Kapilvastu is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Kapilvastu in the Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Kapilvastu | |
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| Constituency No. 303 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Siddharthnagar |
| Total electors | 4,52,988 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2017 |
Kapilvastu is one of five assembly constituencies in the Domariyaganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 303 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
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Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist
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| 2012 | Vijay Kumar | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Shyam Dhani | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
Election results
edit2022
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Shyam Dhani | 122,940 | 48.72 | ||
| SP | Vijay Kumar | 92,001 | 36.46 | ||
| BSP | Kanhaiya Prasad | 26,662 | 10.57 | ||
| Sabka Dal United | Bhaggan | 2,698 | 1.07 | ||
| INC | Devendra Singh Guddu | 2,484 | 0.98 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,279 | 0.90 | ||
| Majority | 30,939 | 12.26 | |||
| Turnout | 252,356 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
editBharatiya Janta Party candidate Shyam Dhani won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Vijay Kumar by a margin of 38,154 votes.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| BJP | Shyam Dhani | 1,14,082 | 49.07 |  27.26
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| SP | Vijay Kumar | 75,928 | 24.31 |  16.88
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| BSP | Chandra Bhan | 37,166 | 15.98 | 0.95
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| NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,623 | 1.13 | 1.13
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| Remainder 3 candidates | 5,330 | 2.27 | 
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| Majority | 38,154 | 16.23 | 3.16
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| Turnout | 2,35,172 | 54.61 | 5.04
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| BJP gain from SP | Swing | 0.65
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16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| SP | Vijay Kumar | 78,344 | 41.19 | 41.19
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| BJP | Sri Ram Chauhan | 41,474 | 21.81 | 21.81
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| BSP | Patturam Azad | 32,204 | 16.93 | 16.93
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| INC | Kailash Prasad | 11,554 | 6.07 | 6.07
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| Independent | Manju Devi | 8,776 | 4.61 | 4.61
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| Independent | Anil Kumar | 4,479 | 2.35 | 2.35
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| PECP | Motilal Vidyarthi | 3,510 | 1.85 | 1.85
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| Independent | Shiv Dayal | 1.895 | 1.00 | 1.00
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| Remainder 8 candidates | 7,960 | 4.19 |
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| Majority | 36,870 | 19.39 | 19.39
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| Turnout | 1,90,196 | 49.56 |
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| SP win (new seat) | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Kapilvastu Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2022 Result". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
External links
edit- "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.