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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}<br />
{{Other uses|Raniganj (disambiguation)}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Raniganj<br />
| map_image = 250-Raniganj, Uttar Pradesh.svg<br />
| mla = [[Rakesh Kumar Verma|Dr. R.K.Verma]]<br />
| party = [[Samajwadi Party]]<br />
| latest_election_year = 2022<br />
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| district = [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]]<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| electors = 3,36,072<br />
| constituency_no = 250<br />
}} <br />
'''Raniganj''' is a constituency of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] covering the city of [[Raniganj, Pratapgarh|Raniganj]] in the [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh 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><br />
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Raniganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the [[Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency]]. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 250 amongst 403 constituencies.<br />
Dr RK Verma from Samajwadi Party is current MLA.<br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Member<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web |title=Raniganj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/raniganj.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
!colspan=2|Party<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="4" |{{Center|''Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist''}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2012]]<br />
|[[Shivakant Ojha]]<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |<br />
|[[Samajwadi Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]<br />
|Dheeraj Ojha<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]<br />
|[[Rakesh Kumar Verma]]<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |<br />
|[[Samajwadi Party]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Election results==<br />
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=== 2022 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Raniganj<ref name="results2022">{{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>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|candidate = [[Rakesh Kumar Verma|Dr. R K Verma]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:75583}}<br />
|percentage = 40.05<br />
|change = +18.71<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Abhay Kumar (Dheeraj Ojha)<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:72934}}<br />
|percentage = 38.65<br />
|change = +0.82<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Ajay Yadav<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:21411}}<br />
|percentage = 11.35<br />
|change = -21.4<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen<br />
|candidate = Anil Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:11748}}<br />
|percentage = 6.23<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1139}}<br />
|percentage = 0.6<br />
|change = -0.12<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2649}}<br />
|percentage = 1.4<br />
|change = -3.68<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:188715}}<br />
|percentage = 56.15<br />
|change = +0.05<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
| <br />
|winner = Samajwadi Party<br />
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
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=== 2017 ===<br />
[[Bharatiya Janta Party]]'s '''Dhiraj Ojha''' won in last Assembly election of [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections]] defeating [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] candidate '''Shakeel Ahmad Khan''' by a margin of 9,009 votes.<ref name="results2017">{{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><br />
{{Election box begin|title = [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election]]: Ranigan<ref name="results2017"/>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Abhay Kumar Alias Dhiraj Ojha<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:67031}}<br />
|percentage = 37.83<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Shakeel Ahmad Khan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:58022}}<br />
|percentage = 32.75<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|candidate = Prof.Shivakant Ojha<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:37816}}<br />
|percentage = 21.34<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = NISHAD Party<br />
|candidate = Shreenath<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2052}}<br />
|percentage = 1.16<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Prananjany<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1874}}<br />
|percentage = 1.06<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1259}}<br />
|percentage = 0.72<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:9009}}<br />
|percentage = 5.08<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:177190}}<br />
|percentage = 56.1<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{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}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Uttar Pradesh]]</div>
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