The election for the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, a multi party contest, [1] the Samajwadi party beating most of the exit polls which were pointing the hung assembly, [2] [3] [4] [5] secured a comfortable majority of 224 in a house of 403 [6] outperforming the ruling BSP and other national parties, the INC and the BJP. The BSP strength in the assembly was greatly reduced to 80 seats, the BJP with 47 seats followed by the Congress with 28 seats. [7] [8] Mayawati, the incumbent Chief Minister tendered her resignation on 6 March 2012 marking the distinction of being the first to complete full five years in office. [9]
Sr.No | Constituency | Winning Candidate | Party | Runner Candidate[ clarification needed ] | Party |
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1 | Behat | Mahaveer Singh Rana | BSP | Naresh | INC |
2 | Nakur | Dharam Singh Saini | BSP | Imran Masood | INC |
3 | Saharanpur Nagar | Raghav Lakhanpal | BJP | Saleem Ahmed | INC |
4 | Saharanpur | Jagpal | BSP | Ch. Abdul Wahid | INC |
5 | Deoband | Rajendra Singh Rana | SP | Manoj Chaudhary | BSP |
6 | Rampur Maniharan (SC) | Ravinder Kumar Molhu | BSP | Vinod Kumar Tejyan | INC |
7 | Gangoh | Pardeep Kumar | INC | Ruder Sain | SP |
8 | Kairana | Hukum Singh | BJP | Anwar Hasan | BSP |
9 | Thana Bhawan | Suresh Rana | BJP | Ashraf Ali Khan | RLD |
10 | Shamli | Pankaj Kumar Malik | INC | Choudhary Virender Singh | SP |
11 | Budhana | Nawazish Alam Khan | SP | Rajpal Singh Baliyan | RLD |
12 | Charthawal | Noor Saleem Rana | BSP | Vijay Kumar Kashyap | BJP |
13 | Purqazi (SC) | Anil Kumar | BSP | Deepak Kumar | INC |
14 | Muzaffar Nagar | Chitranjan Swaroop | SP | Ashok Kansal | BJP |
15 | Khatauli | Kartar Singh Bhadana | RLD | Tara Chand Shastri | BSP |
16 | Meerapur | Jamil Ahmad Qasmi | BSP | Mithlesh Pal | RLD |
17 | Najibabad | Tasleem | BSP | Rajeev Kumar Agarwal | BJP |
18 | Nagina (SC) | Manoj Kumar Paras | SP | Omwati Devi | BSP |
19 | Barhapur | Mohd.Ghazi | BSP | Indra Dev Singh | BJP |
20 | Dhampur | Th. Mool Chand Chauhan | SP | Ashok Kumar Rana | BSP |
21 | Nehtaur (SC) | Om Kumar | BSP | Raj Kumar | SP |
22 | Bijnor | Kunvar Bharatendra | BJP | Mahboob | BSP |
23 | Chandpur | Iqbal | BSP | Shairbaz Khan | SP |
24 | Noorpur | Lokendra Singh | BJP | Mohd.Usmaan | BSP |
25 | Kanth | Aneesurrehman | PECP | Rizwan Ahmad Khan | BSP |
26 | Thakurdwara | Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar | BJP | Vijay Kumar | MD |
27 | Moradabad Rural | Shameemul Haq | SP | Suresh Chandra Saini | BJP |
28 | Moradabad Nagar | Mohammad Yusuf Ansari | SP | Ritesh Kumar Gupta | BJP |
29 | Kundarki | Mohammad Rizwan | SP | Ramveer Singh | BJP |
30 | Bilari | Mhd.Irfan | SP | Lakhan Singh Saini | BSP |
31 | Chandausi (SC) | Laxmi Gautam | SP | Gulab Devi | BJP |
32 | Asmoli | Pinki Singh | SP | Aqeel Ur Rehman Khan | BSP |
33 | Sambhal | Iqbal Mehmood | SP | Rajesh Singhal | BJP |
34 | Suar | Nawab Kazim Ali Khan | INC | Laxmi Saini | BJP |
35 | Chamraua | Ali Yusuf Ali | BSP | Naseer Ahmad Khan | SP |
36 | Bilaspur | Sanjay Kapoor | INC | Beena Bhardwaj | SP |
37 | Rampur | Mohammad Azam Khan | SP | Dr. Tanveer Ahmad Khan | INC |
38 | Milak (SC) | Vijay Singh | SP | Chandra Pal Singh | INC |
39 | Dhanaura (SC) | Maikal Chandra | SP | Hem Singh | BSP |
40 | Naugawan Sadat | Ashfaq Ali Khan | SP | Rahul Kumar | BSP |
41 | Amroha | Mehboob Ali | SP | Ram Singh | BJP |
42 | Hasanpur | Kamal Akhtar | SP | Ganga Saran | BSP |
43 | Siwalkhas | Ghulam Mohammed | SP | Yashvir Singh | RLD |
44 | Sardhana | Sangeet Singh Som | BJP | Hazi Mohammad Yaqub | RLD |
45 | Hastinapur (SC) | Prabhu Dayal Balmiki | SP | Yogesh Verma | PECP |
46 | Kithore | Shahid Manzoor | SP | Lakhi Ram Nagar | BSP |
47 | Meerut Cantt | Satya Prakash Agarwal | BJP | Sunil Kumar Wadhwa | BSP |
