Jalalpur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Jalalpur is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Jalalpur in the Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Jalalpur | |
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| Constituency No. 280 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ambedkar Nagar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ambedkar Nagar |
| Total electors | 4,07,064 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
| Preceded by | Subhash Rai |
Jalalpur is one of five assembly constituencies in the Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 280 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Bahujan Samaj Party is the most successful political party in Jalalpur Assembly elections.
| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Jagdamba Prasad | Independent | |
| 1969 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1974 | Bhagwati Prasad | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Sher Bahadur Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Independent | ||
| 1989 | Ram Lakhan Verma | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1993 | |||
| 1996 | Sher Bahadur Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2002 | Rakesh Pandey | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2007 | Sher Bahadur Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2012 | Samajwadi Party | ||
| 2017 | Ritesh Pandey | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2019^ | Subhash Rai | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2022 | Rakesh Pandey | ||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Rakesh Pandey | 93,668 | 36.18 |  4.58 | |
| BSP | Rajesh Singh | 80,038 | 30.91 |  0.34 | |
| BJP | Subhash Rai | 71,236 | 27.52 | 0.07 | |
| VIP | Nitesh Kumar | 2,410 | 0.93 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,399 | 0.54 | 0.08 | |
| Majority | 13,630 | 5.27 | 4.92 | ||
| Turnout | 258,897 | 63.6 | 5.20 | ||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
2019 bypoll
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Subhash Rai | 72,611 | 31.60 | +7.19 | |
| BSP | Chhaya Verma | 71,821 | 31.25 | −6.26 | |
| BJP | Rajesh Singh | 63,405 | 27.59 | −4.50 | |
| SBSP | Ravikant | 9,040 | 3.93 | ||
| Independent | Murad Ali | 2,953 | 1.29 | ||
| INC | Sunil Mishra | 2,521 | 1.10 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,055 | 0.46 | −0.18 | |
| Majority | 790 | 0.35 | −5.07 | ||
| Turnout | 229,797 | 58.40 | −4.26 | ||
| SP gain from BSP | Swing | ||||
2017
Ritesh Pandey won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Rajesh Singh by a margin of 13,030 votes.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Ritesh Pandey | 90,309 | 37.51 | ||
| BJP | Rajesh Singh | 77,279 | 32.09 | ||
| SP | Shankhilal Majhi | 58,773 | 24.41 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,531 | 0.64 | ||
| Majority | 13,030 | 5.42 | |||
| Turnout | 240,787 | 62.66 | |||
| BSP gain from SP | Swing | ||||