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| Ghatampur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency | |
| District | Kanpur Nagar |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Electorate | 3,19,148 (2020) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1977 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| MLA | Upendra Nath Paswan |
| Reservation | Schedule Caste |
Ghatampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of 403 legislative assembly seats of the Uttar Pradesh. It is part of the Akbarpur (Lok Sabha constituency) Lok Sabha constituency.
Overview
Ghatampur comprises KCs- Rewna, Patara, Ghatampur, Baripal, bhitargaon block, Narwal tehsil and Ghatampur Municipal Corporation of Ghatampur Tehsil.[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Ram Asrey Agnihotri | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Shivnath Singh Kushwaha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Shivnath Singh Kushwaha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Ram Asrey Agnihotri | Janata Dal | |
| 1991 | Shivnath Singh Kushwaha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1993 | Rakesh Sachan | Janata Dal | |
| 1996 | Raja Ram Pal | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2002 | Rakesh Sachan | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2007 | Ram Prakash Kushwaha | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2012 | Indrajeet Kori | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Kamal Rani | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2020* | Upendra Paswan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
- *By Election
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Upendra Nath Paswan | 60,405 | 38.36 | ||
| INC | Kripa Shankar Sankhwar | 36,585 | 23.23 | ||
| BSP | Kuldeep Sankhwar | 33,955 | 21.56 | ||
| SP | Indrajeet Kori | 22,735 | 14.44 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,555 | 0.99 | ||
| Majority | 23,820 | 15.13 | |||
| Turnout | 1,57,790 | 49.24 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kamal Rani | 92,776 | 48.52 | ||
| BSP | Saroj Kureel | 47,598 | 24.89 | ||
| INC | Nandram Sonkar | 40,465 | 21.16 | ||
| NISHAD | Rajendra | 2,813 | 1.47 | ||
| BSCP | Ramjeevan | 2,016 | 1.05 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,160 | 1.13 | ||
| Majority | 45,178 | 23.63 | |||
| Turnout | 1,91,226 | 61.90 | |||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Indrajeet Kori | 50,669 | 28.54 | ||
| BSP | Saroj Kureel | 49,969 | 28.15 | ||
| INC | Nandram Sonkar | 42,772 | 24.09 | ||
| BJP | Geeta Devi | 23,472 | 13.22 | ||
| IND. | Dinesh Kumar Sonkar | 1,765 | 0.99 | ||
| Majority | 700 | 0.39 | |||
| Turnout | 1,77,538 | 58.23 | |||
| SP gain from BSP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Ram Prakash Kushwaha | 65,793 | 47.32 | ||
| SP | Rakesh Sachan | 63,316 | 45.54 | ||
| IND. | Hari Nath Singh | 3,220 | 2.32 | ||
| RLD | Vimlesh Pathak | 2,143 | 1.54 | ||
| AD | Ashok Yadav | 1,592 | 1.14 | ||
| Majority | 2,477 | 1.78 | |||
| Turnout | 1,39,037 | 54.79 | |||
| BSP gain from SP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Rakesh Sachan | 44,108 | 33.76 | ||
| BSP | Raja Ram Pal | 36,852 | 28.20 | ||
| INC | Shivnath Singh Kushwaha | 26,224 | 20.07 | ||
| AD | Vijay Sachan | 10,505 | 8.04 | ||
| RLD | Vimlesh Pathak | 7,724 | 5.91 | ||
| Majority | 7,256 | 5.56 | |||
| Turnout | 1,30,670 | 56.21 | |||
| SP gain from BSP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 5 |  4
|
| Samajwadi Party | 0 |  4
|
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 0 |  0
|
| Indian National Congress | 0 | 0
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