Gainsari Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Gainsari is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Gainsari in the Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1][2]
| Gainsari | |
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| Constituency No. 292 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Balrampur |
| Total electors | 3,65,598 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Gainsari is one of five assembly constituencies in the Shravasti Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 292 amongst 403 constituencies.
Currently this seat belongs to Samajwadi Party candidate Shiv Pratap Yadav who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Shailesh Kumar Singh by a margin of 5,837 votes.[3]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | S. B. Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1969 | Vijay Pal Singh | ||
| 1974 | |||
| 1977 | Vindu Lal | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Aqbal Husain | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Arun Pratap Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Aqbal Husain | ||
| 1991 | Vindu Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Shiv Pratap Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| 1996 | Vindu Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2002 | Shiv Pratap Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2007 | Alauddin Khan | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2012 | Shiv Pratap Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Shailesh Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Shiv Pratap Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2024^ | Rakesh Kumar Yadav | ||
^By Election
Election results
2024 bypoll
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Rakesh Kumar Yadav | 87,120 | 46.76 |  7.08 | |
| BJP | Shailesh Kumar Singh | 77,683 | 41.7 | 5.09 | |
| BSP | Mohammad Haris Khan | 16,983 | 9.12 |  7.69 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,364 | 0.73 | 0.19 | |
| Majority | 9,437 | 5.06 | 1.99 | ||
| Turnout | 1,86,304 | ||||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Shiv Pratap Yadav | 75,345 | 39.68 | +16.03 | |
| BJP | Shailesh Kumar Singh | 69,508 | 36.61 | +8.2 | |
| BSP | Alauddin Khan | 31,914 | 16.81 | −10.43 | |
| INC | Ishtiyaq Ahmed Khan | 3,984 | 2.1 | ||
| AIMIM | Shahabuddin | 3,398 | 1.79 | +0.18 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,744 | 0.92 | −0.07 | |
| Majority | 5,837 | 3.07 | +1.9 | ||
| Turnout | 189,885 | 51.94 | −4.13 | ||
| SP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Shailesh Kumar Singh | 55,716 | 28.41 | ||
| BSP | Alauddin | 53,413 | 27.24 | ||
| SP | Shiv Pratap Yadav | 46,378 | 23.65 | ||
| Independent | Anurag | 27,652 | 14.1 | ||
| AIMIM | Manzoor Alam Khan | 3,160 | 1.61 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,914 | 0.99 | ||
| Majority | 2,303 | 1.17 | |||
| Turnout | 196,103 | 56.07 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||