Dhanghata Assembly constituency

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Dhanghata
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictSant Kabir Nagar
Total electors357,096 (2017)
ReservationSchedule Caste
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLASriram Chauhan
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
Elected year2017

Dhanghata is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Dhanghata in the Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 314 amongst 403 constituencies.

Since 2017, Bharatiya Janta Party member Sriram Chauhan is the MLA, who won in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Agloo Prasad by a margin of 16,909 votes.[1]

Member of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

From Term Member of Legislative Assembly Party
2012 16th Vidhan Sabha Alagoo Prasad Chauhan Samajwadi Party[1]
2017 17th Vidhan Sabha Sriram Chauhan Bhartiya Janata Party[1]
2022 18th Vidhan Sabha Ganesh Chandra Bhartiya Janata Party[1]

Election results[edit]

18th Vidhan Sabha: 2022 General Elections[edit]

2017 General Elections: Dhanghata (SC)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ganeh Chandra 83241 38.5
[[Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party|Template:Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party/meta/shortname]] Alagu Prasad 72688 33.62
BSP Santosh 40693 18.82
NOTA None Of The Above 1,915 0.89
Remainder 9 candidates 17685 8.17 Steady
Majority 10,553
Turnout 2,16,222
BJP gain from Suheldev Bharatiya samaj party Swing

17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 General Elections[edit]

2017 General Elections: Dhanghata (SC)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sriram Chauhan 79,572 40.11
SP Algoo Prasad Chauhan 62,663 31.58
BSP Neel Mani 51,938 26.18
NOTA None Of The Above 1,871 0.94 Increase0.94
Remainder 5 candidates 4,231 2.11 Steady
Majority 16,909 8.44
Turnout 2,00,275 56.08
BJP gain from SP Swing

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections[edit]

2012 General Elections: Dhanghata (SC)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Algoo Prasad Chauhan 66,337 35.55 Increase35.55
BSP Ram Sidhare 51,388 27.54 Increase27.54
BJP Neel Mani 40,491 21.70 Increase21.70
PECP Surendra Kumar 9,660 5.18 Increase5.18
INC Archana Mahatam 9,293 4.98 Increase4.98
SBSP Om Hari 3,726 2.00 Increase2.00
Reminder 5 Candidates 5,725 3.07 Steady
Majority 14,949 8.01 Increase8.01
Turnout 1,86,620 55.30 Increase55.30
SP win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

External links[edit]

Coordinates: 26°32′N 83°01′E / 26.54°N 83.01°E / 26.54; 83.01

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