Soraon Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Soraon is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Soraon in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
| Soraon | |
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| Constituency No. 255 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Prayagraj |
| Total electors | 3,65,758 (2017) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Soraon is one of five assembly constituencies in the Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 255 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012[2] | Satyaveer Munna | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Jamuna Prasad[3] | Apna Dal | |
| 2022 | Geeta Shastri[4] | Samajwadi Party | |
Election results
2022
Samajwadi Party candidate Geeta Shastri won defeating Apna Dal (Sonelal) candidate Jamuna Prasad Saroj by a margin of 5,914 votes[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Geeta Shastri | 91,474 | 40.99 | +15.44 | |
| AD(S) | Jamuna Prasad Saroj | 85,884 | 38.48 | +1.89 | |
| BSP | Anand Bharti | 29,250 | 13.11 | −15.14 | |
| AIMIM | Sita Ram | 5,128 | 2.3 | ||
| INC | Manoj Kumar Pasi | 2,027 | 0.91 | +0.51 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,712 | 0.77 | −0.4 | |
| Majority | 5,590 | 2.51 | −5.83 | ||
| Turnout | 223,169 | 58.68 | +0.53 | ||
| SP gain from AD(S) | Swing | ||||
2017
Apna Dal (Sonelal) candidate Jamuna Prasad won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Geeta Devi by a margin of 17,735 votes. In 2012 Samajwadi Party candidate Satyaveer Munna won the Soraon Vidhan Sabha seat.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AD(S) | Dr.Jamuna Prasad Saroj | 77,814 | 36.59 | ||
| BSP | Geeta Pasi | 60,079 | 28.25 | ||
| SP | Satyaveer Munna | 54,345 | 25.55 | ||
| BJP | Surendra Chaudhari | 6,522 | 3.07 | ||
| Independent | Ajay Pasi | 2,907 | 1.37 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,460 | 1.17 | ||
| Majority | 17,735 | 8.34 | |||
| Turnout | 212,679 | 58.15 | |||