48 | Meerut | Dr. Laxmikant Bajpai | BJP | Rafeeq Ansari | SP |
49 | Meerut South | Ravindra Bhadana | BJP | Haji Rashid Akhlaq | BSP |
50 | Chhaprauli | Vir Pal | RLD | Dev Pal Singh | BSP |
51 | Baraut | Lokesh Dixit | BSP | Ashwani Kumar | RLD |
52 | Baghpat | Hemlata Chaudhary | BSP | Kawkab Hameed Khan | RLD |
53 | Loni | Zakir Ali | BSP | Madan Bhaiya | RLD |
54 | Muradnagar | Wahab | BSP | Rajpal Tyagi | SP |
55 | Sahibabad | Amarpal | BSP | Sunil Kumar Sharma | BJP |
56 | Ghaziabad | Suresh Bansal | BSP | Atul Garg | BJP |
57 | Modi Nagar | Sudesh Sharma | RLD | Rajpal Singh | BSP |
58 | Dholana | Dharmesh Singh Tomar | SP | Aslam | BSP |
59 | Hapur (SC) | Gajraj Singh | INC | Dharampal Singh | BSP |
60 | Garhmukteshwar | Madan Chauhan | SP | Farhat Hasan | BSP |
61 | Noida | Mahesh Kumar Sharma | BJP | Omdutt Sharma | BSP |
62 | Dadri | Satveer Singh Gurjar | BSP | Nawab Singh Nagar | BJP |
63 | Jewar | Vedram Bhati | BSP | Dhirendra Singh | INC |
64 | Sikandrabad | Bimla Singh Solanki | BJP | Saleem Akhtar Khan | BSP |
65 | Bulandshahr | Mohd. Aleem Khan | BSP | Virendra Singh Sirohi | BJP |
66 | Syana | Dilnawaz Khan | INC | Devendera Bhardwaj | BSP |
67 | Anupshahr | Gajendra Singh | BSP | Syed Himayat Ali | SP |
68 | Debai | Shri Bhagwan Sharma | SP | Rajveer Singh | JaKP |
69 | Shikarpur | Mukesh Sharma | SP | Anil Kumar | BSP |
70 | Khurja (SC) | Banshi Singh Pahadiya | INC | Horam Singh | BSP |
71 | Khair (SC) | Bhagwati Prasad | RLD | Rajrani | BSP |
72 | Barauli | Dalveer Singh | RLD | Thakur Jayveer Singh | BSP |
73 | Atrauli | Viresh Yadav | SP | Prem Lata Devi | JaKP |
74 | Chharra | Rakesh Kumar | SP | Mool Chand Baghel | BSP |
75 | Koil | Zameer Ullah Khan | SP | Vivek Bansal | INC |
76 | Aligarh | Zafar Alam | SP | Ashutosh Varshney | BJP |
77 | Iglas (SC) | Triloki Ram | RLD | Rajendra Kumar | BSP |
78 | Hathras (SC) | Genda Lal Chaudhary | BSP | Rajesh Kumar | BJP |
79 | Sadabad | Devendra Agrawal | SP | Satendra Sharma | BSP |
80 | Sikandra Rao | Ramveer Upadhyay | BSP | Yashpal Singh Chauhan | SP |
81 | Chhata | Tejpal Singh | RLD | Laxminarayan | BSP |
82 | Mant | Jayant Chaudhary | RLD | Pt. Shyam Sunder Sharma Pachahara | AITC |
83 | Goverdhan | Rajkumar Rawat | BSP | Megh Shyam Singh | RLD |
84 | Mathura | Pradeep Mathur | INC | Devendra Kumar Sharma | BJP |
85 | Baldev (SC) | Pooran Prakash | RLD | Chandrabhan Singh | BSP |
86 | Etmadpur | Dr. Dharampal Singh | BSP | Dr. Prem Singh Baghel | SP |
87 | Agra Cantt. (SC) | Gutiyari Lal Duwesh | BSP | Girraj Singh Dharmesh (G.S. Dharmesh) | BJP |
88 | Agra South | Yogendra Upadhyaya | BJP | Zulfiquar Ahmed Bhutto | BSP |
89 | Agra South | Jagan Prasad Garg | BJP | Rajesh Kumar Agrawal | BSP |
90 | Agra Rural (SC) | Kali Charan Suman | BSP | Hemlata | SP |
91 | Fatehpur Sikri | Surajpal Singh | BSP | Rajkumar Chahar | IND |
92 | Kheragarh | Bhagvan Singh Kushwaha | BSP | Rani Pakshalika Singh | SP |
93 | Fatehabad | Chotelal Verma | BSP | Rajendra Singh | SP |
94 | Bah | Raja Mahendra Aridaman Singh | SP | Madhusudan Sharma | BSP |
95 | Tundla (SC) | Rakesh Babu | BSP | Akhlesh Kumar | SP |
96 | Jasrana | Ramveer Singh | SP | Ram Gopal (Pappu Lodhi) | BSP |
97 | Firozabad | Manish Asiza | BJP | Azim Bhai | SP |
98 | Shikohabad | Om Prakash Verma | SP | Dr.Mukesh Verma | BSP |
99 | Sirsaganj | Hariom | SP | E. Atul Pratap Singh | BSP |
100 | Kasganj | Man Pal Singh | SP | Hasrat Ullah Sherwani | BSP |
101 | Amanpur | Mamtesh | BSP | Virendra Singh | SP |
102 | Patiyali | Najeeva Khan Zeenat | SP | Suraj Singh Shakya | BSP |
103 | Aliganj | Rameshwar Singh | SP | Sanghmitra Maurya | BSP |
104 | Etah | Ashish Kumar Yadav | SP | Gajendra Singh Babloo | BSP |
105 | Marhara | Amit Gaurav | SP | Virendra | JaKP |
