Lalganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency
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| Lalganj | |
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| Constituency No. 351 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Azamgarh |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Lalganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Lalganj in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Lalganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Lalganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 351 amongst 403 constituencies.
Bahujan Samaj Party and Indian National Congress are the most successful political parties in Lalganj Assembly elections.
| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Indra Bhushan | Independent | |
| 1962 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1967 | Triveni | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1974 | |||
| 1977 | Ish Dutt | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Triveni | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1982 (By-election) | Ravindra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Shree Prakash | Janata Party | |
| 1989 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1991 | Sukhdev Rajbhar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1993 | |||
| 1996 | Narendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2002 | Sukhdev Rajbhar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Bechai | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Azad Ari Mardan | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2022 | Bechai Saroj | Samajwadi Party | |
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Bechai | 83,767 | 38.31 | +11.7 | |
| BJP | Neelam | 69,034 | 31.57 | −3.04 | |
| BSP | Hariram | 57,809 | 26.44 | −9.27 | |
| INC | Pushpa Bhartiy | 2,099 | 0.96 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,743 | 0.8 | −0.25 | |
| Majority | 14,733 | 6.74 | +5.64 | ||
| Turnout | 218,657 | 53.65 | +0.55 | ||
| SP gain from BSP | Swing | ||||
2017
Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Azad Ari Mardan won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Daroga Prasad Saroj by a margin of 2,227 votes.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Azad Ari Mardan | 72,715 | 35.71 | ||
| BJP | Daroga Prasad Saroj | 70,488 | 34.61 | ||
| SP | Bechai Saroj | 54,196 | 26.61 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,123 | 1.05 | ||
| Majority | 2,227 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 203,646 | 53.1 | |||