Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency
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Maharajganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Maharajganj in the Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Maharajganj | |
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| Constituency No. 318 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Maharajganj |
| Total electors | 386,617 (in 2017) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Maharajganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 318 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Ram Swaroop Mishra | Indian National Congress | |
| Rameshwar Prasad | |||
| 1957 | Amarnath Mishra | Independent | |
| Duryodhan | |||
| 1962 | Duryodhan | Socialist Party (India) | |
| 1967 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1969 | Hansraj | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |
| 1974 | Duryodhan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Dukkhi Prasad | Independent | |
| 1980 | Firangi Prasad Visharad | Janata Party (Secular) | |
| 1985 | Ram Lakshan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Keshav Prasad | Janata Dal | |
| 1991 | Ram Pyare Azad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Chandra Kishor | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | Sripati Azad | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2012 | Sudama Prasad | ||
| 2017 | Jai Mangal Kanojiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
Election results
edit2022
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Avdhesh Priyadarshi [2] | ||||
2017
editBharatiya Janta Party candidate Jai Mangal Kanojiya won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Nirmesh Mangal by a margin of 68,361 votes.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| BJP | Jai Mangal Kanojiya | 1,25,154 | 51.16 |  30.21
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| BSP | Nirmesh Mangal | 56,793 | 23.21 | 0.82
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| INC | Alok Prasad | 50,217 | 20.53 | 13.15
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| CPI | Ramkewal | 3,886 | 1.59 |  0.06
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| NISHAD | Sant Kirpal | 3,604 | 1.47 | New | |
| Remaining 4 Candidates | 4,989 | 2.04 | 
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| None of the Above | None of the Above | 2,573 | 1.05 | New | |
| Majority | 68,361 | 27.95 | 11.23
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| Turnout | 2,47,216 | 63.94 | 2.67
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| Registered electors | 3,86,617 | ||||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | 12.05
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Sudama | 84,581 | 39.11 |
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| BSP | Nirmesh Mangal | 48,426 | 22.39 |
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| BJP | Chandra Kishor | 45,301 | 20.95 |
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| INC | Alok Prasad | 15,972 | 7.38 |
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| PECP | Vishnu Dev | 7,438 | 3.44 |
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| CPI | Ramkewal | 3,572 | 1.65 |
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| Remaining 10 Candidates | 10,991 | 5.08 |
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| Majority | 36,155 | 16.72 |
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| Turnout | 2,16,281 | 61.27 |
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| SP hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Maharajganj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
External links
edit- "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.