Zaidpur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Zaidpur is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Zaidpur in the Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1][2]
| Zaidpur | |
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| Constituency No. 269 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Barabanki |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barabanki |
| Total electors | 3,96,995 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
| Preceded by | Upendra Singh Rawat |
Zaidpur is one of five assembly constituencies in the Barabanki Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 269 amongst 403 constituencies. It is reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates, although Muslims make up a large fraction of the electorate.
List of MLAs
| Year | Member[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Ram Gopal Rawat | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Upendra Singh Rawat | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2019^ | Gaurav Kumar Rawat | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2022 | |||
^ byelection
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Gaurav Kumar Rawat | 113,558 | 40.86 | +5.58 | |
| BJP | Amrish Rawat | 110,576 | 39.79 | +6.39 | |
| INC | Tanuj Punia | 28,689 | 10.32 | −9.53 | |
| BSP | Usha Singh | 18,400 | 6.62 | −1.59 | |
| AIMIM | Akash Kumar Diwan | 3,072 | 1.11 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,761 | 0.63 | −0.07 | |
| Majority | 2,982 | 1.07 | −0.81 | ||
| Turnout | 277,908 | 70.0 | +12.68 | ||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
2019 bypoll
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Gaurav Kumar Rawat | 78,172 | 35.28 | +33.57 | |
| BJP | Amrish Rawat | 74,007 | 33.40 | −9.94 | |
| INC | Tanuj Punia | 43,983 | 19.85 | −12.1 | |
| BSP | Akhilesh Ambedkar | 18,202 | 8.21 | −10.56 | |
| PECP | Kailash Bahadur | 3,390 | 1.53 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,550 | 0.70 | −0.47 | |
| Majority | 4,165 | 1.88 | −9.51 | ||
| Turnout | 2,21,578 | 58.32 | −11.58 | ||
| SP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Upendra Singh Rawat | 111,064 | 43.34 | ||
| INC | Tanuj Punia | 81,883 | 31.95 | ||
| BSP | Kumari Meeta Gautam | 48,095 | 18.77 | ||
| SP | Ram Gopal Rawat | 4,383 | 1.71 | ||
| Independent | Kunj Bihari | 2,505 | 0.98 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,968 | 1.17 | ||
| Majority | 29,181 | 11.39 | |||
| Turnout | 256,287 | 69.9 | |||