Charthawal Assembly constituency

Charthawal Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Muzaffarnagar district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1967 after the "Delimitation Orders (1967)" was passed. From 1967 to 2008, this constituency was reserved for candidates from scheduled caste community. In 2008, after the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed, this constituency was opened for all candidates.^[1][2][3][4]

Charthawal
Constituency No. 12 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Muzaffarnagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Muzaffarnagar
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pankaj Kumar Malik
Party	Samajwadi Party
Alliance	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Elected year	2022

Wards / areas

Extent of Charthawal Assembly constituency is Baghra, Charthawal, Kutesra, Dhindhawali, PCs Nara, Jarauda, Bahadarpur, Lachheda, Sujru, Bihari, Harsauli, Tawli, Simli, Vahalana, Nirmana, Barwala of Kukra KC & Charthawal NP of Muzaffarnagar Tehsil.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[5]	Party
1967	Harish Chandra		Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Nain Singh		Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1974	Nand Ram
1977			Janata Party
1980	Ram Prasad		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Phool Singh		Indian National Congress
1989	G. S. Vinod		Janata Dal
1991
1993	Randhir Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
1996
2002	Gufran kazmi		Bahujan Samaj Party
2007	Anil Kumar
2012	Noor Saleem Rana
2017	Vijay Kumar Kashyap		Bharatiya Janta Party
2022	Pankaj Kumar Malik		Samajwadi Party

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Charthawal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Pankaj Kumar Malik	97,363	43.82	15.42
	BJP	Sapna Kashyap	92,029	41.42	1.82
	BSP	Salman Sayeed	25,131	11.31	11.69
	AIMIM	Tahir Husain Ansari	3,234	1.46	new
	INC	Yasmeen Rao	965	0.43
	NOTA	None of the above	878	0.40
Majority			5,334	2.40
Turnout			2,22,190	67.05
	SP gain from BJP		Swing

2017

2017 Assembly Election: Charthawal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vijay Kumar Kashyap	82,046	39.84
	SP	Mukesh Chaudhary	58,815	28.56
	BSP	Noor Saleem Rana	47,704	23.16
	RLD	Salman Zaidi	14,442	7.01
Majority			23,231	11.28
Turnout			2,06,694	65.84
	BJP gain from BSP		Swing

2012

2012 General Elections:Charthawal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Noor Saleem Rana	53,481	31.02	–
	BJP	Vijay Kumar Kashyap	40,775	23.65	–
	SP	Mukesh Chaudhary	34,292	19.89	–
	INC	S. Saiduzzaman	26,523	15.38	–
Majority			12,706	7.37	–
Turnout			172,399	59.22	–
	BSP hold		Swing	–

See also

• Government of Uttar Pradesh
• Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha constituency
• List of Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
• Muzaffarnagar district
• Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Uttar Pradesh