Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency

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Maharajganj
Constituency No. 318 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictMaharajganj
Total electors386,617 (in 2017)
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
Elected year2022

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

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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

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2022

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2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Maharajganj[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jay Mangal 136,071 51.8 Increase1.17
Independent Nirmesh Mangal 59,168 22.53
SBSP Geeta Ratna 22,395 8.53
BSP Omprakash 20,466 7.79 Decrease15.18
AIMIM Jitendra 7,751 2.95
INC Alok Prasad 5,865 2.23 Decrease18.08
CPI Ramkeval 2,814 1.07 Decrease0.5
NOTA None of the above 2,848 1.08 Increase0.03
Majority 76,903 29.27 Increase1.61
Turnout 262,672 63.45 Decrease0.49
BJP hold Swing


2017

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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]

2017 Assembly Elections: Maharajganj (SC)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jai Mangal Kanojiya 125,154 50.63
BSP Nirmesh Mangal 56,793 22.97
INC Alok Prasad 50,217 20.31
CPI Ramkewal 3,886 1.57
NISHAD Sant Kirpal 3,604 1.46
NOTA None of the above 2,573 1.05
Majority 68,361 27.66
Turnout 247,216 63.94
BJP gain from SP Swing Increase12.05


2012

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2012 Assembly Elections: Maharajganj (SC)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Sudama 84,581 39.11 Steady
BSP Nirmesh Mangal 48,426 22.39 Steady
BJP Chandra Kishor 45,301 20.95 Steady
INC Alok Prasad 15,972 7.38 Steady
PECP Vishnu Dev 7,438 3.44 Steady
CPI Ramkewal 3,572 1.65 Steady
Remaining 10 Candidates 10,991 5.08 Steady
Majority 36,155 16.72 Steady
Turnout 2,16,281 61.27 Steady
SP hold Swing


References

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  1. ^ "Maharajganj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 25 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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