106 | Jalesar (SC) | Ranjeet Suman | SP | Omprakash Dalit | BSP |
107 | Mainpuri | Rajkumar Alias Raju Yadav | SP | Rama Shakya | BSP |
108 | Bhongaon | Alok Kumar | SP | Ashish Singh Alias Rahul Rathor | BSP |
109 | Kishani (SC) | Eng. Brajesh Katheriya | SP | Km. Sandhya | BSP |
110 | Karhal | Sobaran Singh Yadav | SP | Jaivir Singh | BSP |
111 | Gunnaur | Ramkhiladi Singh Yadav | SP | Ajit Kumar Urf Raju Yadav | INC |
112 | Bisauli (SC) | Ashutosh Maurya Urf Raju | SP | Priti Sagar Urf Pushpa Rani | BSP |
113 | Sahaswan | Omkar Singh | SP | Mir Hadi Ali Alias Babar Mian | BSP |
114 | Bilsi | Musarrat Ali Bittan | BSP | Vimal Krishan Aggrawal | SP |
115 | Badaun | Abid Raza Khan | SP | Mahesh Chandra Gupta | BJP |
116 | Shekhupur | Ashish Yadav | SP | Bhagvan Singh Shakya | INC |
117 | Dataganj | Sinod Kumar Shakya (Deepu) | BSP | Prempal Singh Yadav | SP |
118 | Baheri | Ataurrehman | SP | Chhatra Pal Singh | BJP |
119 | Meerganj | Sultan Baig | BSP | Dr.D.C Verma | BJP |
120 | Bhojipura | Shazil Islam | IEMC | Virendra Singh Gangwar | SP |
121 | Nawabganj | Bhagwat Saran Gangwar | SP | Usha Gangwar | BSP |
122 | Faridpur (SC) | Dr. Siaram Sagar | SP | Dr. Shyam Bihari | BJP |
123 | Bithari Chainpur | Virendra Singh | BSP | Dharmendra Kumar | SP |
124 | Bareilly | Dr. Arun Kumar | BJP | Dr. Anil Sharma | SP |
125 | Bareilly Cantt | Rajesh Agarwal | BJP | Fahim Sabir Ansari | SP |
126 | Aonla | Dharm Pal Singh | BJP | Mahipal Singh Yadav | SP |
127 | Pilibhit | Riaz Ahmad | SP | Sanjay Singh Gangwar | BSP |
128 | Barkhera | Hemraj Verma | SP | Jaidrath Alias Prawaktanand | BJP |
129 | Puranpur (SC) | Peetam Ram | SP | Babu Ram | BJP |
130 | Bisalpur | Agys Ramsaran Verma | BJP | Anis Ahmad Khan Alias Phool Babu | INC |
131 | Katra | Rajesh Yadav | SP | Rajeev Kashyap | BSP |
132 | Jalalabad | Neeraj Kushawaha | BSP | Sharad Vir Singh | SP |
133 | Tilhar | Roshan Lal Verma | BSP | Anwar Ali Urf Zaki Ur Rahman | SP |
134 | Powayan (SC) | Sakuntla Devi | SP | Arun Kumar Sagar | BSP |
135 | Shahjahanpur | Suresh Kumar Khanna | BJP | Tanveer Khan | SP |
136 | Dadraul | Rammurti Singh Verma | SP | Rizwan Ali | BSP |
137 | Palia | Harvindar Kumar Sahani Alias Romi Sahani | BSP | Krishna Gopal Patel | SP |
138 | Nighasan | Ajay | BJP | R A Usmani | SP |
139 | Gola Gokrannath | Vinay Tiwari | SP | Simmi Bano | BSP |
140 | Sri Nagar (SC) | Ramsaran | SP | Sripal Bhargva | BSP |
141 | Dhaurahra | Shamsher Bahadur Alias Sheroobhaiya | BSP | Yashpal Chowdhary | SP |
142 | Lakhimpur | Utkarsh Verma Madhur | SP | Gyan Prakash Bajpai | BSP |
143 | Kasta (SC) | Sunil Kumar Lala | SP | Saurabh Singh Sonu | BSP |
144 | Mohammdi | Awasthi Bala Prasad | BSP | Imran Ahamad | SP |
145 | Maholi | Anoop Kumar Gupta | SP | Mahesh Chandra Mishra | BSP |
146 | Sitapur | Radheyshyam Jaiswal | SP | Ayub Khan | BSP |
147 | Hargaon (SC) | Ramhet Bharti | BSP | R.P Chowdhary | SP |
148 | Laharpur | Mo. Jasmir Ansari | BSP | Anil Kumar Verma | INC |
149 | Biswan | Rampal Yadav | SP | Nirmal Verma | BSP |
150 | Sevata | Mahendra Kumar Singh | SP | Ammar Rizvi | INC |
151 | Mahmoodabad | Narendra Singh Verma | SP | Ahmad Anshari | BSP |
152 | Sidhauli (SC) | Manish Rawat | SP | Dr. Hargovind Bhargav | BSP |
153 | Misrikh (SC) | Ram Pal Rajwanshi | SP | Manish Kumar Rawat | BSP |
154 | Sawaijpur | Rajani Tiwari | BSP | Padamarag Singh Yadav | JaKP |
155 | Shahabad | Babu Khan | SP | Asif Khan | BSP |
156 | Hardoi | Nitin Agrawal | SP | Raja Bux Singh | BSP |
157 | Gopamau (SC) | Shyam Prakash | SP | Aneeta Verma | BSP |
158 | Sandi (SC) | Rajeshwari | SP | Virendra Kumar | BSP |
159 | Bilgram-Mallanwan | Brijesh Kumar | BSP | Krishna Kumar Singh Alias Satish Verma | SP |
160 | Balamau (SC) | Anil Verma | SP | Rampal Verma | BSP |
161 | Sandila | Kunwar Mahabir Singh | SP | Abdul Mannan | BSP |
