Jaunpur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Jaunpur is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Jaunpur in the Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Jaunpur | |
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| Constituency No. 366 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Jaunpur |
| Total electors | 4,35,634 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2017 |
Jaunpur is one of five assembly constituencies in the Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 366 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957[1] | Yadavendra Dutt Dubey | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1962[2] | |||
| 1967 | Kailashpati | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Jang Bahadur | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1974 | Om Prakash[3] | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977[4] | Kamla Prasad Singh | ||
| 1980[5] | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1985 | Chandrasen[6] | Lokdal | |
| 1989 | Arjun Singh Yadav[7] | Independent | |
| 1991 | Lal Chand | Janata Dal | |
| 1993 | Mohammad Arshad Khan | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1996 | Afzal Ahmad[8] | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2002 | Surendra Pratap Singh[9] | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2007 | Javed Ansari[10] | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2012 | Nadeem Javed[11] | Indian National Congress | |
| 2017 | Girish Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Girish Yadav | 97,760 | 39.35 | −0.69 | |
| SP | Mohd. Arshad Khan | 89,708 | 36.11 | ||
| BSP | Saleem Khan | 30,579 | 12.31 | −6.25 | |
| INC | Nadeem Javed | 12,150 | 4.89 | −29.71 | |
| AIMIM | Abhayraj | 6,228 | 2.51 | ||
| VIP | Anjoo | 2,445 | 0.98 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 542 | 0.22 | −0.65 | |
| Majority | 8,052 | 3.24 | −2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 248,447 | 57.03 | −0.72 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Girish Chandra Yadav won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Indian National Congress candidate Nadeem Javed by a margin of 12,284 votes.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Girish Chandra Yadav | 90,324 | 40.04 | ||
| INC | Nadeem Javed | 78,040 | 34.6 | ||
| BSP | Dinesh Tandan | 41,877 | 18.56 | ||
| NISHAD | Sher Bahadur | 5,797 | 2.57 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,939 | 0.87 | ||
| Majority | 12,284 | 5.44 | |||
| Turnout | 225,577 | 57.75 | |||