Dhanghata Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Dhanghata is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Dhanghata in the Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 314 amongst 403 constituencies.
| Dhanghata | |
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| Constituency No. 314 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Sant Kabir Nagar |
| Total electors | 357,096 (2017) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Since 2017, Bharatiya Janta Party member Sriram Chauhan is the MLA, who won in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Agloo Prasad by a margin of 16,909 votes.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2012 | Alagoo Prasad Chauhan | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Sriram Chauhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Ganesh Chandra Chauhan | ||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ganeh Chandra | 83,241 | 38.5 |  1.23 | |
| SBSP | Alagu Prasad | 72,688 | 33.62 | ||
| BSP | Santosh | 40,693 | 18.82 | 7.11 | |
| Independent | Yashavant | 5,433 | 2.51 | ||
| Jan Adhikar Party | Narendra Dev | 3,960 | 1.83 | ||
| VIP | Amrit Kumar | 2,266 | 1.05 | ||
| INC | Shanti Devi | 1,971 | 0.91 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,915 | 0.89 | 0.05 | |
| Majority | 10,553 | 4.88 | 3.56 | ||
| Turnout | 216,222 | 55.81 | 0.27 | ||
| BJP gain from SBSP | Swing | ||||
2017
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Algoo Prasad Chauhan | 66,337 | 35.55 |  35.55 | |
| BSP | Ram Sidhare | 51,388 | 27.54 | 27.54 | |
| BJP | Neel Mani | 40,491 | 21.70 | 21.70 | |
| PECP | Surendra Kumar | 9,660 | 5.18 | 5.18 | |
| INC | Archana Mahatam | 9,293 | 4.98 | 4.98 | |
| SBSP | Om Hari | 3,726 | 2.00 | 2.00 | |
| Remainder 5 Candidates | 5,725 | 3.07 |  | ||
| Majority | 14,949 | 8.01 | 8.01 | ||
| Turnout | 1,86,620 | 55.30 | 55.30 | ||
| SP win (new seat) | |||||