# Suar Assembly constituency

Suar Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Rampur district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Rampur Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the delimitation order (DPACO - 1956) was passed in 1956. The constituency was assigned identification number 34 after "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed in the year 2008. Prior to 2008, this constituency was called Suar Tanda.

## Wards / Areas

Extent of Suar Assembly constituency is KCs Tanda, Suar, Forest Rudarapur Range, Suar MB, Tanda MB & Maswasi NP of Suar Tehsil.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1957 | Mahmood Ali Khan | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Mahmood Ali Khan | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Maqsood Hussain | Swatantra Party |
| 1969 | Rajendra Kumar Sharma | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1974 | Syed Murtaza Alli Khan | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Maqbool Ahmad | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Balbir Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1985 | Nisar Husain | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Shiv Bahadur Saxena | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1991 | Shiv Bahadur Saxena | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1993 | Shiv Bahadur Saxena | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1996 | Shiv Bahadur Saxena | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2002 | Nawab Kazim Ali Khan | Indian National Congress |
| 2007 | Nawab Kazim Ali Khan | Samajwadi Party |
| 2007^ | Nawab Kazim Ali Khan | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 2012 | Nawab Kazim Ali Khan | Indian National Congress |
| 2017 | Abdullah Azam Khan | Samajwadi Party |
| 2022 | Abdullah Azam Khan | Samajwadi Party |
| 2023^ | Shafeek Ahmed Ansari | Apna Dal (Soneylal) |

## Election results
### 2023 by-election

Shafeek Ahmed Ansari Apna Dal (S) candidate won by defeating Samajwadi Party's Anuradha Chauhan by a margin of 8,724 votes.
2023 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Suar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AD(S) | Shafeek Ahmed Ansari | 68,630 | 50.81 | +20.29 |
| | SP | Anuradha Chauhan | 59,906 | 44.35 | −14.84 |
| | PECP | Dr. Nazia Siddiqui | 4,688 | 3.47 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 579 | 0.43 | −0.05 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,724 | 6.46 | −22.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,35,075 | | |
| | AD(S) gain from SP | AD(S) gain from SP | Swing | | |

### 2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Suar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SP | Abdullah Azam Khan | 126,162 | 59.19 | +7.29 |
| | AD(S) | Haider Ali Khan | 65,059 | 30.52 | New |
| | BSP | Adhyapak Shanker Lal | 15,035 | 7.05 | −13.54 |
| | INC | Ram Raksha Pal Singh | 1,139 | 0.53 | New |
| | AAP | Asif Miya | 780 | 0.37 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,031 | 0.48 | −0.15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 61,103 | 28.67 | +2.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,13,160 | | |
| | SP hold | SP hold | Swing | | |

### 2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Suar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SP | Abdullah Azam Khan | 106,443 | 51.90 | +22.92 |
| | BJP | Laxmi Saini | 53,347 | 26.01 | +0.97 |
| | BSP | Nawab Kazim Ali Khan | 42,233 | 20.59 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,283 | 0.63 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53,096 | 25.89 | +17.67 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,05,962 | 69.59% | +7.57 |
| | SP gain from INC | SP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2012

2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Suar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Nawab Kazim Ali Khan | 55,469 | 33.26 | − |
| | BJP | Laxmi Saini | 41,754 | 25.04 | − |
| | SP | Abdul Ghafoor Engineer | 37,828 | 22.68 | − |
| | | Remainder 12 candidates | 31,725 | 19.03 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,715 | 8.22 | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,66,776 | 62.02 | − |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |