Khajani Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Khajani is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Khajani in Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Khajani | |
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| Constituency No. 325 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Gorakhpur |
| Total electors | 3,80,081 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Khajani is one of five assembly constituencies in the Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 325 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2012[1] | Sant Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2017[2] | |||
| 2022 | Sriram Chauhan[3] | ||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Shriram Chauhan | 90,210 | 45.37 |  7.3 | |
| SP | Rupawati Beldar | 53,109 | 26.71 | 4.3 | |
| BSP | Vidyasagar | 46,427 | 23.35 |  4.03 | |
| INC | Rajani | 2,197 | 1.1 | 1.38 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,453 | 0.73 | 0.39 | |
| Majority | 37,101 | 18.66 | 7.97 | ||
| Turnout | 198,828 | 52.31 | 0.79 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Sant Prasad won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Rajkumar by a margin of 20,079 votes.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sant Prasad | 71,492 | 38.07 | ||
| BSP | Rajkumar | 51,413 | 27.38 | ||
| SP | Rupawati Beldar | 42,085 | 22.41 | ||
| NISHAD | Vidya Sagar | 11,289 | 6.01 | ||
| INC | Commando Kamal Kishor | 4,653 | 2.48 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,085 | 1.12 | ||
| Majority | 20,079 | 10.69 | |||
| Turnout | 187,798 | 51.52 | |||