Zahoorabad Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Zahoorabad is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Zahoorabad in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
| Zahoorabad | |
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| Constituency No. 377 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ghazipur |
| Total electors | 4,07,091 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | SBSP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Zahoorabad is one of five assembly constituencies in the Ballia Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 377 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Raghubir | Communist Party of India | |
| 1974 | Raghubir | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |
| 1977 | Jairam | Communist Party of India | |
| 1980 | Surendra Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Virender Singh | ||
| 1991 | Surendra Singh | Janata Dal | |
| 1993 | Isteyak Ansari | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1996 | Ganesh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2002 | Kalicharan Rajbhar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Saiyyada Shadab Fatima | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Om Prakash Rajbhar | Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party | |
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBSP | Om Prakash Rajbhar | 114,860 | 46.45 |  8.89 | |
| BJP | Kalicharan Rajbhar | 69,228 | 28.0 | ||
| BSP | Saiyyada Shadab Fatima | 53,144 | 21.49 |  8.23 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,834 | 0.74 | 0.09 | |
| Majority | 45,632 | 18.45 | 10.61 | ||
| Turnout | 247,266 | 60.74 | 0.81 | ||
| SBSP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party candidate Om Prakash Rajbhar won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Kalicharan by a margin of 18,081 votes.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBSP | Om Prakash Rajbhar | 86,583 | 37.56 | ||
| BSP | Kalicharan | 68,502 | 29.72 | ||
| SP | Mahendra | 64,574 | 28.01 | ||
| NISHAD | Kanhaiya | 2,681 | 1.16 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,500 | 0.65 | ||
| Majority | 18,081 | 7.84 | |||
| Turnout | 230,520 | 61.55 | |||