162 | Bangermau | Badlu Khan | SP | Mohd. Irshad Khan | BSP |
163 | Safipur (SC) | Sudhir Kumar | SP | Ram Baran | BSP |
164 | Mohan (SC) | Radhey Lal Rawat | BSP | Mast Ram | BJP |
165 | Unnao | Deepak Kumar | SP | Pankaj Gupta | BJP |
166 | Bhagwantnagar | Kuldeep Singh Sengar | SP | Poonam Shukla | BJP |
167 | Purwa | Uday Raj | SP | Narendra Singh Lodhi | BSP |
168 | Malihabad (SC) | Indal Kumar | SP | Kaushal Kishore | RCP |
169 | Bakshi Kaa Talab | Gomti Yadav | SP | Nakul Dubey | BSP |
170 | Sarojini Nagar | Sharda Pratap Shukla | SP | Shiv Shanker Singh (Shankari) | BSP |
171 | Lucknow West | Mohd Rehan | SP | Suresh Kumar Shrivastav | BJP |
172 | Lucknow North | Abhishek Mishra | SP | Dr. Neeraj Bora | INC |
173 | Lucknow East | Kalraj Mishra | BJP | Juhie Singh | SP |
174 | Lucknow Central | Ravidas Mehrotra | SP | Vidya Sagar Gupta | BJP |
175 | Lucknow Cantt | Prof. Rita Bahuguna Joshi | INC | Suresh Chandra Tiwari | BJP |
176 | Mohanlalganj (SC) | Chandra Rawat | SP | Ajey Pushpa Rawat | BSP |
177 | Bachhrawan (SC) | Ram Lal Akela | SP | Sushil Kumar Pasi | RSBP |
178 | Tiloi | Dr. Mohd. Muslim | INC | Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh | SP |
179 | Harchandpur | Surendra Vikram Singh | SP | Shiv Ganesh Lodhi | INC |
180 | Rae Bareli | Akhilesh Kumar Singh | PECP | Ram Pratap Yadav | SP |
181 | Salon (SC) | Ashakishore | SP | Shiv Balak Pasi | INC |
182 | Sareni | Devendra Pratap Singh | SP | Sushil Kumar | BSP |
183 | Unchahar | Manoj Kumar Pandey | SP | Utkrist Maurya | BSP |
184 | Jagdishpur (SC) | Radhey Shyam | INC | Vijay Kumar | SP |
185 | Gauriganj | Rakesh Pratap Singh | SP | Mohammad Nayeem | INC |
186 | Amethi | Gayatri Prasad | SP | Ameeta Sinh | INC |
187 | Isauli | Abrar Ahmad | SP | Yash Bhadra Singh (Monu) | PECP |
188 | Sultanpur | Anoop Sanda | SP | Mohd. Tahir Khan | BSP |
189 | Sadar | Arun Kumar | SP | Raj Prasad | BSP |
190 | Lambhua | Santosh Pandey | SP | Vinod Singh | BSP |
191 | Kadipur (SC) | Ramchandra Chaudhary | SP | Bhagelu Ram | BSP |
192 | Kaimganj (SC) | Ajit Kumar | SP | Amar Singh | BJP |
193 | Amritpur | Narendra Singh Yadav | SP | Dr. Jitandra Singh Yadav | JaKP |
194 | Farrukhabad | Vijay Singh S/O Prem Singh | IND | Major Suneel Dutt Dwivedi | BJP |
195 | Bhojpur | Jamaluddin Siddiqui | SP | Mukesh Rajput | JaKP |
196 | Chhibramau | Arvind Singh Yadav | SP | Tahir Husain Siddiqui | BSP |
197 | Tirwa | Vyjai Bahadur Pal | SP | Kailash Singh Rajput | BSP |
198 | Kannauj (SC) | Anil Kumar Dohre | SP | Mahendra Nim Dohre | BSP |
199 | Jaswantnagar | Shivpal Singh Yadav | SP | Manish Yadav Pataray | BSP |
200 | Etawah | Raghuraj Singh Shakya | SP | Mahendra Singh Rajpoot | BSP |
201 | Bharthana (SC) | Sukh Devi Verma | SP | Raghvendra Kumar | BSP |
202 | Bidhuna | Pramod Kumar | SP | Devesh Kumar | BSP |
203 | Dibiyapur | Pradeep Kumar | SP | Ram Ji | BSP |
204 | Auraiya (SC) | Madan Singh Alias Santosh | SP | Kuldeep | BSP |
205 | Rasulabad (SC) | Shiv Kumar Beria | SP | Nirmala Sankhawar | BSP |
206 | Akbarpur - Raniya | Ramswaroop Singh | SP | Pratibha Shukla | BSP |
207 | Sikandra | Indrapal Singh | BSP | Devendra Singh Bhole | BJP |
208 | Bhognipur | Yogendra Pal Singh | SP | Dharm Pal Singh Bhadauriya | BSP |
209 | Bilhaur (SC) | Aruna Kumari Kori | SP | Kamlesh Chandra Divakar | BSP |
210 | Bithoor | Munindra Shukla | SP | Dr.Ram Prakash Kushwaha | BSP |
211 | Kalyanpur | Satish Kumar Nigam 'Advocate' | SP | Prem Lata Katiyar | BJP |
212 | Govindnagar | Satyadev Pachauri | BJP | Shailendra Dixit | INC |
213 | Sishamau | Haji Irfan Solanki | SP | Hanuman Swarup Mishra | BJP |
214 | Arya Nagar | Salil Vishnoi | BJP | Jitendra Bahadur Singh | SP |
215 | Kidwai Nagar | Ajay Kapoor | INC | Vivek Sheel Shukla (Beenu Shukla) | BJP |
