Dhampur Assembly constituency

Dhampur Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Bijnor district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Nagina Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the delimitation order (DPACO – 1956) was passed in 1956. The constituency was assigned identification number 20 after "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed in the year 2008.^[1][2][3][4]

Dhampur
Constituency No. 20 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bijnor
Lok Sabha constituency	Nagina
Total electors	252,629 (2012)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ashok Kumar Rana
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022
Preceded by	Mool Chand Chauhan

Wards and areas

Extent of Dhampur Assembly constituency is KC Sherkot, PCs Ajitpurdasi, Berkhera Tanda, Chak Mohmad Nagar, Jamapur, Jasmor, Manpur Shivpuri, Mitthepur, Moh. Alipur Madho, Mukerpuri, Palanpur, Rasoolpur Mohd. Kuli, Sabdalpur, Saddober, Safiyabad, Salarabad, Seohara of Seohara KC, PCs Amkhera Shanjarpur, Bamnoli, Chakrajmal, Dhampur Husainpur, Fatehullapur Khas, Mauzampur Jaitra, Mohri, Mozampur Suraj, Nindru of Dhampur KC, Dhampur MB, Sherkot MB & Seohara MB of Dhampur Tehsil.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[5]	Party
1957	Girdhari Lal		Indian National Congress
	Khub Singh
1962	Khub Singh
1967	Govind Sahai
1969	Sattar Ahmad		Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1974			Indian National Congress
1977	Haripal Singh Shastri		Janata Party
1980	Shiam Singh		Janata Party (Secular)
1985	Basant Singh		Indian National Congress
1989	Surendra Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
1991	Rajendra Singh
1993
1996	Mool Chand Chauhan		Samajwadi Party
2002
2007	Ashok Kumar Rana		Bahujan Samaj Party
2012	Mool Chand Chauhan		Samajwadi Party
2017	Ashok Kumar Rana		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhampur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashok Kumar Rana	81,791	39.89	−2.69
	SP	Naimul Ul Hasan	81,588	39.79	+6.46
	BSP	Thakur Mool Chand Chauhan	38,993	19.01	−3.19
	NOTA	None of the above	834	0.41	−0.12
Majority			203	0.1	−9.15
Turnout			205,067	67.82	−0.54
	BJP hold		Swing

2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhampur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashok Kumar Rana	82,169	42.58
	SP	Thakur Mool Chand Chauhan	64,305	33.33
	BSP	Mohd. Ghazi	42,836	22.2
	NOTA	None of the above	1,020	0.53
Majority			17,864	9.25
Turnout			192,961	68.36
	BJP gain from SP		Swing

2012

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections^[8]

2012 General Elections: Dhampur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Thakur Mool Chand Chauhan	53,365	33.12	–
	BSP	Ashok Kumar Rana	52,801	32.77	–
	INC	Anwar Jamil	36,995	22.96	–
		Remainder 15 candidates	17,963	11.15	–
Majority			564	0.35	–
Turnout			161,124	63.78	–
	SP gain from BSP		Swing

See also

• Bijnor district
• Sahaspur
• Government of Uttar Pradesh
• List of Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
• Nagina Lok Sabha constituency
• Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Uttar Pradesh