Maharajganj | |
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Constituency No. 318 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | North India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Maharajganj |
Total electors | 386,617 (in 2017) |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
Elected year | 2022 |
Maharajganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Maharajganj in the Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Maharajganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 318 amongst 403 constituencies.
Year | Member [1] | Party | |
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1952 | Ram Swaroop Mishra | Indian National Congress | |
Rameshwar Prasad | |||
1957 | Amarnath Mishra | Independent | |
Duryodhan | |||
1962 | Duryodhan | Socialist Party (India) | |
1967 | Indian National Congress | ||
1969 | Hansraj | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |
1974 | Duryodhan | Indian National Congress | |
1977 | Dukkhi Prasad | Independent | |
1980 | Firangi Prasad Visharad | Janata Party (Secular) | |
1985 | Ram Lakshan | Indian National Congress | |
1989 | Keshav Prasad | Janata Dal | |
1991 | Ram Pyare Azad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1993 | Chandra Kishor | ||
1996 | |||
2002 | |||
2007 | Sripati Azad | Samajwadi Party | |
2012 | Sudama Prasad | ||
2017 | Jai Mangal Kanojiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2022 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Jay Mangal | 136,071 | 51.8 | ![]() | |
Independent | Nirmesh Mangal | 59,168 | 22.53 | ||
SBSP | Geeta Ratna | 22,395 | 8.53 | ||
BSP | Omprakash | 20,466 | 7.79 | ![]() | |
AIMIM | Jitendra | 7,751 | 2.95 | ||
INC | Alok Prasad | 5,865 | 2.23 | ![]() | |
CPI | Ramkeval | 2,814 | 1.07 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 2,848 | 1.08 | ![]() | |
Majority | 76,903 | 29.27 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 262,672 | 63.45 | ![]() | ||
BJP hold | Swing |
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Jai Mangal Kanojiya won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Nirmesh Mangal by a margin of 68,361 votes. [3] [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Jai Mangal Kanojiya | 125,154 | 50.63 | ||
BSP | Nirmesh Mangal | 56,793 | 22.97 | ||
INC | Alok Prasad | 50,217 | 20.31 | ||
CPI | Ramkewal | 3,886 | 1.57 | ||
NISHAD | Sant Kirpal | 3,604 | 1.46 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 2,573 | 1.05 | ||
Majority | 68,361 | 27.66 | |||
Turnout | 247,216 | 63.94 | |||
BJP gain from SP | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SP | Sudama | 84,581 | 39.11 | ![]() | |
BSP | Nirmesh Mangal | 48,426 | 22.39 | ![]() | |
BJP | Chandra Kishor | 45,301 | 20.95 | ![]() | |
INC | Alok Prasad | 15,972 | 7.38 | ![]() | |
PECP | Vishnu Dev | 7,438 | 3.44 | ![]() | |
CPI | Ramkewal | 3,572 | 1.65 | ![]() | |
Remaining 10 Candidates | 10,991 | 5.08 | ![]() | ||
Majority | 36,155 | 16.72 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,16,281 | 61.27 | ![]() | ||
SP hold | Swing |