216 | Kanpur Cantt | Raghunandan Singh Bhadauria | BJP | Mohd.Hasan Roomi | SP |
217 | Maharajpur | Satish Mahana | BJP | Shikha Mishra | BSP |
218 | Ghatampur (SC) | Indrajeet Kori | SP | Saroj Kureel | BSP |
219 | Madhaugarh | Santram | BSP | Keshvendra Singh | SP |
220 | Kalpi | Umakanti | INC | Sanjay Bhadauria Damras | BSP |
221 | Orai (SC) | Dayashankar | SP | Satyendra Pratap | BSP |
222 | Babina | Krishna Pal Singh Rajpoot | BSP | Chandrapal Singh Yadav | SP |
223 | Jhansi Nagar | Ravi Sharma | BJP | Sita Ram Kushwaha | BSP |
224 | Mauranipur (SC) | Dr. Rashmi Arya | SP | Rajendra Rahul Ahirwar | BSP |
225 | Garautha | Deepnarayan Singh (Deepak Yadav) | SP | Devesh Kumar Paliwal (Kukku Bhaiya) | BSP |
226 | Lalitpur | Ramesh Prasad Kushwaha | BSP | Chandra Bhusan Singh Bundela "guddu Raja" | SP |
227 | Mehroni (SC) | Feran Lal | BSP | Manohar Lal | BJP |
228 | Hamirpur | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | BJP | Fateh Muhammad Khan | BSP |
229 | Rath (SC) | Gayadeen Anuragi | INC | Ambesh Kumari | SP |
230 | Mahoba | Rajnarain Alias Rajju | BSP | Siddhgopal Sahu | SP |
231 | Charkhari | Uma Bharti | BJP | Kaptan Singh | SP |
232 | Tindwari | Daljeet Singh | INC | Bishambhar Prasad | SP |
233 | Baberu | Vishambhar Singh | SP | Brij Mohan Singh | BSP |
234 | Naraini (SC) | Gayacharan Dinkar | BSP | Bharatlal Diwakar | SP |
235 | Banda | Vivek Kumar Singh | INC | Dinesh Chandra Shukla (Lala) | BSP |
236 | Chitrakoot | Veer Singh | SP | Ram Sevak | BSP |
237 | Manikpur | Chandrabhan Singh Patel | BSP | Shyamacharan Gupta | SP |
238 | Jahanabad | Madan Gopal Verma | SP | Sameer Trivedi | BSP |
239 | Bindki | Sukhadev Prasad Verma | BSP | Rajendra Singh Patel | BJP |
240 | Fatehpur | Shed Qasim Hasan | SP | Jeetendra Kumar Lodhi | BSP |
241 | Ayah Shah | Ayodhya Prasad Pal | BSP | Anand Prakash Lodhi | SP |
242 | Husainganj | Mo. Asif | BSP | Usha Devi Alias Anila Maurya | INC |
243 | Khaga (SC) | Krishna Paswan | BJP | Murli Dhar | BSP |
244 | Rampur Khas | Pramod Kumar | INC | Hiramani Patel | BSP |
245 | Babaganj (SC) | Vinod Kumar | IND | Mahendra Kumar | BSP |
246 | Kunda | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | IND | Shiv Prakash Mishra Senani | BSP |
247 | Bishwavnathganj | Raja Ram | SP | Sindhuja Mishra Senani | BSP |
248 | Pratapgarh | Nagendra Singh "munna Yadav" | SP | Sanjay | BSP |
249 | Patti | Ram Singh | SP | Rajendra Pratap Singh Urf Moti Singh | BJP |
250 | Raniganj | Pro. Shivakant Ojha | SP | Mansha Ahmad | BSP |
251 | Sirathu | Keshav Prasad | BJP | Anand Mohan | BSP |
252 | Manjhanpur (SC) | Indrajeet Saroj | BSP | Shiv Mohan Chaudhary | SP |
253 | Chail | Mohd Ashif Jafri | BSP | Chandra Bali | SP |
254 | Phaphamau | Ansar Ahmad | SP | Guru Prasad Maurya | BSP |
255 | Soraon (SC) | Satyaveer Munna | SP | Babu Lal 'Bhawara' | BSP |
256 | Phulpur | Sayeed Ahamad | SP | Praveen Patel | BSP |
257 | Pratappur | Vijma Yadav | SP | Mohd.Mujtaba Siddiqi | BSP |
258 | Handia | Maheshnarayan Singh | SP | Dr. Rakeshdhar Tripathi | PMSP |
259 | Meja | Girish Chandra Alias Gama Pandey | SP | Anand Kumar Alias Collector Pandey | BSP |
260 | Karachhana | Deepak Patel | BSP | Ujjwal Raman Singh | SP |
261 | Allahabad West | Pooja Pal | BSP | Atiq Ahamad | AD |
262 | Allahabad North | Anugrah Narayan Singh | INC | Harshvardhan Bajpayee | BSP |
263 | Allahabad South | Haji Parvej Ahmad (Tanki) | SP | Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi | BSP |
264 | Bara (SC) | Dr.Ajay Kumar | SP | Bholanath Chaudhary | BSP |
265 | Koraon (SC) | Rajbali Jaisal | BSP | Ramkripal | CPM |
266 | Kursi | Fareed Mahfooj Kidwai | SP | Kumari Meeta Gautam | BSP |
267 | Ram Nagar | Arvind Kumar Singh 'Gop' | SP | Amresh Kumar | BSP |
268 | Barabanki | Dharam Raj | SP | Sangram Singh | BSP |
