Gauriganj (Assembly Constituency)
Gauriganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Gauriganj in the Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Gauriganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 185 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Rakesh Pratap Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Rakesh Pratap Singh | 79,040 | 38.96 | ||
| BJP | Chandraprakash Mishra Matiyari | 72,077 | 35.53 | ||
| INC | Fateh Bahadur | 28,964 | 14.28 | ||
| BSP | Ramlakhan | 9,872 | 4.87 | ||
| Jansatta Dal (L) | Chaudhary Nafees Ahamad | 7,056 | 3.48 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,920 | 0.95 | ||
| Majority | 6,963 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Samajwadi Party candidate Rakesh Pratap Singh won in 2017 defeating Indian National Congress candidate Mohammad Nayem by a margin of 26,419 votes. On 31 October 2021, Singh resigned from the 17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly citing "non-fulfilment of promises" by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government.
References
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ PTI (31 October 2021). "SP MLA Rakesh Pratap Singh resigns from U.P. Assembly alleging non-fulfilment of promises by BJP government". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
External links
- "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.