Rasara Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Rasra is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Rasra in the Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Rasra | |
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| Constituency No. 358 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ballia |
| Total electors | 3,56,377 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Vacant | |
Rasra is one of five assembly constituencies in the Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 358 amongst 403 constituencies.
Currently the seat is Vacant which is earlier belongs to Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Umashankar Singh who won in last Assembly election of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Ram Iqball Singh by a margin of 33,887 votes.[1] He died on 5 August 2026 with Cancer.[2]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Ram Ratan | Indian National Congress | |
| Ganga Prasad Singh | |||
| 1962 | Raghunath | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Ram Ratan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1974 | Raghunath | Communist Party of India | |
| 1977 | Mannu Ram | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Hardeo | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Ram Bachan | ||
| 1991 | Ghurhu | Janata Dal | |
| 1993 | Ghoora Ram | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1996 | Anil Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2002 | Ghoora Ram | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Umashankar Singh | ||
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Umashankar Singh | 90,492 | 45.12 | −2.65 | |
| SBSP | Mahendra Chauhan | 81,304 | 40.54 | ||
| BJP | Babban Rajbhar | 24,235 | 12.08 | −18.15 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,339 | 0.67 | −0.14 | |
| Majority | 6,583 | 3.28 | −14.26 | ||
| Turnout | 200,572 | 56.28 | −1.26 | ||
| BSP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Uma Shanker Singh | 92,272 | 47.77 | ||
| BJP | Ram Iqball Singh | 58,385 | 30.23 | ||
| SP | Sanatan Pandey | 37,006 | 19.16 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,558 | 0.81 | ||
| Majority | 33,887 | 17.54 | |||
| Turnout | 193,151 | 57.54 | |||