269 | Zaidpur (SC) | Ramgopal | SP | Ved Prakash Rawat | BSP |
270 | Dariyabad | Rajeev Kumar Singh | SP | Vivekanand | BSP |
271 | Rudauli | Ram Chandra Yadav | BJP | Abbas Ali Zaidi Alias "rushdi Miyan" | SP |
272 | Haidergarh (SC) | Ram Magan | SP | Ram Narayan | BSP |
273 | Milkipur (SC) | Audhesh Prasad | SP | Pavan Kumar | BSP |
274 | Bikapur | Mitrasen Yadav | SP | Firoz Khan Urf Gabbar | BSP |
275 | Ayodhya | Tej Narayan Pandey Alias Pawan Pandey | SP | Lallu Singh | BJP |
276 | Goshainganj | Abhay Singh | SP | Indra Pratap Urf Khabbu Tiwari | BSP |
277 | Katehari | Shankh Lal Manjhi | SP | Lal Ji Verma | BSP |
278 | Tanda | Azimulhaque Pahlwan | SP | Ajay Kumar Alias Vishal Verma | BSP |
279 | Alapur (SC) | Bheem Prasad Sonkar | SP | Tribhuvan Dutt | BSP |
280 | Jalalpur | Sher Bahadur | SP | Ritesh Pandey | BSP |
281 | Akbarpur | Ram Murti Verma | SP | Sanjay Kumar | BSP |
282 | Balha (SC) | Savitri Bai Fule | BJP | Kiran Bharti | BSP |
283 | Nanpara | Madhuri Verma | INC | Waris Ali | BSP |
284 | Matera | Yasar Shah | SP | Ali Akbar | INC |
285 | Mahasi | Krishna Kumar Ojha | BSP | Sureshwar Singh | BJP |
286 | Bahraich | Dr. Waqar Ahmad Shah | SP | Chandra Shekhar Singh | INC |
287 | Payagpur | Mukesh Srivastva Alias Gyanendra Pratap | INC | Ajit Pratap Singh | BSP |
288 | Kaiserganj | Mukut Bihari | BJP | Ram Tej Yadav Advocate | SP |
289 | Bhinga | Indrani Devi | SP | Muhammad Aslam | INC |
290 | Shrawasti | Muhammad Ramjan | SP | Vinod Tripathi | BSP |
291 | Tulsipur | Abdul Mashhood Khan | SP | Salman Zaheer | BSP |
292 | Gainsari | Dr. Shiv Pratap Yadav | SP | Alauddin | BSP |
293 | Utraula | Arif Anwar Hashmi | SP | Dhirendra Pratap Singh | BSP |
294 | Balrampur (SC) | Jagram Paswan | SP | Ramapati Shastri | BJP |
295 | Mehnaun | Nandita Shukla | SP | Arshad Ali Khan | BSP |
296 | Gonda | Vinod Kumar Urf Pandit Singh | SP | Mahesh Narayan Tiwari | BJP |
297 | Katra Bazar | Bawan Singh | BJP | Masood Alam | BSP |
298 | Colonelganj | Yogesh Pratap Singh 'Yogesh Bhaiya' | SP | Ajay Pratap Singh Alias Lalla Bhaiya | BSP |
299 | Tarabganj | Awadhesh Kumar Singh Alias Manju Singh | SP | Ram Bhajan Chaube | BSP |
300 | Mankapur (SC) | Babulal | SP | Ramesh Chandra | BSP |
301 | Gaura | Kunwar Anand Singh | SP | Abdul Kalam Malik | INC |
302 | Shohratgarh | Lalmunni Singh | SP | Mumtaj Ahmad | BSP |
303 | Kapilvastu (SC) | Vijay Kumar | SP | Sri Ram Chauhan | BJP |
304 | Bansi | Jai Pratap Singh | BJP | Lal Ji | SP |
305 | Itwa | Mata Prasad Pandey | SP | Subodh Chandra | BSP |
306 | Doomariyaganj | Kamal Yusuf Malik | PECP | Saiyada Khatun | BSP |
307 | Harraiya | Rajkishor Singh | SP | Mamata Pandey | BSP |
308 | Kaptanganj | Ram Prasad Chaudhary | BSP | Trayambak Nath | SP |
309 | Rudhauli | Sanjay Pratap Jaiswal | INC | Rajendra Prasad Chaudhary | BSP |
310 | Basti Sadar | Jeetendra Kumar | BSP | Abhishek Pal | INC |
311 | Mahadewa (SC) | Ram Karan Arya | SP | Doodhram | BSP |
312 | Menhdawal | Laxmikant | SP | Anil Kumar | PECP |
313 | Khalilabad | Dr. Moh. Ayub | PECP | Mashhoor Alam | BSP |
314 | Dhanghata (SC) | Alagu Prasad Chauhan | SP | Ram Sidhare | BSP |
315 | Pharenda | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | BJP | Virendra Chaudhary | INC |
316 | Nautanwa | Kaushal Kishor | INC | Aman Mani Tripathi | SP |
317 | Siswa | Shivendra Singh Alias Shiv Babu | SP | Dr. Ramapati Ram Tripathi | BJP |
318 | Maharajganj (SC) | Sudama | SP | Nirmesh Mangal | BSP |
319 | Paniyara | Deo Narayan Urf G.M. Singh | BSP | Gyanendra | BJP |
320 | Caimpiyarganj | Fateh Bahadur | NCP | Chinta Yadav | SP |
321 | Pipraich | Rajmati | SP | Jitendra | BSP |
322 | Gorakhpur Urban | Dr Radha Mohan Das Agarwal | BJP | Raj Kumari Devi | SP |
323 | Gorakhpur Rural | Vijay Bahadur Yadava | BJP | Jafar Amin Dakku | SP |
324 | Sahajanwa | Rajendra | BSP | Aswani | BJP |
