Kaptanganj (Assembly constituency)

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Kaptanganj
Constituency details
Country India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Basti
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA Kavindra Chaudhary
Party Samajwadi Party
Elected year2022

Kaptanganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Kaptanganj in the Basti district of Uttar Pradesh, India. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Kaptanganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Basti (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 308 amongst 403 constituencies.

Member of Legislative Assembly

#TermMember of Legislative AssemblyPartyFromToDaysComment
01 06th Vidhan Sabha Ram Lakhan Indian National Congress March 1974April 19771,153 [4]
02 07th Vidhan Sabha Om Prakash Alias Milan Singh Janata Party June 1977February 1980969
03 08th Vidhan Sabha Ambika Singh Indian National Congress June 1980March 19851,735
04 09th Vidhan Sabha March 1985November 19891,725
05 10th Vidhan Sabha Krishan Kinkar Singh Rana Independent December 1989April 1991488
06 11th Vidhan Sabha June 1991December 1992533
07 12th Vidhan Sabha Ram Prasad Chaudhary Samajwadi Party December 1993October 1995693
08 13th Vidhan Sabha Bahujan Samaj Party October 1996March 20021,967 [4]
09 14th Vidhan Sabha Bhartiya Janta Party February 2002May 20071,902 [4]
10 15th Vidhan Sabha Bahujan Samaj Party May 2007March 20121,762 [4]
11 16th Vidhan Sabha March 2012March 20171,829 [4]
12 17th Vidhan Sabha Chandra Prakash Shukla Bhartiya Janata Party March 2017Incumbent- [4]

Election results

2022

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2017

Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Chandra Prakash Shukla who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ram Prasad Chaudhary by a margin of 6,827 votes. [5]

2017 General Elections: Kaptanganj [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Chandra Prakash Shukla 70,52735.40Increase2.svg32.33
BSP Ram Prasad Chaudhary 63,70031.97Decrease2.svg4.08
INC Krishna Kinkar Singh Rana60,14230.19Increase2.svg5.25
None of the Above None of the Above1,8980.95Increase2.svg0.95
Remainder 5 candidates4,8572.41Steady2.svg
Majority6,8273.39Decrease2.svg2.53
Turnout 2,01,12458.17Decrease2.svg1.49
BJP gain from BSP Swing Decrease2.svg0.69

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections

2012 General Elections: Kaptanganj [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BSP Ram Prasad Chaudhary 67,41636.05-
SP Trayambak Nath56,34630.13-
INC Krishna Kinkar Singh Rana46,63624.94-
BJP Ganesh Narayan Mishra5,7413.07
Remainder 11 candidates10,8535.80-
Majority11,0705.92
Turnout 1,86,99259.66
BSP hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "KAPTANGANJ Election Result 2017, Uttar Pradesh". NDTV. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Kaptanganj Election Results 2017 Live: Chandra Prakash of BJP Wins". News18. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017". Times Of India. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "List of candidates for Kaptanganj Constituency". www.elections.in.
  5. ↑ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 November 2018.


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