# Pharenda Assembly constituency

Pharenda is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Pharenda in the Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Pharenda is one of five assembly constituencies in the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 315 amongst 403 constituencies.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1951 | Gauri Ram | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Gauri Ram | Independent |
| 1969 | Pyari | Indian National Congress |
| 1974 | Lakshmi Narayan | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | Shyam Narayan Tiwari | Communist Party of India |
| 1980 | Shyam Narayan Tiwari | Independent |
| 1985 | Harshwardhan Singh | Janata Party |
| 1989 | Shyam Narayan Tiwari | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Shyam Narayan Tiwari | Indian National Congress |
| 1993 | Chaudhary Shivendra Bahadur Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1996 | Vinod Mani | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2002 | Shyam Narayan Tiwari | Indian National Congress |
| 2007 | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2012 | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2015^ | Vinod Tiwari | Samajwadi Party |
| 2017 | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2022 | Virendra Chaudhary | Indian National Congress |

## Election results
### 2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pharenda :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Virendra Chaudhary | 85,181 | 40.28 |
| | BJP | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | 83,935 | 39.69 |
| | BSP | Ishoo Chaurasiya | 21,665 | 10.24 |
| | SP | Shankh Lal manjhi | 16,457 | 7.78 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,484 | 0.70 |
| | | Rest of the Candidates | ~2,700 | 1.35 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,246 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | |

### 2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Bajrang Bahadur Singh won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Indian National Congress candidate Virendra Chaudhary by a margin of 2,354 votes.
2017 Assembly Elections: Pharenda :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | 76,312 | 38.75 | 14.72 |
| | INC | Virendra Chaudhary | 73,958 | 37.55 | 5.13 |
| | BSP | Bechan | 35,765 | 18.16 | 0.52 |
| | RLD | Vijay Singh | 2,742 | 1.39 | New |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 1,992 | 1.01 | 0.18 |
| | NISHAD | Raj Kumar Nishad | 1,930 | 0.98 | New |
| | AIMIM | Reena | 1,878 | 0.95 | New |
| | SS | Jitendra | 1,006 | 0.51 | New |
| | LKD | Shashi Bhooshan | 885 | 0.45 | New |
| | Independent | Gobind Das | 769 | 0.39 | |
| | PECP | Rajendra | 645 | 0.33 | 12.53 |
| | JHSPT | Shiv Kumari Devi | 634 | 0.32 | New |
| | BMP | Nagendra Nath | 429 | 0.22 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,354 | 1.18 | 4.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,98,945 | 59.64 | 6.62 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,33,601 | | |
| | BJP gain from SP | BJP gain from SP | Swing | 0.99 | |

### 2015

2015 By Poll Elections: Pharenda :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SP | VINOD MANI TIWARI | 64,818 | 37.76 | 23.50 |
| | INC | Virendra Chaudhary | 55,647 | 32.42 | 13.45 |
| | BJP | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | 41,247 | 24.03 | 2.25 |
| | Independent | Vijay | 5,720 | 3.33 | |
| | | Remaining 3 Candidates | 4,149 | 2.41 | |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 2,056 | 1.19 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,231 | 5.37 | 1.94 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,71,641 | 53.02 | 6.96 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,23,726 | | |
| | SP gain from BJP | SP gain from BJP | Swing | 11.48 | |
2012 Assembly Elections: Pharenda :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | 47,921 | 26.28 |
| | INC | Virendra Chaudhary | 34,586 | 18.97 |
| | BSP | Parsuram | 34,065 | 18.68 |
| | SP | Shyam Narayan | 26,006 | 14.26 |
| | PECP | Ram Prakash Singh | 23,438 | 12.86 |
| | | Remaining 15 Candidates | 16,302 | 8.94 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,335 | 7.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,82,318 | 59.98 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |