarnagar district and one of the six assembly constituencies in the Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha constituency. First elections in this assembly constituency were held in 1957 after the "Final Order DC (1953-1955)" was passed. The constituency ceased to exist in 1967 post "Delimitation Orders (1967)" was passed. In 2008, the assembly constituency was again created during the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008".

## Wards / Areas

Extent of Budhana Assembly constituency is Budhana Tehsil (except PCs Nala, Taharpur Bhabisa, Kaniyan, Salfa and Sunna of Budhana KC).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1957 | Kunwar Asghar Ali | Independent |
| 1958^ | Kamru | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Vijaypal Singh | Communist Party of India |
| 1962-2012 : Constituency did not exist ||||
| 2012 | Nawazish Alam Khan | Samajwadi Party |
| 2017 | Umesh Malik | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2022 | Rajpal Singh Baliyan | Rashtriya Lok Dal |

## Election results
### 2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Budhana :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RLD | Rajpal Singh Baliyan | 1,31,093 | 51.28 | 41.48 |
| | BJP | Umesh Malik | 1,02,783 | 40.21 | 0.29 |
| | BSP | Anees Alvi | 10,397 | 4.07 | 8.43 |
| | AIMIM | Bhim Singh Baliyan | 2,633 | 1.03 | new |
| | INC | Devendra Kashyap | 2,452 | 0.96 | |
| | ASP(KR) | Saleem Chaudhary | 2,099 | 0.82 | new |
| | NOTA | NOTA | 1,070 | 0.42 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28,310 | 11.07 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,55,624 | 67.73% | |
| | RLD gain from BJP | RLD gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### 2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Budhana :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Umesh Malik | 97,781 | 40.77 |
| | SP | Pramod Tyagi | 84,580 | 35.27 |
| | BSP | Saeeda Begam | 30,034 | 12.52 |
| | RLD | Yograj Singh | 23,732 | 9.9 |
| | NOTA | NOTA | 1286 | 0.54 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,201 | 5.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,41,116 | 67.14 |
| | BJP gain from SP | BJP gain from SP | Swing | |

### 2012

2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Budhana :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SP | Nawazish Alam Khan | 68,210 | 35.45 | − |
| | RLD | Rajpal Singh Baliyan | 57,622 | 29.95 | − |
| | BSP | Yograj Singh | 41,233 | 21.43 | − |
| | BJP | Umesh Malik | 15,948 | 8.29 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,588 | 5.50 | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 192,413 | 58.30 | − |
| | SP hold | SP hold | Swing | - | |

### 1958

1958 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly by election: Budhana :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Kamru Deen | 11,902 | | − |
| | CPI | Vijai Pal Singh | 10,332 | | − |
| | Independent | Shafquat Jung | 9532 | | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1570 | | − |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | - | |

### 1957

1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Budhana :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Kunwar Asghar Ali | 32,755 | 53.32 | − |
| | INC | Shri Chand Panwar | 28,425 | 46.48 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4300 | | − |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | - | |