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

Year	Member^[1]
1952	Ram Swaroop Mishra	Indian National Congress
1952	Rameshwar Prasad	Indian National Congress
1957	Amarnath Mishra	Independent
1957	Duryodhan	Independent
1962	Duryodhan	Socialist Party (India)
1967	Duryodhan	Indian National Congress
1969	Hansraj	Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1974	Duryodhan	Indian National Congress
1977	Dukkhi Prasad	Independent
1980	Firangi Prasad Visharad	Janata Party (Secular)
1985	Ram Lakshan	Indian National Congress
1989	Keshav Prasad	Janata Dal
1991	Ram Pyare Azad	Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Chandra Kishor
1996
2002
2007	Sripati Azad	Samajwadi Party
2012	Sudama Prasad	Samajwadi Party
2017	Jai Mangal Kanojiya	Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Jai Mangal Kanojiya	Bharatiya Janata Party

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]^[4]

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)^[5]
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 Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
^ 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.
^ "Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2020.