Milkipur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Milkipur Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Milkipur in the Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
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| Constituency No. 273 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ayodhya |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Faizabad |
| Total electors | 358,203 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2025 |
| Preceded by | Awadhesh Prasad |
Milkipur is one of five assembly constituencies in the Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Ramlal Mishra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Harinath Tiwari | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1974 | Dharam Chandra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Mitrasen Yadav | Communist Party of India | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Brij Bhusan Mani Tripathi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1991 | Mathura Prasad Tewari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Mitrasen Yadav | Communist Party of India | |
| 1996 | Samajwadi Party | ||
| 1998^ | Ram Chandra Yadav | ||
| 2002 | Anand Sen Yadav | ||
| 2004^ | Ram Chandra Yadav | ||
| 2007 | Anand Sen Yadav | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2012 | Awadhesh Prasad | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Baba Gorakhnath | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Awadhesh Prasad | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2025^ | Chandrabhanu Paswan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2025 bypoll
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Chandrabhanu Paswan | 146,397 | 60.17 |  17.97 | |
| SP | Ajeet Prasad | 84,687 | 34.81 |  13.59 | |
| ASP(KR) | Santosh Kumar Chowdhary | 5,459 | 2.24 | new | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,361 | 0.56 | 0.35 | |
| Majority | 61,710 | 25.36 | |||
| Turnout | 243,317 | 67.92 | |||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | ||||
2022
Samajwadi Party candidate Avdhesh Prasad won in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections, defeating Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Gorakhnath Pasi by a margin of 14000 votes.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Awadhesh Prasad | 103,905 | 47.99 | +18.63 | |
| BJP | Baba Gorakhnath | 90,567 | 41.83 | −1.68 | |
| BSP | Mira Devi | 14,427 | 6.66 | −16.37 | |
| INC | Neelam Kori | 3,166 | 1.46 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,960 | 0.91 | −0.47 | |
| Majority | 13,338 | 6.16 | −7.99 | ||
| Turnout | 216,515 | 60.44 | +1.98 | ||
| SP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Baba Gorakhnath | 86,960 | 43.51 | ||
| SP | Awadhesh Prasad | 58,684 | 29.36 | ||
| BSP | Ramgopal | 46,027 | 23.03 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,727 | 1.38 | ||
| Majority | 28,276 | 14.15 | |||
| Turnout | 199,866 | 58.46 | |||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | BJP | |||