Ghazipur Sadar Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Ghazipur Sadar is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Ghazipur Sadar in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Ghazipur Sadar | |
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| Constituency No. 375 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ghazipur |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Ghazipur Sadar is one of five assembly constituencies in the Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency.2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 375 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Pabbar Ram | Communist Party of India | |
| 1962 | Krishna Nand Rai | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Pabbar Ram | Communist Party of India | |
| 1969 | Ram Surat Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1974 | Shah Abdul Faiz | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |
| 1977 | Mohd Khalilullan Kuraishi | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Ram Narain | Janata Party (Secular) | |
| 1985 | Amitabh Anil Dubey | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Khursheed | Independent | |
| 1991 | Udai Pratap | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Election countermanded due to violence | ||
| 1994^ | Raj Bahadur | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1996 | Rajendra | Communist Party of India | |
| 2002 | Umashankar Kushwaha | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2007 | Saiyyada Shadab Fatima | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2012 | Vijay Kumar Mishra | ||
| 2017 | Sangeeta Balwant | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Jai Kisan Sahu | Samajwadi Party | |
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Jai Kishan Sahu | 92,472 | 40.81 | +12.96 | |
| BJP | Smt. Sangeeta Balwant Bind | 90,780 | 40.06 | −3.06 | |
| BSP | Dr. Raj Kumar Singh Gautam | 33,931 | 14.97 | −10.78 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 421 | 0.19 | −0.51 | |
| Majority | 1,692 | 0.75 | −14.52 | ||
| Turnout | 226,595 | 62.04 | −1.0 | ||
| SP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2017
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Sangeeta Balwant won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Rajesh Kushwaha by a margin of 32,607 votes.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sangeeta | 92,090 | 43.12 | ||
| SP | Rajesh Kushwaha | 59,483 | 27.85 | ||
| BSP | Santosh Kumar | 54,987 | 25.75 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,479 | 0.7 | ||
| Majority | 32,607 | 15.27 | |||
| Turnout | 213,558 | 63.04 | |||