Kaptanganj Assembly constituency
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| Kaptanganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 308 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| File:308-Kaptanganj.svg | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Basti |
| Total electors | 3,65,410 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Kaptanganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Kaptanganj in the Basti district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1][2][3]
Kaptanganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Basti Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 308 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]| Year | Member[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Ram Lakhan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Milan Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Ambika Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Krishan Kinkar Singh | Independent | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1993 | Ram Prasad Chaudhary | Samajwadi Party | |
| 1996 | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
| 2002 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2007 | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
| 2012 | |||
| 2017 | Chandra Prakash Shukla | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Kavindra Chaudhary | Samajwadi Party | |
Election results
[edit | edit source]2022
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Kavindra Chaudhary | 94,273 | 43.66 | ||
| BJP | Chandra Prakash Shukla | 70,094 | 32.46 | Decrease2.61 | |
| BSP | Zaheer Ahmad | 40,381 | 18.7 | Decrease12.97 | |
| INC | Ambika Singh | 3,527 | 1.63 | Decrease28.27 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,221 | 0.57 | Decrease0.38 | |
| Majority | 24,179 | 11.2 | Increase7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 215,925 | 59.09 | Increase0.92 | ||
| SP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2017
[edit | edit source]This seat belonged to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Chandra Prakash Shukla who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ram Prasad Chaudhary by a margin of 6,827 votes.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Chandra Prakash Shukla | 70,527 | 35.07 | ||
| BSP | Ram Prasad Chaudhary | 63,700 | 31.67 | ||
| INC | Krishna Kinkar Singh Rana | 60,142 | 29.9 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,898 | 0.95 | ||
| Majority | 6,827 | 3.4 | |||
| Turnout | 201,124 | 58.17 | |||
| BJP gain from BSP | Swing | Decrease0.69 | |||
2012
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Ram Prasad Chaudhary | 67,416 | 36.05 | − | |
| SP | Trayambak Nath | 56,346 | 30.13 | − | |
| INC | Krishna Kinkar Singh Rana | 46,636 | 24.94 | − | |
| BJP | Ganesh Narayan Mishra | 5,741 | 3.07 | ||
| Remainder 11 candidates | 10,853 | 5.80 | − | ||
| Majority | 11,070 | 5.92 | |||
| Turnout | 1,86,992 | 59.66 | |||
| BSP hold | Swing | ||||
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External links
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