Payagpur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Payagpur is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Payagpur and other parts of Bhairach tehsil as well as parts of Kaiserganj tehsil, both in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1][2] It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 287 amongst 403 constituencies.
| Payagpur | |
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| Constituency No. 287 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Bahraich |
| Total electors | 3,90,097 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2017 |
As of 2022, this seat is represented by Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Subhash Tripathi who won the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Mukesh Srivastava by a margin of 41,541 votes.[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Mukesh Srivastava[4] | Indian National Congress | |
| 2017[5] | Subhash Tripathi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022[3] | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Subhash Tripathi | 110,162 | 47.77 | −1.82 | |
| SP | Mukesh Srivastava | 98,106 | 42.54 | +13.1 | |
| BSP | Geeta | 11,232 | 4.87 | −9.25 | |
| AIMIM | Raise Ahmad | 3,586 | 1.55 | ||
| INC | Rana Shivam Singh | 2,957 | 1.28 | −0.78 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,322 | 1.01 | −0.4 | |
| Majority | 12,056 | 5.23 | −14.92 | ||
| Turnout | 230,613 | 59.12 | +2.32 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Subhash Tripathi | 102,254 | 49.59 | ||
| SP | Mukesh Srivastava Alias Gyanendera Pratap | 60,713 | 29.44 | ||
| BSP | Mohd. Mushraf | 29,122 | 14.12 | ||
| INC | Bhagat Ram | 4,239 | 2.06 | ||
| Lok Shahi Party (Secular) | Aswani Kumar | 2,284 | 1.11 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,871 | 1.41 | ||
| Majority | 41,541 | 20.15 | |||
| Turnout | 206,193 | 56.8 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||