Handia is a constituency of the
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the- ...
covering the city of Handia in the
Prayagraj district
Allahabad district, officially known as Prayagraj district, is the most populous district of Uttar Pradesh state of India. The district headquarters is Allahabad which was renamed Prayagraj at the same time as the district was renamed. The Di ...
of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Handia is one of five assembly constituencies in the
Bhadohi Lok Sabha constituency
Bhadohi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary con ...
. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 258 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of Legislative Assembly
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Hakim Lal Bind from
Samajwadi Party
The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as well. With ...
2022-Incumbent
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Hakim Lal Bind from
Bahujan Samaj Party
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), a ...
2017-2022
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Prashant Singh
Prashant Singh (born 26 October 1986) is an Indian politician. As of 2017, he is a member of Samajwadi Party. He represented the Handia Constituency in Allahabad as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Allahabad
Allaha ...
from
Samajwadi Party
The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as well. With ...
2013-2017 by poll (by-polls)
*Mahesh Narayan Singh from
Samajwadi Party
The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as well. With ...
(2012-2013)
*Rakesh Dhar Tripathi from
Bahujan Samaj Party
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), a ...
(2007-2012)
*Mahesh Narayan Singh form
Samajwadi Party
The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as well. With ...
(2002-2007)
*Rakesh Dhar Tripathi from
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling p ...
(1996-2002)
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Jokhu Lal Yadav
Jokhu Lal Yadav is an Indian politician from Samajwadi Party. Who has been MLA many times from Handia and Pratappur of Prayagraj District.
Early life
Yadav was born on August 16, 1956, in Dubki Khurd village of Allahabad. His father's name ...
from
Bahujan Samaj Party
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), a ...
(1993-1996)
*Brij Bhan Yadav from
Janata Dal
Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth annive ...
(1991-1993)
*Rakesh Dhar Tripathi from
Janata Dal
Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth annive ...
(1989-1991)
*Rakesh Dhar Tripathi
Janata Party
The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nat ...
(1985-1989)
*Ranendra Tripathi from
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...
(1980-1985)
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Athai Ram Yadav
Athai Ram Yadav (born 1 January 1926) was an Indian politician who was elected as Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Handia Assembly constituency for three times. He was elected as an independent candidate in 1967 and in 1974 ...
from
Janata Party
The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nat ...
(1977-1980)
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Athai Ram Yadav
Athai Ram Yadav (born 1 January 1926) was an Indian politician who was elected as Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Handia Assembly constituency for three times. He was elected as an independent candidate in 1967 and in 1974 ...
from
Bharatiya Kranti Dal
Bharatiya Kranti Dal was a political party in India, formed by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Charan Singh. The party was founded at a meeting in Lucknow in October 1967. After the 1977 general election, the successor party of the BKD, Bharati ...
(1974-1977)
*Rajit Ram from
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...
(1969-1974)
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Athai Ram Yadav
Athai Ram Yadav (born 1 January 1926) was an Indian politician who was elected as Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Handia Assembly constituency for three times. He was elected as an independent candidate in 1967 and in 1974 ...
from Independent (1967-1969)
Election results
2022
2017
Bahujan Samaj Party
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), a ...
candidate
Hakim Lal Bind won in
2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating
Apna Dal (Sonelal)
Apna Dal (Sonelal) is an Indian political party active in the Uttar Pradesh. The party finds its support base mainly in the Kurmi community in the region of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
History
The Apna Dal (Sonelal) is a breakaway party of Apna ...
candidate Pramila Devi by a margin of 8,526 votes.
References
External links
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Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
Politics of Prayagraj district