Jakhanian Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Jakhanian is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Jakhanian in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
| Jakhanian | |
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| Constituency No. 373 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ghazipur |
| Total electors | 4,32,337 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | SBSP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Jakhanian is one of five assembly constituencies in the Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 373 amongst 403 constituencies.[2][3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Deo Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1974 | Jhilmit Ram | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |
| 1977 | Deo Ram | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Jhilmit Ram | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1984^ | Chhedi Ram | Janata Party (Secular) | |
| 1985 | Jhilmit Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Rajnath Sonkar Shastri | Janata Dal | |
| 1991 | Girdhari | ||
| 1993 | Chandra Shekhar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1996 | Vijay Kumar | ||
| 2002 | Chhedi Ram | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2007 | Vijay Kumar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2012 | Subba Ram | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Triveni Ram | Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party | |
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBSP | Triveni Ram | 113,378 | 44.53 | +9.54 | |
| BJP | Ramraj Vanvasi (Mushar) | 76,513 | 30.05 | ||
| BSP | Vijay Kumar | 51,585 | 20.26 | −7.63 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,544 | 0.61 | −0.16 | |
| Majority | 36,865 | 14.48 | +12.33 | ||
| Turnout | 254,608 | 58.89 | −1.32 | ||
| SBSP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party candidate Triveni Ram won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Gareeb by a margin of 5,157 votes.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBSP | Triveni Ram | 84,158 | 34.99 | ||
| SP | Gareeb | 79,001 | 32.84 | ||
| BSP | Sanjiv Kumar | 67,077 | 27.89 | ||
| NCP | Keshnath Prasad | 2,368 | 0.98 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,837 | 0.77 | ||
| Majority | 5,157 | 2.15 | |||
| Turnout | 240,534 | 60.21 | |||