Raniganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency

Raniganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Raniganj in the Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]

Raniganj
Constituency No. 250 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictPratapgarh
Total electors3,36,072
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartySamajwadi Party
Elected year2022

Raniganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 250 amongst 403 constituencies. Dr RK Verma from Samajwadi Party is current MLA.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member[2] Party
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist
2012 Shivakant Ojha Samajwadi Party
2017 Dheeraj Ojha Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Rakesh Kumar Verma Samajwadi Party

Election results

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2022

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2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Raniganj[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Dr. R K Verma 75,583 40.05
BJP Abhay Kumar (Dheeraj Ojha) 72,934 38.65
BSP Ajay Yadav 21,411 11.35
AIMIM Anil Kumar 11,748 6.23
NOTA None of the Above 1,139 0.60
INC Abdul Wahid 1,085 0.57
Rest of the candidates ~4,500 2.30
Majority 2,649
Turnout
SP gain from BJP Swing

2017

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Bharatiya Janta Party's Dhiraj Ojha won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Shakeel Ahmad Khan by a margin of 9,009 votes.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Raniganj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  3. ^ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ^ "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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