Maniram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) was one of the 425
Vidhan Sabha
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(Legislative Assembly)
constituencies of Uttar Pradesh state in central
India
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. It was a part of the
Gorakhpur district
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and one of the assembly constituencies in the
Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Gorakhpur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India. The current member of Lok Sabha is Ravi Kishan, who has won the election as a BJP party candidate in 2019.
This constituency is considered a stronghold of Gorakhnath ...
. Maniram Assembly constituency came into existence in 1962 and ceased to exist in 2008 as a result of "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008".
Members of Vidhan Sabha
* 1957: Keshav Pandey,
Indian National Congress
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* 1962:
Mahant Avaidyanath,
Hindu Mahasabha
* 1967:
Mahant Avaidyanath, Independent
* 1969:
Mahant Avaidyanath,
Hindu Mahasabha (elected to Lok Sabha in 1970 bye-poll)
* 1972 bye-poll : R K Dwivedi (Congress)
* 1974:
Mahant Avaidyanath,
Hindu Mahasabha
* 1977:
Mahant Avaidyanath,
Janata Party
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* 1980:
Hari Dwar Pandey
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,
Indian National Congress (I)
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* 1985:
Bhrigu Nath Bhatt
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,
Indian National Congress
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* 1989: Om Prakash,
Hindu Mahasabha
* 1991: Om Prakash,
Bharatiya Janata Party
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* 1993: Om Prakash,
Bharatiya Janata Party
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* 1996:
Chandresh Paswan,
Samajwadi Party
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* 1996:
Subhawati Devi
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Early life
Subhawati was born on 15 May 1952 in Jindapur Village of Gorakhpur district, Utt ...
,
Samajwadi Party
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* 2002:
Kamlesh Paswan,
Samajwadi Party
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* 2007:
Vijay Bahadur Yadav
Vijay Bahadur Yadav (born 14 September 1969) is an Indian politician and a member in 15th and 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. Since 2012, he represents Gorakhpur Rural (Assembly constituency) as a member of Samajwadi Party. ...
,
Bharatiya Janata Party
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* 2008 onwards : The constituency ceased to exist.
See also
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Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the Rapti river in the Purvanchal region. It is situated 272 kilometers east of the state capital Lucknow. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur dist ...
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Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Gorakhpur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India. The current member of Lok Sabha is Ravi Kishan, who has won the election as a BJP party candidate in 2019.
This constituency is considered a stronghold of Gorakhnath ...
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Maniram
Shri Maniram Pandit (8 December 1910 – 16 May 1985) was an Indian classical vocalist from the Mewati gharana. Pandit is known for his exemplary contribution to Indian classical music. His compositions ‘ Mata Kalika ’, Niranjani Narayan ...
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Uttar Pradesh
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References
{{Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
Politics of Gorakhpur district
Former assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh