Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India

Maharajganj
Constituency No. 318 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Maharajganj
Total electors	386,617 (in 2017)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Jai Mangal Kanojiya
Party	Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected 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

#	Term	Name	Party	From	To	Days
01	1st Vidhan Sabha	Ram Swarup Vishard	Indian National Congress	May 1952	March 1957	1,776
02	2nd Vidhan Sabha	Duryodhan	Independent	April 1957	July 1957
03	2nd Vidhan Sabha	Amar Nath	Independent	July 1957	March 1962
04	3rd Vidhan Sabha	Duryodhan	Socialist Party (India)	March 1962	March 1967	1,828
05	4th Vidhan Sabha	Duryodhan	Indian National Congress	March 1967	April 1968	402
06	5th Vidhan Sabha	Hansa	Bharatiya Kranti Dal	February 1969	March 1974	1,832
07	6th Vidhan Sabha	Duryodhan	Indian National Congress	March 1974	April 1977	1,153
08	7th Vidhan Sabha	Dukhi Prasad	Independent	June 1977	February 1980	969
09	08th Vidhan Sabha	Phirangi Prasad Visharad	Janata Party	June 1980	March 1985	1,735
10	9th Vidhan Sabha	Ram Lakshan	Indian National Congress	March 1985	November 1989	1,725
11	10th Vidhan Sabha	Keshav Prasad	Janata Dal	December 1989	April 1991	488
12	11th Vidhan Sabha	Ram Payre (Azad)	Bharatiya Janata Party	June 1991	December 1992	533
13	12th Vidhan Sabha	Chandra Kishor		December 1993	October 1995	693
14	13th Vidhan Sabha			October 1996	March 2002	1,967
15	14th Vidhan Sabha			February 2002	May 2007	1,902
16	15th Vidhan Sabha	Sripati	Samajwadi Party	May 2007	March 2012	1,762
17	16th Vidhan Sabha	Sudama	Samajwadi Party	March 2012	March 2017	1,829
18	17th Vidhan Sabha	Jai Mangal Kanojiya^[1]	Bhartiya Janata Party	March 2017	Incumbent	2677

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Maharajganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Avdhesh Priyadarshi ^[2]

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.^[3]

2017 Assembly Elections: Maharajganj (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jai Mangal Kanojiya	1,25,154	51.16	30.21
	BSP	Nirmesh Mangal	56,793	23.21	0.82
	INC	Alok Prasad	50,217	20.53	13.15
	CPI	Ramkewal	3,886	1.59	0.06
	NISHAD	Sant Kirpal	3,604	1.47	New
		Remaining 4 Candidates	4,989	2.04
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,573	1.05	New
Majority			68,361	27.95	11.23
Turnout			2,47,216	63.94	2.67
Registered electors			3,86,617
	BJP gain from SP		Swing	12.05

2012 Assembly Elections: Maharajganj (SC)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SP	Sudama	84,581	39.11
	BSP	Nirmesh Mangal	48,426	22.39
	BJP	Chandra Kishor	45,301	20.95
	INC	Alok Prasad	15,972	7.38
	PECP	Vishnu Dev	7,438	3.44
	CPI	Ramkewal	3,572	1.65
		Remaining 10 Candidates	10,991	5.08
Majority			36,155	16.72
Turnout			2,16,281	61.27
	SP hold		Swing

References

^ "Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
^ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2020.