Dhanghata is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Dhanghata in the Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 314 amongst 403 constituencies.
| Dhanghata | |
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| Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Sant Kabir Nagar |
| Total electors | 357,096 (2017) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Since 2017, Bharatiya Janta Party member Sriram Chauhan is the MLA, who won in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Agloo Prasad by a margin of 16,909 votes.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly edit
| From | Term | Member of Legislative Assembly | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 16th Vidhan Sabha | Alagoo Prasad Chauhan | Samajwadi Party[1] |
| 2017 | 17th Vidhan Sabha | Sriram Chauhan | Bhartiya Janata Party[1] |
| 2022 | 18th Vidhan Sabha | Ganesh Chandra | Bhartiya Janata Party[1] |
Election results edit
18th Vidhan Sabha: 2022 General Elections edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ganeh Chandra | 83241 | 38.5 | ||
| SBSP | Alagu Prasad | 72688 | 33.62 | ||
| BSP | Santosh | 40693 | 18.82 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,915 | 0.89 | ||
| Remainder 9 candidates | 17685 | 8.17 | 
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| Majority | 10,553 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,16,222 | ||||
| BJP gain from SBSP | Swing | ||||
17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 General Elections edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sriram Chauhan | 79,572 | 40.11 | ||
| SP | Algoo Prasad Chauhan | 62,663 | 31.58 | ||
| BSP | Neel Mani | 51,938 | 26.18 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,871 | 0.94 |  0.94
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| Remainder 5 candidates | 4,231 | 2.11 |
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| Majority | 16,909 | 8.44 | |||
| Turnout | 2,00,275 | 56.08 | |||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | ||||
16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Algoo Prasad Chauhan | 66,337 | 35.55 | 35.55
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| BSP | Ram Sidhare | 51,388 | 27.54 | 27.54
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| BJP | Neel Mani | 40,491 | 21.70 | 21.70
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| PECP | Surendra Kumar | 9,660 | 5.18 | 5.18
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| INC | Archana Mahatam | 9,293 | 4.98 | 4.98
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| SBSP | Om Hari | 3,726 | 2.00 | 2.00
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| Remainder 5 Candidates | 5,725 | 3.07 |
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| Majority | 14,949 | 8.01 | 8.01
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| Turnout | 1,86,620 | 55.30 | 55.30
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| SP win (new seat) | |||||
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
External links edit
- "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.