| Deoband | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 5 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Saharanpur |
| Total electors | 3,48,944 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2017 |
Deoband is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Saharanpur district and one of five assembly constituencies in the Saharanpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 5 amongst 403 constituencies. Prior to 2008, when the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" came into effect, this constituency was number 400.[1]
On 16 March 2017, newly elected MLA Brijesh Singh announced he intended to rename the constituency Dev-vrand.[2]
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "After Deoband win, comes the saffron push: MLA wants to rename constituency as Dev Vrand". 17 March 2017.