Kaptanganj Assembly constituency

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Kaptanganj
Constituency No. 308 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictBasti
Total electors3,65,410
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartySamajwadi Party
Elected year2022

Kaptanganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Kaptanganj in the Basti district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1][2][3]

Kaptanganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Basti Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 308 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of Legislative Assembly

# Term Member of Legislative Assembly Party From To Days Comment
01 06th Vidhan Sabha Ram Lakhan Indian National Congress March 1974 April 1977 1,153 [4]
02 07th Vidhan Sabha Om Prakash Alias Milan Singh Janata Party June 1977 February 1980 969
03 08th Vidhan Sabha Ambika Singh Indian National Congress June 1980 March 1985 1,735
04 09th Vidhan Sabha March 1985 November 1989 1,725
05 10th Vidhan Sabha Krishan Kinkar Singh Rana Independent December 1989 April 1991 488
06 11th Vidhan Sabha June 1991 December 1992 533
07 12th Vidhan Sabha Ram Prasad Chaudhary Samajwadi Party December 1993 October 1995 693
08 13th Vidhan Sabha Bahujan Samaj Party October 1996 March 2002 1,967 [4]
09 14th Vidhan Sabha Bhartiya Janta Party February 2002 May 2007 1,902 [4]
10 15th Vidhan Sabha Bahujan Samaj Party May 2007 March 2012 1,762 [4]
11 16th Vidhan Sabha March 2012 March 2017 1,829 [4]
12 17th Vidhan Sabha Chandra Prakash Shukla Bhartiya Janata Party March 2017 March 2022 - [4]

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kaptanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Sanjay Kumar Chaudhery [5]

2017

This seat belonged to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Chandra Prakash Shukla who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ram Prasad Chaudhary by a margin of 6,827 votes.[6]

2017 General Elections: Kaptanganj[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Chandra Prakash Shukla 70,527 35.40 Increase32.33
BSP Ram Prasad Chaudhary 63,700 31.97 Decrease4.08
INC Krishna Kinkar Singh Rana 60,142 30.19 Increase5.25
None of the Above None of the Above 1,898 0.95 Increase0.95
Remainder 5 candidates 4,857 2.41 Steady
Majority 6,827 3.39 Decrease2.53
Turnout 2,01,124 58.17 Decrease1.49
BJP gain from BSP Swing Decrease0.69

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections

2012 General Elections: Kaptanganj[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Ram Prasad Chaudhary 67,416 36.05 -
SP Trayambak Nath 56,346 30.13 -
INC Krishna Kinkar Singh Rana 46,636 24.94 -
BJP Ganesh Narayan Mishra 5,741 3.07
Remainder 11 candidates 10,853 5.80 -
Majority 11,070 5.92
Turnout 1,86,992 59.66
BSP hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "KAPTANGANJ Election Result 2017, Uttar Pradesh". NDTV. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Kaptanganj Election Results 2017 Live: Chandra Prakash of BJP Wins". News18. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017". Times Of India. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "List of candidates for Kaptanganj Constituency". www.elections.in.
  5. ^ Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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