325 | Khajani (SC) | Sant Prasad | BJP | Ram Samujh | BSP |
326 | Chauri-Chaura | Jay Prakash | BSP | Anoop Kumar Pandey | SP |
327 | Bansgaon (SC) | Dr. Vijay Kumar | BSP | Sharda Devi | SP |
328 | Chillupar | Rajesh Tripathi | BSP | C.P Chand | SP |
329 | Khadda | Vijay Kumar Dubey | INC | N.P. Kushwaha | SP |
330 | Padrauna | Swami Prasad Maurya | BSP | Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal | INC |
331 | Tamkuhi Raj | Ajay Kumar 'Lalloo' | INC | Nand Kishor Mishra | BJP |
332 | Fazilnagar | Ganga | BJP | Kalamuddin | BSP |
333 | Kushinagar | Bramhashankar Tripathi | SP | Jawed Iqbal | BSP |
334 | Hata | Radheshyam | SP | Virendra | BSP |
335 | Ramkola (SC) | Purnmasi Dehati | SP | Deep Lal Bharti | BJP |
336 | Rudrapur | Akhilesh Pratap Singh | INC | Mukti Nath Yadav | SP |
337 | Deoria | Janmejai Singh | BJP | Pramod Singh | BSP |
338 | Pathardeva | Shakir Ali | SP | Surya Pratap Shahi | BJP |
339 | Rampur Karkhana | Choudhari Fasiha Bashir Alias Gajala Lari | SP | Girijesh Shahi Alias Guddu Shahi | IND |
340 | Bhatpar Rani | Kameshwar | SP | Sabhakunwar | BSP |
341 | Salempur (SC) | Manbodh | SP | Vijaylaxmi | BJP |
342 | Barhaj | Prem Prakash Singh | SP | Renu Jaiswal | BSP |
343 | Atrauliya | Dr.Sangram Yadav | SP | Surendra Prasad Mishra | BSP |
344 | Gopalpur | Waseem Ahmad | SP | Kamla Prasad Yadav | BSP |
345 | Sagri | Abhay Narayan | SP | Santosh Kumar Singh(Teepoo) | BSP |
346 | Mubarakpur | Shah Alam Urfa Guddu Jamali | BSP | Akhilesh Yadav | SP |
347 | Azamgarh | Durga Prasad Yadav | SP | Sarvesh Singh Sipu | BSP |
348 | Nizamabad | Alambadi | SP | Kalamuddin Khan | BSP |
349 | Phoolpur Pawai | Shyam Bahadur Singh Yadav | SP | Abul Kais Azami | BSP |
350 | Didarganj | Adil Sheikh | SP | Sukhdev Rajbhar | BSP |
351 | Lalganj (SC) | Bechai | SP | Hira Lal Gautam | BSP |
352 | Mehnagar (SC) | Brij Lal Sonkar | SP | Vidya Chaudhary | BSP |
353 | Madhuban | Umesh Pandey | BSP | Rajendra Mishra | SP |
354 | Ghosi | Sudhakar | SP | Fagu Chauhan | BSP |
355 | Muhammadabad- Gohna (SC) | Baijnath | SP | Rajendra | BSP |
356 | Mau | Mukhtar Ansari | QED | Bheem Rajbhar | BSP |
357 | Belthara Road (SC) | Gorakh Paswan | SP | Chhathu Ram | BSP |
358 | Rasara | Umashankar | BSP | Sanatan | SP |
359 | Sikanderpur | Jiauddin Rijvi | SP | Chandrabhushan Rajbhar | BSP |
360 | Phephana | Upendra Tiwari | BJP | Ambika Choudhary | SP |
361 | Ballia Nagar | Narad Rai | SP | Sathi Ramji Gupta | QED |
362 | Bansdih | Ram Govind | SP | Ketakee | BJP |
363 | Bairia | Jai Prakash Anchal | SP | Bharat | BJP |
364 | Badlapur | Om Prakash 'Baba' Dubey | SP | Lalji Yadav | BSP |
365 | Shahganj | Shailendra Yadav 'Lalaee' | SP | Dharmraj Nishad | BSP |
366 | Jaunpur | Nadeem Javed | INC | Tejbahadur Maurya 'Pappu' | BSP |
367 | Malhani | Paras Nath Yadaw | SP | Dr.Jagriti Singh | IND |
368 | Mungra Badshahpur | Seema | BJP | Ramesh | BSP |
369 | Machhlishahr (SC) | Jagdish Sonkar | SP | Rampher Gautam | BSP |
370 | Mariyahu | Shraddha Yadav | SP | Savitri Patel | BSP |
371 | Zafrabad | Sachindra Nath Tripathi | SP | Jagdish Narayan | BSP |
372 | Kerakat (SC) | Gulab Chand | SP | Vijay Lakshami | BSP |
373 | Jakhanian (SC) | Subba Ram | SP | Vijay Kumar | BSP |
374 | Saidpur (SC) | Subhash | SP | America | BSP |
375 | Ghazipur | Vijay Kumar Mishra | SP | Raj Kumar | BSP |
376 | Jangipur | Kailash | SP | Manish Chandra Pandey | BSP |
377 | Zahoorabad | Syeda Shadab Fatima | SP | Kalicharan | BSP |
378 | Mohammadabad | Sibgatulla Ansari | QED | Rajesh Rai | SP |
379 | Zamania | Omprakash | SP | Umashanker Kushwaha | BSP |
380 | Mughalsarai | Babban* | BSP | Babulal | SP |
381 | Sakaldiha | Sushil Singh | IND | Prabhunarayan Yadav | SP |
382 | Saiyadraja | Manoj Kumar | IND | Brijesh Singh Urf Arun Kumar Singh | PMSP |
