Bhagwantnagar Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Bhagwant Nagar Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[1] It covers the city of Bhagwantnagar in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
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| Constituency No. 166 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Unnao |
| Total electors | 4,17,945 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Bhagwantnagar is one of six assembly constituencies in the Unnao Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 166 amongst 403 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Members of Vidhan Sabha
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Bhagwati Singh Visharad | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | Dev Dutt | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Bhagwati Singh Visharad | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1974 | |||
| 1977 | Devaki Nandan | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Bhagwati Singh Visharad | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Devaki Nandan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1991 | Bhagwati Singh Visharad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1993 | Devaki Nandan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1996 | Kripa Shankar Singh | ||
| 2002 | Natthu Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2007 | Kripa Shankar Singh | ||
| 2012 | Kuldeep Singh Sengar | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Hriday Narayan Dikshit | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Ashutosh Shukla | ||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ashutosh Shukla | 127,118 | 51.28 |  7.03 | |
| SP | Ankit Singh Parihar | 84,108 | 33.93 | ||
| BSP | Brij Kishor | 28,441 | 11.47 |  10.01 | |
| INC | Jang Bahadur Singh | 2,580 | 1.04 | 20.13 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,319 | 0.94 | 0.24 | |
| Majority | 43,010 | 17.35 | 5.42 | ||
| Turnout | 247,886 | 59.31 | 2.11 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
- Hriday Narayan Dikshit (BJP) : 103,698 votes
- Shashank Shekhr SinghBahujan Samaj Party : 50,332[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Hriday Narayan Dikshit | 103,698 | 44.25 | ||
| BSP | Shashank Shekhar Singh | 50,332 | 21.48 | ||
| INC | Ankit Parihar | 49,605 | 21.17 | ||
| LKD | Kripa Shankar Singh | 18,988 | 8.1 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,730 | 1.18 | ||
| Majority | 53,366 | 22.77 | |||
| Turnout | 234,335 | 57.2 | |||
1977
- Devaki Nandan (Janata Party) : 36,428 votes
- Bhagwati Singh Visharad (INC) : 25,817 [5]