Caimpiyarganj (Assembly constituency)

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Caimpiyarganj
Constituency
DistrictGorakhpur
StateUttar Pradesh
Current constituency
Created2017
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
MLAFateh Bahadur Singh
ReservationNone

Caimpiyarganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Caimpiyarganj in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 320 amongst 403 constituencies.

The MLA is Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Fateh Bahadur Singh who won in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election defeating Indian National Congress candidate Chinta Yadav by a margin of 32,854 votes.[1]

Member of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

# Term Member of Legislative Assembly Party From To Days Comment
01 16th Vidhan Sabha Fateh Bahadur Singh Nationalist Congress Party March 2012 March 2017 1,829 [1]
02 17th Vidhan Sabha Bhartiya Janata Party March 2017 Incumbent 2984 [1]

Election results[edit]

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Caimpiyarganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Fateh Bahadur 91,636 42.29
INC Chinta Yadav 58,782 27.12
Majority 32,854 15.17
Turnout 2,16,712 59.50
BJP gain from NCP Swing

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.