Raniganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Raniganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Raniganj in the Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
| Raniganj | |
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| Constituency No. 250 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Pratapgarh |
| Total electors | 3,36,072 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Raniganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 250 amongst 403 constituencies. Dr RK Verma from Samajwadi Party is current MLA.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2012 | Shivakant Ojha | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Dheeraj Ojha | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Rakesh Kumar Verma | Samajwadi Party | |
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Dr. R K Verma | 75,583 | 40.05 | +18.71 | |
| BJP | Abhay Kumar (Dheeraj Ojha) | 72,934 | 38.65 | +0.82 | |
| BSP | Ajay Yadav | 21,411 | 11.35 | −21.4 | |
| AIMIM | Anil Kumar | 11,748 | 6.23 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,139 | 0.6 | −0.12 | |
| Majority | 2,649 | 1.4 | −3.68 | ||
| Turnout | 188,715 | 56.15 | +0.05 | ||
| SP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2017
Bharatiya Janta Party's Dhiraj Ojha won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Shakeel Ahmad Khan by a margin of 9,009 votes.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Abhay Kumar Alias Dhiraj Ojha | 67,031 | 37.83 | ||
| BSP | Shakeel Ahmad Khan | 58,022 | 32.75 | ||
| SP | Prof.Shivakant Ojha | 37,816 | 21.34 | ||
| NISHAD | Shreenath | 2,052 | 1.16 | ||
| Independent | Prananjany | 1,874 | 1.06 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,259 | 0.72 | ||
| Majority | 9,009 | 5.08 | |||
| Turnout | 177,190 | 56.1 | |||