Kushinagar Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Kushinagar is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Kushinagar in the Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Kushinagar | |
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| Constituency No. 333 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Kushinagar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kushinagar |
| Total electors | 3,73,232 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Kushinagar is one of five assembly constituencies in the Kushinagar Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 333 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Ram Naresh | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | Raj Mangal Pande | Indian National Congress | |
1974-2012 : See Kasia | |||
| 2012 | Bramhashankar Tripathi | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Rajnikant Mani Tripathi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Panchanand Pathak | ||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Panchanand Pathak (P.N. Pathak) | 115,268 | 52.14 |  4.42 | |
| SP | Rajesh Pratap Rao banti Rao | 80,478 | 36.4 | 13.62 | |
| BSP | Mukeshwar Prasad Urf Pappu Madheshiya | 16,107 | 7.29 |  16.8 | |
| AIMIM | Shafi Ahmed | 2,796 | 1.26 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,616 | 0.73 | 0.37 | |
| Majority | 34,790 | 15.74 | 7.89 | ||
| Turnout | 221,074 | 59.23 | 1.88 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Rajnikant Mani Tripathi won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Rajesh Pratap Rao "Banti Bhaiya " by a margin of 48,103 votes.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rajnikant Mani Tripathi | 97,132 | 47.72 | ||
| BSP | Rajesh Pratap Rav Alias Banti Bhaiya | 49,029 | 24.09 | ||
| SP | Brahmashankar Tripathi | 46,369 | 22.78 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,208 | 1.1 | ||
| Majority | 48,103 | 23.63 | |||
| Turnout | 203,549 | 57.35 | |||