Gauriganj Assembly constituency explained

Gauriganj
Constituency No:	185
Mla:	Rakesh Pratap Singh
Party:	Samajwadi Party
Latest Election Year:	2022
State:	Uttar Pradesh
District:	Amethi
Reservation:	None
Type:	SLA

Gauriganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Gauriganj in the Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh, India.^[1]

Gauriganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 185 amongst 403 constituencies.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
2017
2022

Election results

2017

Samajwadi Party candidate Rakesh Pratap Singh won in 2017 defeating Indian National Congress candidate Mohammad Nayem by a margin of 26,419 votes.^[2] On 31 October 2021, Singh resigned from the 17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly citing "non-fulfilment of promises" by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government.^[3]

External links

• Web site: Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections . eci.gov.in . Election Commission of India . 15 March 2022.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 . 26 November 2008 . 24 June 2021.
2. Web site: Assembly result 2017. Elections.in. 2017-08-25.
3. News: PTI . SP MLA Rakesh Pratap Singh resigns from U.P. Assembly alleging non-fulfilment of promises by BJP government . 23 November 2021 . The Hindu . 31 October 2021 . en-IN.