# Muradnagar Assembly constituency

Muradnagar Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Ghaziabad district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Ghaziabad Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1967 after the "Delimitation order" was passed and the constituency was constituted in 1967. The constituency was assigned identification number 54 after the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed. Muradnagar assembly constituency have having a low dynamics with 91.50% Hindus and 5.16% are Muslims. Community present are Jats is largest community in Muradnagar assembly constituency, Brahmins is second largest community in Muradnagar assembly constituency, Jatav is third largest community in Muradnagar assembly constituency, Yadavs is fourth, Rajputs, Baniyas, Gujjars, Muslims, Prajapati etc. community population around 138,939 Jats, 49,050 Brahmins including 34,050 Tyagis, 41,000 SC/ST Castes, 37,950 Yadavs, 21,085 Muslims, 20,432 Rajputs, 16,754 Baniyas, 13,893 Gujars, 13,076 (Prajapati, saini, bhumihar) etc. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 10.68% and 0.12% of the population respectively.

## Wards / Areas

Extent of Muradnagar Assembly constituency is KC Muradnagar and Muradnagar MB of Modinagar Tehsil; PCs Duhai, Ataur, Shamsher, Sadarpur, Bahadurpur of Ghaziabad KC, Ward Nos. 7, 12, 24, 27, 31, 32, 34, 39, 40, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 54, 56 & 58 in Ghaziabad (M Corp.) of Ghaziabad Tehsil.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1967 | G. S. Chaudhri | Independent |
| 1969 | Ishwar Dayal Tyagi | Bharatiya Kranti Dal |
| 1974 | Rajpal Tyagi | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Anwar Ahmad Chaudhari | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Ishwar Dayal Tyagi | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Sakhawat Hussain | Lokdal |
| 1989 | Rajpal Tyagi | Independent |
| 1991 | Rajpal Tyagi | Indian National Congress |
| 1993 | Prem Singh | Janata Dal |
| 1996 | Rajpal Tyagi | Samajwadi Party |
| 2002 | Rajpal Tyagi | Indian National Congress |
| 2007 | Rajpal Tyagi | Independent |
| 2012 | Wahab Chaudhary | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 2017 | Ajit Pal Tyagi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2022 | Ajit Pal Tyagi | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Muradnagar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Ajit Pal Tyagi | | | |
| | AAP | Mahesh Tyagi | | | |
| | INC | Bijendra Yadav | | | |
| | SP | | | | |
| | | TBD | | | |
| | | TBD | | | |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.72% | −0.76% |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

### 2017

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Muradnagar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Ajit Pal Tyagi | 1,40,759 | 55.52 |
| | BSP | Sudhan Kumar | 51,147 | 20.17 |
| | INC | Surendra Prakash Goel | 49,989 | 19.72 |
| | RLD | Ajay Pal Singh | 6,648 | 2.62 |
| | IND. | Dishant Tyagi | 770 | 0.30 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,053 | 0.42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89,612 | 35.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,53,548 | 60.48 |
| | BJP gain from BSP | BJP gain from BSP | Swing | |

### 16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections

2012 General Elections: Muradnagar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BSP | Wahab Chaudhary | 57,103 | 26.43 | − |
| | SP | Rajpal Tyagi | 53,481 | 24.75 | − |
| | BJP | Birjpal Teotia | 52,563 | 24.33 | − |
| | | Remainder 10 candidates | 52,914 | 24.5 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,622 | 1.68 | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 216,061 | 62.34 | − |
| | BSP gain from Independent | BSP gain from Independent | Swing | | |