Allahabad West Assembly constituency explained

Allahabad West is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the Prayagraj city of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Allahabad West
Mla:Sidharth Nath Singh
Party:Bharatiya Janta Party
Latest Election Year:2022
State:Uttar Pradesh
District:Prayagraj
Reservation:None
Electors:4,18,849 (2018)
Type:SLA
Constituency No:261

Allahabad West is one of five assembly constituencies in the Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 261 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat is represented by Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Siddharth Nath Singh who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Richa Singh by a margin of 29,873 votes.

Members of Legislative Assembly

YearMember[1] Party
1967Chaudhary Naunihal SinghIndian National Congress
1969Habib AhmadIndependent
1974Tirath Ram KohliBharatiya Jan Sangh
1977Habib AhmadJanata Party
1979^Chaudhary Naunihal SinghIndian National Congress (I)
1980
1985Gopal Das YadavLokdal
1989Atiq AhmedIndependent
1991
1993
1996Samajwadi Party
2002Apna Dal
2004^Raju PalBahujan Samaj Party
2005^Khalid AzimSamajwadi Party
2007Pooja PalBahujan Samaj Party
2012
2017Sidharth Nath SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2022
^ by poll

Election results

2004 by-election

External links

25.43°N 81.77°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Allahabad West Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs . 2024-09-06 . Elections in India.