Bhojipura Assembly constituency

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Bhojipura Assembly constituency

Bhojipura is a seat in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, located in Bareilly district. It is part of the Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency was created in 1956 and first voted in 1957. After the 2008 delimitation, it was assigned the identification number 120. The seat has no reservation.

Key details
- Country: India; State: Uttar Pradesh; Region: North India; District: Bareilly
- Electors: about 289,000 (2012 data)
- Current MLA: Shazil Islam Ansari (Samajwadi Party), elected in 2022 (18th UP Assembly)

Area covered
The constituency includes KC Shergarh, Devraniya Nagar Panchayat, and Shergarh Nagar Panchayat in Baheri tehsil; and Bhojipura, Rithora, CB Ganj, Rithora Nagar Panchayat, Dhaura Tanda Nagar Panchayat, and Pipalsana Chaudhdhari (CT) in Bareilly tehsil.

Notable people
- Bahoran Lal Maurya – former MLA and minister; later became a Member of the Legislative Council
- Yogesh Patel – local leader who left the BJP and joined BSP

Election results at a glance
- 2022: SP’s Shahzil Islam Ansari won with 119,402 votes (45.88%); BJP’s Bahoran Lal Maurya 109,993 (42.26%); BSP’s Yogesh Patel 26,909 (10.34%); turnout about 68.8%.
- 2017: BJP’s Bahoran Lal Maurya won with 100,381 votes (42.07%); SP’s Shazil Islam Ansari 72,617 (30.43%); BSP’s Suleman Beg 49,882 (20.9%).
- 2012: Ittehad-e-Millat Council’s Shazil Islam Ansari won with 65,531 votes (32.55%); SP’s Virendra Singh Gangwar 47,583 (23.63%); BJP’s Bahoran Lal Maurya 34,281 (17.03%).