Chakia Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Chakia is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Chakia in the Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
| Chakia | |
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| Constituency No. 383 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Chandauli |
| Total electors | 3,78,414 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Chakia is one of five assembly constituencies in the Robertsganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 383 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Ram Lakhan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Bechan Ram | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | Ram Lakhan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1974 | Bechan Ram | ||
| 1977 | Shyam Deo | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Kharpat Ram | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Satyaprakash Sonkar | Janata Dal | |
| 1991 | Rajesh Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | |||
| 1996 | Satyaprakash Sonkar | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2002 | Shivtapasya Paswan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2007 | Jitendra Kumar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2012 | Poonam Sonkar | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Sharada Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Kailash Kharwar | ||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kailash | 97,812 | 39.63 |  1.67 | |
| SP | Jitendra Kumar | 88,561 | 35.88 |  15.13 | |
| BSP | Vikas Azad | 44,530 | 18.04 | 14.71 | |
| Jan Adhikar Party | Subash Sonakar | 5,148 | 2.09 | 1.71 | |
| CPI(M) | Jainath | 2,406 | 0.97 | 0.35 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,511 | 1.02 | 0.35 | |
| Majority | 9,251 | 3.75 | 4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 246,794 | 65.22 | 0.99 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Sharada Prasad of the Bharatiya Janta Party, defeated Jitendra Kumar of the Bahujan Samaj Party by a margin of 20,063 votes during the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sharada Prasad | 96,890 | 41.3 | ||
| BSP | Jitendra Kumar | 76,827 | 32.75 | ||
| SP | Poonam | 48,687 | 20.75 | ||
| CPI(M) | Sriprasad | 3,098 | 1.32 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,162 | 1.37 | ||
| Majority | 20,063 | 8.55 | |||
| Turnout | 234,587 | 64.23 | |||