Bansgaon Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Bansgaon is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Bansgaon in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Bansgaon | |
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| Constituency No. 327 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Gorakhpur |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
| Preceded by | Vijay Kumar |
Bansgaon is one of five assembly constituencies in the Bansgaon Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 327 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Ganesh Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Jagdish Singh | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1967^ | Masali Devi | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1977 | Babu Lal | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Kailash Prasad | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Mithai Lal Shastri | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1991 | Yadhu Nath | ||
| 1993 | Molai | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1996 | Sant Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2002 | Sadal Prasad | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Vijay Kumar | ||
| 2017 | Vimlesh Paswan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vimlesh Paswan | 87,224 | 46.26 |  6.01 | |
| SP | Sanjay Kumar | 54,915 | 29.13 | 4.5 | |
| BSP | Ramnayan Azad | 37,204 | 19.73 |  7.72 | |
| INC | Poonam | 2,050 | 1.09 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,460 | 0.77 | 0.44 | |
| Majority | 32,309 | 17.13 | 4.33 | ||
| Turnout | 188,542 | 49.48 | 1.25 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Vimlesh Paswan won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Dharmendra Kumar by a margin of 22,873 votes.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vimlesh Paswan | 71,966 | 40.25 | ||
| BSP | Dharmendra Kumar | 49,093 | 27.45 | ||
| SP | Sharada Devi | 44,051 | 24.63 | ||
| NISHAD | Nandlal | 7,892 | 4.41 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,143 | 1.21 | ||
| Majority | 22,873 | 12.8 | |||
| Turnout | 178,818 | 48.23 | |||
| BJP gain from BSP | Swing | ||||