Paniyara Assembly constituency

Paniyara is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Paniyara in the Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Paniyara
Constituency No. 319 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Maharajganj
Total electors	3,98,745 (2017)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gyanendra Singh
Party	Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected year	2022

Paniyara is one of five assembly constituencies in the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 319 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[1]	Party
1967	Vir Bahadur Singh		Indian National Congress
1969
1974
1977	Gunjeshwar Tripathi		Independent
1980	Vir Bahadur Singh		Indian National Congress
1985
1989	Ganpat Singh		Independent
1991	Fateh Bahadur Singh		Indian National Congress
1993	Ganpat Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Fateh Bahadur Singh		Indian National Congress
2002			Bharatiya Janata Party
2007			Bahujan Samaj Party
2012	Deo Narayan Singh
2017	Gyanendra Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Paniyara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gyanendra Singh	143531	41.57	9.82
	SP	Krishnabhan
	BSP	Omprakash Chaurasia
	AAP	Avdhesh Singh Saithwar [2]
	INC	Shardendu Kumar Pandey
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

2017

2017 Assembly Elections: Paniyara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gyanendra Singh	1,19,308	49.35	24.72
	BSP	Ganesh Shankar Pandey	51,817	21.43	5.12
	INC	Talat Aziz	48,004	19.86	3.08
	NISHAD	Suman	10,762	4.45	New
	RLD	Ganpat Singh	3,561	1.47	New
		Remaining 9 Candidates	8,310	2.56
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,124	0.88	New
Majority			67,491	27.92	25.99
Turnout			2,43,886	61.16	2.83
Registered electors			3,98,745
	BJP gain from BSP		Swing	22.79

2012

2012 Assembly Elections: Paniyara^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Deo Narayan Singh	56,114	26.56
	BJP	Gyanendra Singh	52,031	24.63
	SP	Janardan Prasad Ojha	39,264	18.59
	INC	Talat Aziz	35,451	16.78
	PECP	Diwakar	4,314	2.04
		Remaining 17 Candidates	24,051	11.40
Majority			4,083	1.93
Turnout			2,11,265	58.33
	BSP hold		Swing