Amroha District Prepares for 2027 Assembly Elections: A Competitive Landscape Awaits
With the 2027 assembly elections approaching, Amrohas political scene is heating up after a competitive 2022.
Amroha, October 26 (Daily Kiran) : In Amroha district, Uttar Pradesh, preparations are underway for the upcoming assembly elections in 2027. The district comprises four assembly constituencies, where the previous election in 2022 saw a close contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP), with each party winning two seats.
Amroha, established as a separate district from Moradabad on April 15, 1997, was formerly known as Jyotiba Phule Nagar. At its inception, the district included three tehsils: Amroha, Dhanora, and Hasanpur. Today, it has four tehsils, including the newly added Nauganwa Sadat.
The Dhanora assembly seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes, currently represented by BJP’s Rajiv Tarara. In Hasanpur, the BJP’s Mahendra Singh Khadgavanshi serves as the incumbent. The Nauganwa Sadat constituency is represented by SP’s Samar Pal Singh, while Mahbub Ali from the SP holds the Amroha seat.
In the 2022 assembly elections, Rajiv Tarara defeated SP’s Vivek Singh in Dhanora by over 11,000 votes, securing a total of 103,054 votes against Singh’s 91,629. The Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) Harpal Singh finished third with 43,974 votes, while the Congress candidate received only 1,385 votes.
In Nauganwa Sadat, SP’s Samar Pal Singh won against BJP’s Devendra Nagpat by more than 6,500 votes, garnering 108,497 votes compared to Nagpat’s 101,957. The constituency had a total of 12 candidates, with BSP’s Shadab Khan and Congress’s Rekha Rani finishing third and fourth, respectively.
Meanwhile, in Hasanpur, Mahendra Singh Khadgavanshi of the BJP secured a decisive victory over SP’s Mukhiya Gurjar, winning by over 22,000 votes. Khadgavanshi received 120,135 votes, while the SP candidate garnered 97,753 votes. A total of 14 candidates contested in Hasanpur.
In Amroha, the SP dominated, with Mahbub Ali winning by over 71,000 votes. He received 128,735 votes, while BJP’s Ram Singh managed 57,699 votes. BSP’s Mohammad Naveed Ayaz received 34,585 votes, with a total of 10 candidates competing for the Amroha seat in 2022.
As the 2027 elections approach, all eyes will be on Amroha to see how the political dynamics evolve in this competitive landscape.
