Vishwanathganj Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Vishwanathganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Vishwanathganj in the Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
| Vishwanathganj | |
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| Constituency No. 247 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Pratapgarh |
| Total electors | 3,99,623 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Jeet Lal Patel | |
| Party | AD(S) |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Vishwanathganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 247 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2012 | Raja Ram | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2014^ | Rakesh Kumar Verma | Apna Dal | |
| 2017 | Apna Dal (Soneylal) | ||
| 2022 | Jeet Lal Patel | ||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AD(S) | Jeet Lal Patel | 86,829 | 43.21 |  1.56 | |
| SP | Saurabh Singh | 38,777 | 19.3 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Pandey | 22,962 | 11.43 | ||
| Jan Adhikar Party | Mohd Ashfaq | 20,271 | 10.09 | ||
| BSP | Sanjay | 16,633 | 8.28 |  8.95 | |
| INC | Prashant Singh | 1,910 | 0.95 | 28.82 | |
| CPI | Maharani Deen | 1,871 | 0.93 | 0.41 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,900 | 0.95 | 0.05 | |
| Majority | 48,052 | 23.91 | 12.03 | ||
| Turnout | 200,930 | 50.28 | 1.39 | ||
| AD(S) hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Apna Dal (Sonelal) candidate Rakesh Kumar Verma won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating INC candidate Sanjay Pandey by a margin of 23,358 votes.[4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AD(S) | Rakesh Kumar Verma Alias Dr.R.K.Verma | 81,899 | 41.65 | ||
| INC | Sanjay Pandey | 58,541 | 29.77 | ||
| BSP | Premanand Tripathi | 33,878 | 17.23 | ||
| Independent | Rakesh Kumar | 5,830 | 2.97 | ||
| CPI | Upendra Narayan | 2,627 | 1.34 | ||
| Rashtriya Janta Party | Sushil Kumar | 2,053 | 1.04 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,951 | 1.0 | ||
| Majority | 23,358 | 11.88 | |||
| Turnout | 196,623 | 51.67 | |||