Goshainganj Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Goshainganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Goshainganj in the Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 276 amongst 403 constituencies.[1]
| Goshainganj | |
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| Constituency No. 276 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ayodhya |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ambedkar Nagar |
| Total electors | 3,95,118 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Independent (BJP supported) |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2012 | Abhay Singh[2] | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Indra Pratap Tiwari[3] | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Abhay Singh | Samajwadi Party[a] | |
Election results
2027
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIA | |||||
| NDA | |||||
| BSP | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
2022
The constituency was won by Samajwadi Party member Abhay Singh, who won in the 2022 elections, defeating Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Aarti Tiwari by a margin of 13,079 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Abhay Singh | 105,863 | 43.87 | +9.57 | |
| BJP | Aarti Tiwari | 92,784 | 38.45 | −0.96 | |
| BSP | Ram Sagar | 37,271 | 15.45 | −5.02 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,747 | 0.72 | −0.56 | |
| Majority | 13,079 | 5.42 | +0.31 | ||
| Turnout | 241,298 | 61.07 | +0.63 | ||
| SP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Indra Pratap Alias Khabbu Tiwari | 89,586 | 39.41 | ||
| SP | Abhay Singh | 77,966 | 34.3 | ||
| BSP | Dharmraj Nishad | 46,528 | 20.47 | ||
| NISHAD | Ram Nayan | 5,137 | 2.26 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,878 | 1.28 | ||
| Majority | 11,620 | 5.11 | |||
| Turnout | 227,339 | 60.44 | |||