Machhlishahr Assembly constituency

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Machhlishahr
Constituency No. 369 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Total electors4,02,078
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Samajwadi Party
Elected year2022

Machhlishahr is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Machhlishahr in the Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Machhlishahr is one of five assembly constituencies in the Machhlishahr Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 369 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

#TermMember of Legislative AssemblyPartyFromToDaysComment
01 2nd Vidhan Sabha Mohd Rauf Jafri Indian National Congress April 1957March 19621,800
02 3rd Vidhan Sabha Kesari Prasad Praja Socialist Party March 1962March 19671,828
03 4th Vidhan Sabha Mohd Rauf Jafri Indian National Congress March 1967April 1968402
04 5th Vidhan Sabha Moti Lal Bharatiya Kranti Dal February 1969March 19741,832
05 6th Vidhan Sabha Agha Zaidi Indian National Congress March 1974April 19771,153
06 7th Vidhan Sabha Arun KumarJune 1977February 1980969
07 08th Vidhan Sabha Keshri Prasad Indian National Congress (Indira) June 1980March 19851,735
08 9th Vidhan Sabha Indian National Congress March 1985November 19891,725
09 10th Vidhan Sabha Jwala Prasad Yadav Janata Dal December 1989April 1991488 [1]
10 11th Vidhan Sabha June 1991December 1992533
11 12th Vidhan Sabha December 1993October 1995693
12 13th Vidhan Sabha Samajwadi Party October 1996March 20021,967 [1]
13 14th Vidhan Sabha Vinod Kumar Singh Bahujan Samaj Party February 2002May 20071,902
14 15th Vidhan Sabha Subhash PandeyMay 2007March 20121,762 [1]
15 16th Vidhan Sabha Jagdish Sonkar Samajwadi Party March 2012March 20171,829 [1]
16 17th Vidhan Sabha March 2017March 20221,817 [1]
17 18th Vidhan Sabha Ragini Sonkar March 2022Incumbent698 [2]

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Machhlishahr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SP Dr. Ragini Sonkar [3] 91,65941.99Increase2.svg7.26
BJP Mihilal Gautam83,17538.10Increase2.svg5.37
BSP Vijay Kumar35,05916.06Decrease2.svg9.28
INC Mala Devi Sonkar2,1781.00
NOTA (None of the Above) + Rest of the candidates~6,0003.00
Majority8,484
Turnout
SP hold Swing

2017

Samajwadi Party candidate Jagdish Sonkar won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Anita Rawat by a margin of 4,179 votes. [1]

2017 General Elections: Machhlishahr [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SP Jagdish Sonkar 72,36835.10-
BJP Anita Rawat68,18933.07-
BSP Sushila Saroj52,79625.61-
NISHADRam Sevak4,4842.17-
NOTA None of the Above 2,1651.05
Remainder 10 candidates8,3424-
Majority4,1792.01-
Turnout 2,08,34457.06-
SP hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. "Uttar Pradesh-Machhlishahr". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  3. "Samajwadi party UP list, 10 February 2022". twitter. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  4. "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

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