Shahganj Assembly constituency

Shahganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Shahganj in the Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]

Shahganj
Constituency No. 365 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictJaunpur
Total electors4,07,439
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyNISHAD Party
Elected year2022

Shahganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 365 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member[2] Party
1952 Lakshmi Shankar Yadav Indian National Congress
Babu Nandan
1957 Kunwar Sripal Independent
Mata Prasad Indian National Congress
1962 Lakshmi Shankar Yadav
1967 Mata Prasad
1969
1974
1977 Chhotey Lal Janata Party
1980 Pahlwan Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Deep Chand Sonkar Lokdal
1989 Janata Dal
1991 Ram Paras Rajak Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Ram Dawar Bahujan Samaj Party
1996 Bankey Lal Sonkar Bharatiya Janata Party
2002 Jagdish Sonkar Samajwadi Party
2007
2012 Shailendra Yadav Lalai
2017
2022 Ramesh Singh NISHAD Party

Election results

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2022

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2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shahganj[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NISHAD Ramesh Singh
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
NISHAD gain from SP Swing

2017

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Samajwadi Party candidate Shailendra Yadav Lalai, won in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party candidate Rana Ajeet Pratap Singh by a margin of 9,162 votes.[4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "ShahganjElection and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ^ "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  5. ^ "State Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  6. ^ "State Election, 2012 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
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