Shahganj Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Shahganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Shahganj in the Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
| Shahganj | |
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| Constituency No. 365 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Jaunpur |
| Total electors | 4,07,439 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | NISHAD |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Shahganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 365 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Lakshmi Shankar Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| Babu Nandan | |||
| 1957 | Kunwar Sripal | Independent | |
| Mata Prasad | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1962 | Lakshmi Shankar Yadav | ||
| 1967 | Mata Prasad | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1974 | |||
| 1977 | Chhotey Lal | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Pahlwan | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Deep Chand Sonkar | Lokdal | |
| 1989 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1991 | Ram Paras Rajak | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Ram Dawar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1996 | Bankey Lal Sonkar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2002 | Jagdish Sonkar | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Shailendra Yadav Lalai | ||
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | Ramesh Singh | NISHAD Party | |
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NISHAD | Ramesh Singh | 87,233 | 36.21 | +26.2 | |
| SP | Shailendra Yadav Lalai | 86,514 | 35.91 | +4.26 | |
| BSP | Indar Dev | 48,957 | 20.32 | −3.57 | |
| AIMIM | Nayab Ahmad Khan | 8,128 | 3.37 | ||
| VIP | Ramanuj | 2,551 | 1.06 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,643 | 0.68 | −0.01 | |
| Majority | 719 | 0.3 | −3.97 | ||
| Turnout | 240,920 | 59.13 | −1.82 | ||
| NISHAD gain from SP | Swing | ||||
2017
Samajwadi Party candidate Shailendra Yadav Lalai, won in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party candidate Rana Ajeet Pratap Singh by a margin of 9,162 votes.[4][5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Shailendra Yadav Lalai | 67,818 | 31.65 | ||
| SBSP | Rana Ajeet Pratap Singh | 58,656 | 27.38 | ||
| BSP | Om Prakash(O.P. Singh) | 51,176 | 23.89 | ||
| NISHAD | Dr. Suryabhan Yadav | 21,446 | 10.01 | ||
| RLD | Dinesh Yadav Alias Dinesh Kant | 6,462 | 3.02 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,473 | 0.69 | ||
| Majority | 9,162 | 4.27 | |||
| Turnout | 214,243 | 60.95 | |||