Shahganj (Assembly constituency)

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Shahganj
Constituency
DistrictJaunpur
StateUttar Pradesh
Current constituency
Created2017
PartySamajwadi Party
MLAShailendra Yadav Lalai
ReservationNone

Shahganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Shahganj in the Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Shahganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 365 amongst 403 constituencies.

As of now, this seat belongs to the Samajwadi Party candidate Shailendra Yadav Lalai, who won in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party candidate Rana Ajeet Pratap Singh by a margin of 9,162 votes.[1]

References[edit]

  1. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.