Raniganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Raniganj in the Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
| Raniganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 250 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Pratapgarh |
| Total electors | 3,36,072 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Raniganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 250 amongst 403 constituencies. Dr RK Verma from Samajwadi Party is current MLA.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist
| |||
| 2012 | Shivakant Ojha | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Dheeraj Ojha | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Rakesh Kumar Verma | Samajwadi Party | |
Election results
edit2022
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Dr. R K Verma | 75,583 | 40.05 | ||
| BJP | Abhay Kumar (Dheeraj Ojha) | 72,934 | 38.65 | ||
| BSP | Ajay Yadav | 21,411 | 11.35 | ||
| AIMIM | Anil Kumar | 11,748 | 6.23 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,139 | 0.60 | ||
| INC | Abdul Wahid | 1,085 | 0.57 | ||
| Rest of the candidates | ~4,500 | 2.30 | |||
| Majority | 2,649 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| SP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2017
editBharatiya Janta Party's Dhiraj Ojha won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Shakeel Ahmad Khan by a margin of 9,009 votes.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Raniganj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
External links
edit- "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.