Goverdhan (Assembly constituency)

Goverdhan गोवर्धन
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	Mathura
State	Uttar Pradesh
Electorate	272,700 (2012)
Current constituency
Created	1956
Party	Bahujan Samaj Party
MLA	Rajkumar Rawat
Reservation	None

Goverdhan Assembly constituency (Hindi: गोेवर्धन विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Mathura district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Mathura (Lok Sabha constituency). First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" (delimitation order) was passed in 1956.^[1] After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 83.^[2][3][4][5]

Wards / Areas

Extant of Goverdhan Assembly constituency is KC Goverdhan, PCs Konai, Basauti, Barhauta, Ral, Jikhangaon, Tosh, Jachonda, Maura, Bati, Chhatikara, Jaint, Maghera, Atas Bangar, Sunrakh Bangar, Dhaurera Bangar, Kota of Vrindaban KC, KC Kosi Khurd, PCs Sonsa, Madhurikund, Satoha Asgarpur, Junsuti, Uncha Gaon, Shahpur Chainpur, Umari, Tarsi, Usphar of Mathura KC, PCs Koyala Alipur, Karnawal, Bad, Bhainsa, Chhargaon, Sersa, Bhudrasu, Pura, Bhahai, Beri of Bad KC, Goverdhan NP, Radhakund NP & Sonkh NP of Mathura Tehsil.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

#	Term	Name	Party	From	To	Days	Comments	Ref
01	01st Vidhan Sabha	-	-	May-1952	Mar-1957	1,776	Constituency not in existence	[6]
02	02nd Vidhan Sabha	Jugal Kishore	Indian National Congress	Apr-1957	Mar-1962	1,800	-	[7]
03	03rd Vidhan Sabha	Acharya Jugal Kishore		Mar-1962	Mar-1967	1,828	-	[8]
04	04th Vidhan Sabha	Khem	Independent	Mar-1967	Apr-1968	402	-	[9]
05	05th Vidhan Sabha	Kanhaiya Lal	Indian National Congress	Feb-1969	Mar-1974	1,832	-	[10]
06	06th Vidhan Sabha	Gyanendra Swaroop	Bharatiya Kranti Dal	Mar-1974	Apr-1977	1,153	-	[11]
07	07th Vidhan Sabha		Janata Party	Jun-1977	Feb-1980	969	-	[12]
08	08th Vidhan Sabha	Kanhaiya Lal	Janata Party (Secular)	Jun-1980	Mar-1985	1,735	-	[13]
09	09th Vidhan Sabha	Baljeet	Indian National Congress	Mar-1985	Nov-1989	1,725	-	[14]
10	10th Vidhan Sabha	Gyanendra Swaroop	Janata Dal	Dec-1989	Apr-1991	488	-	[15]
11	11th Vidhan Sabha	Pooran Prakash		Jun-1991	Dec-1992	533	-	[16]
12	12th Vidhan Sabha	Ajay Kumar Poeia	Bharatiya Janata Party	Dec-1993	Oct-1995	693	-	[17]
13	13th Vidhan Sabha			Oct-1996	May-2002	1,967	-	[18]
14	14th Vidhan Sabha	Shyam		Feb-2002	May-2007	1,902	-	[19]
15	15th Vidhan Sabha	Pooran Prakash	Rashtriya Lok Dal	May-2007	Mar-2012	1,762	-	[20]
16	16th Vidhan Sabha	Rajkumar Rawat	Bahujan Samaj Party	Mar-2012	Incumbent	-	-	[21]

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections

2012 General Elections: Goverdhan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BSP	Rajkumar Rawat	63,725	34.76	-
	RLD	Megh Shyam Singh	42,230	23.04	-
	BJP	Karinda Singh	34,073	18.59	-
		Remainder 13 candidates	43,301	23.6	-
Majority			21,495	11.72	-
Turnout			183,329	67.23	-
	BSP gain from RLD		Swing

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See also

• Mathura district
• Mathura (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "DPACO (1956)" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
4. "All MLAs from Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved Oct 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
5. "Member list". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
6. "1951 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
7. "1957 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
8. "1962 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
9. "1967 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
10. "1969 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
11. "1974 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
12. "1977 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
13. "1980 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
14. "1985 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
15. "1989 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
16. "1991 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
17. "1993 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
18. "1996 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
19. "2002 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
20. "2007 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
21. "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)