Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2027: A Look at Bulandshahrs Seven Constituencies

Bulandshahr, November 1 (Daily Kiran) : Bulandshahr, located in the western part of Uttar Pradesh, holds significant political and social importance. The district comprises seven assembly constituencies, and in the last two elections (2017 and 2022), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured victories in all of them.

The seven constituencies in Bulandshahr are Sikandrabad, Bulandshahr, Syana, Anupshahr, Dibai, Shikarpur, and Khurja. Currently, the BJP representatives include Lakshmi Raj Singh from Sikandrabad, Pradeep Kumar Chaudhary from Bulandshahr, Devendra Singh Lodhi from Syana, Sanjay Kumar Sharma from Anupshahr, Chandrapal Singh from Dibai, and Meenakshi Singh from Khurja. However, the Shikarpur seat became vacant this September following the passing of its MLA, Anil Sharma.

In the 2022 elections, Lakshmi Raj Singh defeated Samajwadi Party’s Rahul Yadav by over 29,000 votes in Sikandrabad. Singh garnered a total of 125,644 votes, while Yadav received 96,301. This constituency saw a total of 11 candidates contesting.

In Bulandshahr, Pradeep Kumar Chaudhary won by a margin of over 25 votes against the Rashtriya Lok Dal’s Mohammad Yunus. Chaudhary secured 127,076 votes, compared to Yunus’s 101,246. Candidates from the BSP and Congress finished third and fourth, respectively, in a field of 11 participants.

The Syana constituency saw BJP’s Devendra Singh Lodhi triumph over the Rashtriya Lok Dal’s Dilnawaz Khan by nearly 90,000 votes. Lodhi received 149,125 votes, while Khan managed only 59,468. A total of eight candidates contested in this constituency.

Sanjay Kumar Sharma from the BJP won Anupshahr by defeating BSP’s Rameshwar by over 77,000 votes. Sharma obtained 125,602 votes, while Rameshwar received 47,979. The NCP’s KK Sharma came in third with 44,180 votes, amidst a total of 11 candidates.

Chandrapal Singh won the Dibai seat by over 68,000 votes against the Samajwadi Party’s Harish Lodhi. Singh garnered 128,640 votes, while Lodhi secured 60,615. The BSP and Congress candidates finished third and fourth, respectively, among seven contenders.

Meenakshi Singh from Khurja won her seat in the 2022 elections by over 67,000 votes, earning 137,461 votes. The Samajwadi Party’s Banshi Singh received 70,377 votes, while the BSP’s Vinod managed 45,325 votes, placing third. Congress candidate Tukki finished fourth with a mere 2,643 votes.

The Shikarpur constituency is currently vacant. In the 2022 elections, Anil Sharma defeated the Rashtriya Lok Dal’s Kiranpal Singh by over 55,000 votes, securing 113,855 votes against Singh’s 58,172. Nine candidates contested in this seat during the last elections.