Rohaniya is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Rohaniya in the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
It is a Patel-Bhumihar dominant seat. The constituency number is 387.
Rohaniya is one of five assembly constituencies in the Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency) . Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 387 amongst 403 constituencies.
As of now, this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Surendra Narayan Singh belonging to the Bhumihar community, who won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Mahendra Singh Patel by a margin of 57,553 votes.[ 1]
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U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017 : Rohaniya
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
BJP
Surendra Narayan Singh
1,19,885
51.28
SP
Mahendra Singh Patel
62,332
26.66
BSP
Pramod Kumar Singh
30,531
13.06
IND.
Krishna Patel
9,549
4.08
IND.
Parvati Devi
2,926
1.25
NOTA
None of the Above
2,190
0.94
Majority
57,553
24.62
Turnout
2,33,784
61.64
BJP gain from SP
Swing
Bye Election, 2014: Rohaniya
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
SP
Mahendra Singh Patel
76,121
40.83
AD
Krishna Patel
61,672
33.08
Independent
Ramakant Singh
30,078
16.13
INC
Dr. Bhawana Patel
3,207
1.72
SBSP
Shiv Lal Yadav
2,599
1.39
NOTA
None of the Above
941
0.50
Majority
14,449
7.75
Turnout
1,86,402
51.12
SP gain from AD
Swing
U. P. Legislative Assembly Elections, 2012 : Rohaniya
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
AD
Anupriya Patel
57,812
30.22
BSP
Ramakant Singh
40,229
21.03
SP
Manoj Rai Dhoopchandi
26,091
13.64
BJP
Sanjay Rai
18,504
9.67
INC
Hira Lal Maurya
18,213
9.52
SBSP
Abhay Patel
16,138
8.44
Majority
17,583
9.19
Turnout
1,91,295
60.35
AD win (new seat)
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