Gauriganj Assembly constituency
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| Gauriganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 185 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| File:185-Gauriganj.svg | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Amethi |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Gauriganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Gauriganj in the Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
Gauriganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 185 amongst 403 constituencies.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Rakesh Pratap Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2022[2] | |||
Election results
[edit | edit source]2022
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Rakesh Pratap Singh | 79,040 | 38.96 | +0.21 | |
| BJP | Chandraprakash Mishra Matiyari | 72,077 | 35.53 | +23.77 | |
| INC | Fateh Bahadur | 28,964 | 14.28 | −11.33 | |
| BSP | Ramlakhan | 9,872 | 4.87 | −11.97 | |
| Jansatta Dal (L) | Chaudhary Nafees Ahamad | 7,056 | 3.48 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,920 | 0.95 | +0.37 | |
| Majority | 6,963 | 3.43 | −9.71 | ||
| Turnout | 202,856 | 57.94 | −1.94 | ||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
[edit | edit source]Samajwadi Party candidate Rakesh Pratap Singh won in 2017 defeating Indian National Congress candidate Mohammad Nayem by a margin of 26,419 votes.[3] On 31 October 2021, Singh resigned from the 17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly citing "non-fulfilment of promises" by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Partygovernment.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Rakesh Pratap Singh | 77,915 | 38.75 | ||
| INC | Mohammad Nayeem | 51,496 | 25.61 | ||
| BSP | Vijay Kishor | 33,848 | 16.84 | ||
| BJP | Uma Shankar Pandey | 23,642 | 11.76 | ||
| RLD | Ravindra Kumar | 1,876 | 0.93 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,155 | 0.58 | ||
| Majority | 26,419 | 13.14 | |||
| Turnout | 201,048 | 59.88 | |||
References
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External links
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