| Kerakat | |
| Mla: | Toofani Saroj |
| Party: | Samajwadi Party |
| Latest Election Year: | 2022 |
| State: | Uttar Pradesh |
| District: | Jaunpur |
| Reservation: | SC |
| Type: | SLA |
| Electors: | 4,16,720 |
| Constituency No: | 372 |
Kerakat is one of five assembly constituencies in the Machhlishahr Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 372 amongst 403 constituencies.
| Year | Member[1] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Ram Samjhawan | Indian National Congress | ||
| Lal Bahadur | ||||
| 1962 | Ram Samjhawan | |||
| 1967 | ||||
| 1969 | Ram Sagar | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | ||
| 1974 | Ram Samjhawan | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1977 | Shambhu Nath | Janata Party | ||
| 1980 | Ram Samjhawan | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 1985 | Gajraj Ram | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Raj Pati | Janata Dal | ||
| 1991 | Somaru Ram Saroj | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 1993 | Jagarnath Chaudhary | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
| 1996 | Ashok Sonker | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2002 | Somaru Ram Saroj | |||
| 2007 | Biraju Ram | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
| 2012 | Gulab Chandra Saroj | Samajwadi Party | ||
| 2017 | Dinesh Choudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2022 | Tufani Saroj | Samajwadi Party | ||
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Dinesh Choudhary, won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Sanjaj Saroj by a margin of 15,259 votes.[2]
The first Member of Kerakat legislative Assembly is Lal Bahadur INC and Parmeshari INC.
Kerakat, Chandwak, Dobhi, Muftiganj, Huruhuri, Ratanupur, Parauganj, Thanagaddi Deokali, Itaili, Hebhal etc.
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Ram Samjhawan | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1957 | Lal Bahadur | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1962 | Ram Samjhawan | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1967 | Ram Samjhawan | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1969 | Ram Sagar | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | ||
| 1974 | Ram Samjhawan | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1977 | Shambhu Nath | Janata party | ||
| 1980 | Ram Samjhawan | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1985 | Gajraj Ram | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Raj Pati | Janata Dal | ||
| 1993 | Jagarnath Chaudhary | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
| 1996 | Ashok Sonker | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2002 | Somaru Ram | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2007 | Biraju Ram | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
| 2012 | Gulab Chandra Saroj | Samajwadi Party | ||
| 2017 | Dinesh Chaudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
First Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh