Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency explained

Maharajganj
State:Uttar Pradesh
District:Maharajganj
Reservation:SC
Electors: (in 2017)
Type:SLA
Constituency No:318
Mla:Jai Mangal Kanojiya
Party:Bharatiya Janta Party
Latest Election Year:2022

Maharajganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Maharajganj in the Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Maharajganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 318 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Scope=colscope=colTermscope=colNamescope=colPartyscope=colFromscope=colToscope=colDays
01Ram Swarup Vishard May 1952 March 1957 1,776
02DuryodhanApril 1957 July 1957
03Amar NathJuly 1957March 1962
04DuryodhanSocialist Party (India)March 1962 March 19671,828
05Indian National CongressMarch 1967 April 1968 402
06HansaBharatiya Kranti DalFebruary 1969 March 1974 1,832
07DuryodhanIndian National CongressMarch 1974 April 1977 1,153
08Dukhi PrasadIndependentJune 1977 February 1980 969
09Phirangi Prasad VisharadJanata PartyJune 1980 March 1985 1,735
10Ram Lakshan March 1985 November 1989 1,725
11Keshav PrasadDecember 1989April 1991 488
1211th Vidhan SabhaRam Payre (Azad)Bharatiya Janata PartyJune 1991 December 1992 533
1312th Vidhan SabhaChandra KishorDecember 1993 October 1995 693
14October 1996 March 2002 1,967
15February 2002 May 2007 1,902
16SripatiMay 2007 March 2012 1,762
17SudamaMarch 2012 March 2017 1,829
18Jai Mangal Kanojiya[1] March 2017 Incumbent

Election results

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Jai Mangal Kanojiya won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Nirmesh Mangal by a margin of 68,361 votes.[2]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency. 2020-06-02. resultuniversity.com.
  2. Web site: Assembly result 2017. Elections.in. 2017-08-25.