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{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Bara
| map_image = 72-Barauli, Uttar Pradesh.svg
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| district = [[Prayagraj district|Prayagraj]]
| reservation = SC
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 72
| mla = [[Vachaspati (politician)|Vachaspati]]
| party = {{Party index link|Apna Dal (Sonelal)}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = 2022
| electors = 325,412 (2019)
}}
'''Bara''' is a constituency of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] covering the city of Bara in the [[Prayagraj district]] of Uttar Pradesh, India.<ref name=delimitation2008>{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref>

Bara is one of five assembly constituencies in the [[Prayagraj Lok Sabha constituency|Prayagraj]]. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 264 amongst 403 constituencies.

==Members of the Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002]]<ref name="election2002">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3260-uttar-pradesh-2002/ |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |title=State Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh |website=eci.gov.in |accessdate=26 March 2022}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|[[Udaibhan Karwaria]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2007]]<ref name="election2007">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3261-uttar-pradesh-2007/ |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |title=State Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh |website=eci.gov.in |accessdate=20 April 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2012]]<ref name="election2012">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3262-uttar-pradesh-2012/ |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |title=State Election, 2012 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh |website=eci.gov.in |accessdate=20 April 2023}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|Ajai Kumar
|{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party}}
|-
|[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]<ref name=election2017/>
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
|[[Vachaspati (politician)|Vachaspati]]<ref name=election2022/>
|{{Full party name with color|Apna Dal (Soneylal)|dab=yes}}
|-
|}

==Election results==

=== 2022 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Bara<ref name="election2022">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14185-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2022/ |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |title=State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh |website=eci.gov.in |accessdate=4 March 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Apna Dal (Sonelal)
|candidate = [[Vachaspati (politician) | Vachaspati]]
|votes = {{formatnum:89203}}
|percentage = 43.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Ajay
|votes = {{formatnum:76679}}
|percentage = 37.38
|change = +13.61
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Dr. Ajay Kumar
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = {{formatnum:22719}}
|percentage = 11.08
|change = -8.42
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Manju Sant
|votes = {{formatnum:3443}}
|percentage = 1.68
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
|candidate = Ram Kumar Vidyarthi
|votes = {{formatnum:2575}}
|percentage = 1.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:2731}}
|percentage = 1.33
|change = +0.09
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:12524}}
|percentage = 6.11
|change = -11.81
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:205129}}
|percentage = 61.25
|change = +1.99
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|
|winner = Apna Dal (Sonelal)
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2017 ===
[[Bharatiya Janta Party]] candidate Dr. Ajai Kumar won in [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections]] defeating [[Samajwadi Party]] candidate Ajay by a margin of 34,053 votes.<ref name="election2017">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3471-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2017/ |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |title=State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh |website=eci.gov.in |accessdate=26 March 2022}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title = [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election]]: Bar<ref name="election2017"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dr. Ajai Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:79209}}
|percentage = 41.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Ajay (Bharti Munna Bhaiya)
|votes = {{formatnum:45156}}
|percentage = 23.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Ashok Kumar Gautam
|votes = {{formatnum:37052}}
|percentage = 19.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = NISHAD Party
|candidate = Phool Chandra
|votes = {{formatnum:10704}}
|percentage = 5.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Hansraj Kol
|votes = {{formatnum:3729}}
|percentage = 1.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Ayodhya Prasad Adivasi Kol
|votes = {{formatnum:2573}}
|percentage = 1.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Suresh Kumar Verma
|votes = {{formatnum:2045}}
|percentage = 1.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:2327}}
|percentage = 1.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:34053}}
|percentage = 17.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:189974}}
|percentage = 59.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2012===
[[Samajwadi Party]] candidate Dr. Ajay Kumar defeated [[BJP]] candidate Vibhavnath Bharti.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Election results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/92-uttar-pradesh/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politics of Prayagraj district]]
[[Category:Politics of Prayagraj]]

Bara Assembly constituency - Revision history

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