# Bhojipura Assembly constituency

Bhojipura Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Bareilly district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" (delimitation order) was passed in 1956. After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 120.

## Wards / Areas

Extent of Bhojipura Assembly constituency is KC Shergarh, Devraniya NP & Shergarh NP of Baheri Tehsil; KCs Bhojipura, Rithora, CB Ganj, Rithora NP, Dhaura Tanda NP & Pipalsana Chaudhdhari (CT) of Bareilly Tehsil.
Popular Village- Jadounpur is a village which was established in 1873 AD by two families, one of Bajajas (kade Ansari) and the other Chaudhdharis (unknown). Bajaj means one who sells clothes and Chaudhdhari is interested in politics; both these families are Ansari by caste and Muslims by religion. It is very popular for incremented marketing and business. Through origin traced by historians of 19th century, it was clearly observed that there were some intercaste groups of Rajput clans known as Jadon, who were the initial settlers in this village.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1957 | Babu Ram | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Harish Kumar Gangawar | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1967 | Harish Kumar Gangawar | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1969 | Bhanu Pratap Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1974 | Harish Kumar Gangawar | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1977 | Hamid Raza Khan | Independent |
| 1980 | Bhanu Pratap Singh | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Narendra Pal Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Narendra Pal Singh | Janata Dal |
| 1991 | Kunwar Subhash Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1993 | Harish Kumar Gangawar | Samajwadi Party |
| 1996 | Bahoran Lal Maurya | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2002 | Virendra Singh | Samajwadi Party |
| 2007 | Shazil Islam Ansari | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 2012 | Shazil Islam Ansari | Ittehad-e-Millat Council |
| 2017 | Bahoran Lal Maurya | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2022 | Shazil Islam Ansari | Samajwadi Party |

## Election results
### 2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhojipura :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SP | Shahzil Islam Ansari | 119,402 | 45.88 |
| | BJP | Bahoran Lal Maurya | 109,993 | 42.26 |
| | BSP | Yogesh Patel | 26,909 | 10.34 |
| | INC | Sardar Khan | 1,963 | 0.75 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,373 | 0.53 |
| | AAP | Dr. Mahender Pal Singh Rana | 610 | 0.23 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,409 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | SP gain from BJP | SP gain from BJP | Swing | |

### 2012

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections
2012 General Elections: Bhojipura :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | IEMC | Shazil Islam Ansari | 65,531 | 32.55 | – |
| | SP | Virendra Singh Gangwar | 47,583 | 23.63 | – |
| | BJP | Bahoran Lal Maurya | 34,281 | 17.03 | – |
| | | Remainder 16 candidates | 53,932 | 26.78 | – |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,948 | 8.91 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 201,327 | 69.56 | – |
| | IEMC gain from BSP | IEMC gain from BSP | Swing | | |

## Notable people

* Bahoran Lal Maurya - Former MLA & Minister & Current MLC
* Yogesh Patel - Block Pramukh: After not getting ticket from BJP, he resigned and joined BSP