Mohammadabad (Assembly Constituency)
Mohammadabad is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, and a segment of Ballia Lok Sabha constituency, covering the city of Mohammadabad (also spelled Muhammadabad) in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It should not be confused with the assembly segment Muhammadabad-Gohna which falls under Ghosi Lok Sabha seat in Mau district.
Mohammadabad is one of five assembly constituencies in the Ballia Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 378 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Year | Member | Picture | Party | |
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1957 | Raghubir | Communist Party of India | ||
Sarju Pande | ||||
1985 | Afzal Ansari | ![]() | ||
1989 | ||||
1991 | ||||
1993 | ||||
1996 | Samajwadi Party | |||
2002 | Krishnanand Rai | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
2006^ | Alka Rai | |||
2007 | Sibgatullah Ansari | Samajwadi Party | ||
2012 | ||||
2017 | Alka Rai | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
2022 | Suhaib Ansari | Samajwadi Party |
^ = (by-poll) after Krishnanand Rai was murdered in 2005, His wife Alka Rai won.
Election results
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SP | Suhaib Ansari | 111,443 | 45.26 | new | |
BJP | Alka Rai | 92,684 | 37.64 | ![]() | |
BSP | Madhvendra Rai | 32,440 | 13.18 | ![]() | |
Jan Adhikar Party | Sanjay Singh Kushwaha | 2,522 | 1.02 | ||
INC | Dr. Arvind Roy | 2,458 | 1.00 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 1,567 | 0.64 | ||
Majority | 18,759 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
SP gain from BJP | Swing |
2017
- Alka Rai (BJP) : 122,156 votes
- Sibgatulla Ansari (BSP) : 89,429 (Lost by 32,727 votes)
1977 Vidhan Sabha Elections
- Ram Janam Rai (JNP) : 22,371 votes
- Krishna Nand Rai (INC) : 20,378 (He was not the same person as 2002 winner from this seat.)