383 | Chakia (SC) | Poonam | SP | Jitendra Kumar | BSP |
384 | Pindra | Ajay | INC | Jai Prakash | BSP |
385 | Ajagara (SC) | Tribhuvan Ram | BSP | Lalji | SP |
386 | Shivpur | Uday Lal Maurya | BSP | Dr.Piyush Yadav | SP |
387 | Rohaniya | Anupriya Patel | AD | Ramakant Singh | BSP |
388 | Varanasi North | Ravindra Jaiswal | BJP | Sujit Kumar Maurya | BSP |
389 | Varanasi South | Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari | BJP | Dr. Dayashankar Mishra "dayalu" | INC |
390 | Varanasi Cantt. | Jyotsana Srivastava | BJP | Anil Srivastwa | INC |
391 | Sevapuri | Surendra Singh Patel | SP | Neel Ratan Patel 'Neelu' | AD |
392 | Bhadohi | Jahid Beg | SP | Ravindranath Tripathi | BSP |
393 | Gyanpur | Vijay Kumar | SP | Dinesh Kumar Singh | BSP |
394 | Aurai (SC) | Madhubala | SP | Baijnath | BSP |
395 | Chhanbey (SC) | Bhai Lal Kol | SP | Shashi Bhushan | BSP |
396 | Mirzapur | Kailash Nath Chaurasiya | SP | Rang Nath Mishra | BSP |
397 | Majhawan | Ramesh Chand | BSP | Rajendra Prasad | SP |
398 | Chunar | Jagatamba Singh | SP | Ghanshyam | BSP |
399 | Marihan | Laliteshpati Tripathi | INC | Satyendra Kumar Patel | SP |
400 | Ghorawal | Ramesh Chandra | SP | Anil Kumar Maurya | BSP |
401 | Robertsganj | Avinash | SP | Ramesh Singh | BSP |
402 | Obra | Sunil Kumar | BSP | Devendra Prasad Shastri | BJP |
403 | Duddhi (SC) | Rubi Prasad | IND | Naresh Kumar | SP |
Babban resigned on 8 October 2016. [11]
The election was accompanied by high voting of 59.40%, [12] [13] with impressive women turnouts. [14] The good performance of the SP getting a majority on its own showed that the people had voted for stability and it was largely attributed to the lengthy campaign by Akhilesh Yadav mainly on the issues of law and order and good administration. [15] The promises made by the party in its manifesto also seemed to have swayed the voters towards them, [16] however there were reports of violence from various places soon after the results started coming which had resulted the death of one boy. [17] The Muslim-Yadav combined vote bank worked in favor of the SP [18] since in more than 140 assembly constituencies the Muslim electorate played a role in victory of the candidates. [16] The people seemed to have voted against the BSP on issues of corruption, abuse of public money and Mayawati's alleged image as being unapproachable. [19] The result also showed that the parties SP and BSP had merely exchanged their vote percentage differences during this election and previous election. [20] The defeat of the two national parties the Congress and the BJP was noted by the international media, [21] [22] even the two parties had performed well in 2009 general elections in the state. [23] [24] The reasons accounted of failure to offer as an alternative to the BSP, lack of chief ministerial candidate and proper leadership at the ground level. [25] [26] The lacklustre campaign headed by Rahul Gandhi and Uma Bharti also resulted to their losses. [27] [28] [29] [30] The election result had also put the campaigning style of Rahul Gandhi in question as he was in charge of the party [31] [32] and was earlier credited for party's victory in 2009 elections in the state. [33] The defeat of the parties also showed their ill-preparedness for 2014 general elections with the rise of the regional parties. [34] [35] It also indicated that the central government headed by the Congress will be more at pressure from its allies, particularly the SP which is supporting the coalition at the center [36] especially in cases of economic measures taken by the UPA government. [37] The electorate seems to have partly rejected candidates with criminal backgrounds [38] along with some from political families. [39]
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