Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Maharajganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Maharajganj in the Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Maharajganj | |
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| Constituency No. 318 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Maharajganj |
| Total electors | 386,617 (in 2017) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Maharajganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 318 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Ram Swaroop Mishra | Indian National Congress | |
| Rameshwar Prasad | |||
| 1957 | Amarnath Mishra | Independent | |
| Duryodhan | |||
| 1962 | Duryodhan | Socialist Party (India) | |
| 1967 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1969 | Hansraj | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |
| 1974 | Duryodhan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Dukkhi Prasad | Independent | |
| 1980 | Firangi Prasad Visharad | Janata Party (Secular) | |
| 1985 | Ram Lakshan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Keshav Prasad | Janata Dal | |
| 1991 | Ram Pyare Azad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Chandra Kishor | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | Sripati Azad | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2012 | Sudama Prasad | ||
| 2017 | Jai Mangal Kanojiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jay Mangal | 136,071 | 51.8 |  1.17 | |
| Independent | Nirmesh Mangal | 59,168 | 22.53 | ||
| SBSP | Geeta Ratna | 22,395 | 8.53 | ||
| BSP | Omprakash | 20,466 | 7.79 |  15.18 | |
| AIMIM | Jitendra | 7,751 | 2.95 | ||
| INC | Alok Prasad | 5,865 | 2.23 | 18.08 | |
| CPI | Ramkeval | 2,814 | 1.07 | 0.5 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,848 | 1.08 | 0.03 | |
| Majority | 76,903 | 29.27 | 1.61 | ||
| Turnout | 262,672 | 63.45 | 0.49 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Jai Mangal Kanojiya won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Nirmesh Mangal by a margin of 68,361 votes.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jai Mangal Kanojiya | 125,154 | 50.63 | ||
| BSP | Nirmesh Mangal | 56,793 | 22.97 | ||
| INC | Alok Prasad | 50,217 | 20.31 | ||
| CPI | Ramkewal | 3,886 | 1.57 | ||
| NISHAD | Sant Kirpal | 3,604 | 1.46 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,573 | 1.05 | ||
| Majority | 68,361 | 27.66 | |||
| Turnout | 247,216 | 63.94 | |||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | 12.05 |
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2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Sudama | 84,581 | 39.11 |  | |
| BSP | Nirmesh Mangal | 48,426 | 22.39 | | |
| BJP | Chandra Kishor | 45,301 | 20.95 | | |
| INC | Alok Prasad | 15,972 | 7.38 | | |
| PECP | Vishnu Dev | 7,438 | 3.44 | | |
| CPI | Ramkewal | 3,572 | 1.65 | | |
| Remaining 10 Candidates | 10,991 | 5.08 | | ||
| Majority | 36,155 | 16.72 | | ||
| Turnout | 2,16,281 | 61.27 | | ||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||