Colonelganj Assembly constituency
Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh
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Colonelganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the town of Colonelganj in the Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Colonelganj | |
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| Constituency No. 298 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Gonda |
| Total electors | 3,30,403 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Colonelganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 298 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Kunwar Madan Mohan Singh | Independent politician | |
| 1969 | Bhagelu Singh | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1974 | Raghuraj Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Triveni Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Umeshwar Pratap Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Kunwar Ajay Pratap Singh alias Lalla Bhaiya | Independent politician | |
| 1991 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 1993 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2002 | Yogesh Pratap Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2007 | Kunwar Ajay Pratap Singh alias Lalla Bhaiya | Indian National Congress | |
| 2008^ | Kunwari Brij Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2012 | Yogesh Pratap Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Kunwar Ajay Pratap Singh alias Lalla Bhaiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Ajay Kumar Singh | ||
^denotes by-poll
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ajay Kumar Singh | 108,109 | 55.8 | +10.39 | |
| SP | Yogesh Pratap Singh | 72,637 | 37.49 | +7.64 | |
| BSP | Ranjeet | 3,764 | 1.94 | −16.28 | |
| INC | Triloki Nath Tiwari | 3,756 | 1.94 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,399 | 1.24 | −0.29 | |
| Majority | 35,472 | 18.31 | +2.75 | ||
| Turnout | 193,761 | 58.64 | +0.69 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ajay Pratap Singh alias Lalla Bhaiya won in the Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Yogesh Pratap Singh by a margin of 28,405 votes.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ajay Pratap Singh | 82,867 | 45.41 | ||
| SP | Yogesh Pratap Singh | 54,462 | 29.85 | ||
| BSP | Santosh Kumar Tiwari | 33,241 | 18.22 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,748 | 1.53 | ||
| Majority | 28,405 | 15.56 | |||
| Turnout | 182,468 | 57.95 | |||