Karachhana Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Karachhana is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Karachhana in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Karachhana | |
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| Constituency No. 260 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Prayagraj |
| Total electors | 335,550 (2019) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Karachhana is one of five assembly constituencies in the Prayagraj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 260 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Nand Lal Patel | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1996[1] | Rewati Raman Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2002[2] | |||
| 2004★ | Ujjwal Raman Singh | ||
| 2007 | Anand Kumar[3] | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2012 | Deepak Patel[4] | ||
| 2017 | Ujjwal Raman Singh[5] | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2022 | Piyush Ranjan Nishad[6] | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
★By Election
Election results
2022
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Piyush Ranjan Nishad won in 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Ujjwal Raman Singh by a margin of 9,584 votes and Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Arvind Kumar Shukla stood third place by getting 21,930 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Piyush Ranjan Nishad | 89,527 | 44.06 | +10.96 | |
| SP | Ujjwal Raman Singh | 80,199 | 39.47 | −1.19 | |
| BSP | Arvind Kumar Shukla | 21,950 | 10.8 | −9.83 | |
| INC | Rinki Patel | 4,343 | 2.14 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,891 | 0.93 | −0.24 | |
| Majority | 9,328 | 4.59 | −2.97 | ||
| Turnout | 203,189 | 58.06 | −1.86 | ||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | ||||
2017
Samajwadi Party candidate Ujjwal Raman Singh won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Piyush Ranjan Nishad by a margin of 15,024 votes.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Ujjwal Raman Singh | 80,806 | 40.66 | ||
| BJP | Piyush Ranjan Nishad Sonu | 65,782 | 33.1 | ||
| BSP | Deepak Patel | 40,998 | 20.63 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,308 | 1.17 | ||
| Majority | 15,024 | 7.56 | |||
| Turnout | 198,734 | 59.92 | |||