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{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kerakat
| map_image = 372-Kerakat.svg
| mla = [[Toofani Saroj]]
| party = [[Samajwadi Party]]
| latest_election_year = 2022
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| district = [[Jaunpur district|Jaunpur]]
| reservation = SC
| type = SLA
| electors = 4,16,720
| constituency_no = 372
}}
'''Kerakat''' is one of five assembly constituencies in the [[Machhlishahr Lok Sabha constituency]]. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 372 amongst 403 constituencies.

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Member<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web |title=Kerakat Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/kerakat.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Ram Samjhawan
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|Lal Bahadur
|-
|[[1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| rowspan="2" |Ram Samjhawan
|-
|[[1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|-
|[[1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Ram Sagar
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
|[[1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|Ram Samjhawan
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1977 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Shambhu Nath
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|[[Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1980 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Ram Samjhawan
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|Gajraj Ram
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]
|Raj Pati
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|[[Janata Dal]]
|-
|[[1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|Somaru Ram Saroj
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
|Jagarnath Chaudhary
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" |
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|-
|[[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|Ashok Sonker
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002]]
|Somaru Ram Saroj
|-
|[[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2007]]
|Biraju Ram
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" |
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|-
|[[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2012]]
|Gulab Chandra Saroj
|style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|-
|[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
|[[Dinesh Choudhary]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
|[[Tufani Saroj]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|}

==Election results==

=== 2022 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Kerakat<ref name="election2022">{{Cite web |date=2022-05-25 |title=Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14185-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2022/|website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = [[Toofani Saroj]]
|votes = {{formatnum:94022}}
|percentage = 39.13
|change = +8.83
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dinesh Choudhary
|votes = {{formatnum:84178}}
|percentage = 35.04
|change = -1.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Dr. Lal Bahadur
|votes = {{formatnum:51633}}
|percentage = 21.49
|change = -7.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Rajesh Gautam
|votes = {{formatnum:2688}}
|percentage = 1.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Vikassheel Insaan Party
|candidate = Pappu
|votes = {{formatnum:2590}}
|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:2147}}
|percentage = 0.89
|change = -0.25
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:9844}}
|percentage = 4.09
|change = -2.63
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:240258}}
|percentage = 57.65
|change = -0.81
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|
|winner = Samajwadi Party
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2017 ===
[[Bharatiya Janta Party]] candidate [[Dinesh Choudahry|Dinesh Choudhary]], won in [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections]] defeating [[Samajwadi Party]] candidate Sanjaj Saroj by a margin of 15,259 votes.<ref name="election2017">{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/kerakat.html|title=Assembly result 2017|website=Elections.in|access-date=2017-08-25}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title = [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election]]: Keraka<ref name="election2017"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dinesh Chaudhary
|votes = {{formatnum:84078}}
|percentage = 37.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Sanjai Kumar Saroj
|votes = {{formatnum:68819}}
|percentage = 30.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Urmila Raj
|votes = {{formatnum:66307}}
|percentage = 29.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Mahakranti Dal
|candidate = Vijai
|votes = {{formatnum:2404}}
|percentage = 1.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:2557}}
|percentage = 1.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:15259}}
|percentage = 6.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:227142}}
|percentage = 58.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==History==
The first Member of Kerakat legislative Assembly is '''Lal Bahadur''' [[Indian National Congress|INC]] and '''Parmeshari''' [[Indian National Congress|INC]].

==Ward/Area==
[[Kerakat]], Chandwak, Dobhi, Muftiganj, [[Huruhuri]], Ratanupur, Parauganj, Thanagaddi Deokali, Itaili, Hebhal etc.

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color| Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| Ram Samjhawan
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|1957]]
| Lal Bahadur
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| Ram Samjhawan
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| Ram Samjhawan
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" |
| [[1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| Ram Sagar
| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
| Ram Samjhawan
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| [[1977 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| Shambhu Nath
| [[Janata party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[1980 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| Ram Samjhawan
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| Gajraj Ram
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| [[1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]
| Raj Pati
| [[Janata Dal]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" |
| [[1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
| Jagarnath Chaudhary
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| Ashok Sonker
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002]]
| Somaru Ram
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" |
| [[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2007]]
| Biraju Ram
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
| [[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2012]]
| Gulab Chandra Saroj
| [[Samajwadi Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
| Dinesh Chaudhary
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
| [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
| [[Tufani Saroj]]
| [[Samajwadi Party]]
|}

== See also==
[[First Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=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:Kerakat]]
[[Category:Politics of Jaunpur district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1956]]
[[Category:1956 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]

Kerakat Assembly constituency - Revision history

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