Allahabad West is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the Prayagraj city of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Allahabad West | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 261 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Prayagraj |
| Total electors | 4,18,849 (2018) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Allahabad West is one of five assembly constituencies in the Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 261 amongst 403 constituencies.
Currently this seat is represented by Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Siddharth Nath Singh who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Richa Singh by a margin of 29,873 votes.
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Chaudhary Naunihal Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Habib Ahmad | Independent | |
| 1974 | Tirath Ram Kohli | Bharatiya Jan Sangh | |
| 1977 | Habib Ahmad | Janata Party | |
| 1979^ | Chaudhary Naunihal Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1985 | Gopal Das Yadav | Lokdal | |
| 1989 | Atiq Ahmed | Independent | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1993 | |||
| 1996 | Samajwadi Party | ||
| 2002 | Apna Dal | ||
| 2004^ | Raju Pal | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2005^ | Khalid Azim | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2007 | Pooja Pal | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2012 | |||
| 2017 | Sidharth Nath Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
^ by poll
Election results[edit | edit source]
2022[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Siddharth Nath Singh | 118,759 | 53.29 | +10.25 | |
| SP | Richa Singh | 88,826 | 39.86 | +9.57 | |
| BSP | Gulam Qadir | 7,626 | 3.42 | −16.96 | |
| INC | Tasleem Uddin | 2,295 | 1.03 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,518 | 0.68 | −0.16 | |
| Majority | 29,933 | 13.43 | +0.68 | ||
| Turnout | 222,861 | 48.49 | +1.05 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sidharth Nath Singh | 85,518 | 43.04 | ||
| SP | Richa Singh | 60,182 | 30.29 | ||
| BSP | Pooja Pal | 40,499 | 20.38 | ||
| Independent | Hasan Akhlaq Alias Rizwan Niwan | 4,018 | 2.02 | ||
| NISHAD | Chandradev Singh Alias Daya Singh Bismark | 2,974 | 1.5 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,659 | 0.84 | ||
| Majority | 25,336 | 12.75 | |||
| Turnout | 198,692 | 47.44 | |||
| BJP gain from BSP | Swing | +28.64 | |||
2012[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Pooja Pal | 71,114 | 40.11 | ||
| AD(S) | Atiq Ahmad | 62,229 | 35.10 | ||
| SP | Jyoti Yadav | 18,867 | 10.64 | ||
| BJP | Ramji Kesarwani | 9,740 | 5.49 | ||
| INC | Ravi Prakash | 4,933 | 2.78 | ||
| Majority | 8,885 | 5.01 | |||
| Turnout | 1,77,311 | 51.74 | |||
| BSP hold | Swing | ||||
2007[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Pooja Pal | 56,198 | 47.08 | ||
| SP | Khalid Azim | 45,876 | 38.43 | ||
| BJP | Keshav Prasad Maurya | 11,111 | 9.31 | ||
| INC | Syed Mohammad Shahab | 2,110 | 1.76 | ||
| Independent | Sachin Sonkar | 918 | 0.77 | ||
| Majority | 10,322 | 8.65 | |||
| Turnout | 1,19,355 | 34.05 | |||
| BSP gain from SP | Swing | ||||
2005 bypoll[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Khalid Azim | 90,836 | 52.42 | ||
| BSP | Pooja Pal | 77,453 | 44.69 | ||
| BJP | Lakshmi Shankar Ojha | 1,410 | 0.82 | ||
| Independent | Vasudev | 1,140 | 0.66 | ||
| INC | Sanjay Krishna Srivastava | 660 | 0.38 | ||
| Majority | 13,383 | 7.73 | |||
| Turnout | 1,73,282 | 45.30 | |||
| SP gain from BSP | Swing | ||||
2004 bypoll[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Raju Pal | 70,533 | 47.16 | ||
| SP | Khalid Azim | 65,715 | 43.94 | ||
| BJP | Keshav Prasad Maurya | 6,116 | 4.09 | ||
| INC | Anshuman Singh | 2,313 | 1.55 | ||
| AD(S) | Syed Asaf | 1,165 | 0.78 | ||
| Majority | 4,818 | 3.22 | |||
| Turnout | 1,49,555 | 40.08 | |||
| BSP gain from Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) | Swing | ||||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Allahabad West Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ↑ "Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 25 May 2022.
- ↑ "Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018.
External links[edit | edit source]
- "Election results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.