Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency
| Maharajganj | |
|---|---|
| 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 a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Maharajganj in the Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
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
[edit]2022
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Avdhesh Priyadarshi [2] | ||||
2017
[edit]Bharatiya 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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2012
[edit]| 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.