Charkhari (Assembly constituency)
Charkhari is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the entire sub-district of Kulpahar and part of sub-district Charkhari in the Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is mainly a rural constituency having three small urban centers of Kulpahar, Charkhari and Kharela.
Charkhari is one of five assembly constituencies in the Hamirpur. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 231 amongst 403 constituencies.
Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Brijbhusan Rajpoot alias Guddu Bhaiya who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Lagislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Urmila Devi by a margin of 44,014 votes.Election results
- 1962: Mohan Lal Ahirwar, Indian National Congress
- 1967: J. Singh, Independent
- 1969: Chandra Narain Singh, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- 1974: Kashi Prasad, Bharatiya Kranti Dal
- 1977: Mohan Lal, Indian National Congress
- 1980: Mohan Lal, Indian National Congress
- 1985: Mihi Lal, Indian National Congress
- 1989: Kashi Prasad, Janata Dal
- 1991: Mihi Lal, Indian National Congress
- 1993: Udai Prakash, Bahujan Samaj Party
- 1996: Chhotey Lal, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2002: Ambesh Kumari, Samajwadi Party
- 2007: Anil Kumar Ahirwar, Bahujan Samaj Party
- 2012: Uma Bharti, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2014: Kaptan Singh, Samajwadi Party
- 2015: Urmila Rajput, Samajwadi Party
- 2017: Brijbhushan Rajpoot, Bharatiya Janata Party